INFANTILE PARALYSIS
WELLINGTON CASE REPORTED EPIDEMIC RISK NEGLIGIBLE (By Telegram—Proas Association) WELLINGTON, Mondav A case of Infantile paralysis has lieen notified lo the Wellington ofliee of the Health liciairtmenl, and the dim, a Ilve-ycar-old boy living in Wellington, has been admitted lu liosI'.lal. He is a positive case, accompanied by paralysis. The medical ofllcer of health in Wellington, Dr. E. S. Mac Lean, said to-day that sporadic cases of poliomyelitis were quite customary, ;.nd were lo be expected. "They may exist," lie added, "without there being any risk of an epidemic. In fact, seldom a month goes past without a case occurring somewhere in New Zealand, although lor a lew months after the epidemic districts will be very free of cases." The last Wellington notification was in August, 1937.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20736, 21 February 1939, Page 7
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129INFANTILE PARALYSIS Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20736, 21 February 1939, Page 7
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