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MENINGITIS CASES.
LOCAL OUTBREAK NOT YET AN EPIDEMIC
remarked
"The disenso has not yet reached epidemic proportions," Dr. T. W. Ware, the acting Medical Offloor of Health, when interviewed on the question of the recent out break of cerebro-spinal meningitis In the Colony.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934.
MINISTER RESIGNS.
JAPANESE PREMIER'S
STATEMENT'.
FIGHT IN DAIL.
FIENCE OPPOSITION TO BLUE SHIRT BAN
Tokyo, Mar. 1.
Dublin, March 1. The second reading in the Dall The Ministar of Education, MR. Hatoyama, who is rosigning on of a Bill restricting political unf- Saturday, it is learned, reached his forms, which is aimed at Goueral decision after a conference with Mr. O'Duffy's Blue Shirts by President Kisaburo Suzuki, President of the Do Valera, was fiercely opposed Selyukai Party.
by Opposition.
The Minister for Justice.can. The Premier, Viscount Saito, Dr. Ware in the course of the Interview Bald "Cerebro-aplani said his resignation was unavoid-didly admitted that the Bill was fever is a disease which usually able, but he himself refused will almod against the Blue Shirts, follows in the wake of the common not assume responsibility for Mr.who, he said, were supplied with cold and influenza. Though neither Hatoyama's appointment since he batons for the purpose of raising of these two. diseases are notifiablo. was recommended by the Seiyukai faction fights, and strutted about one can see quite a lot of people | Party-United Press. suffering from colds. The sudden
changes in the weather last month |--
wore the cause of many people cat
with an Impllod Invitation to "tread on the tall of my coat."
Mr. Costello, former Attorney-
ching a cold. Corobro-spinal fover, to get people out into the fresh air General in the Cosgrave Govern- howover, does not always, follow an and separate them more than at ment, describing the Bill as an outbreak of colds, but when it does the moment. The Medical Depart-invasion of the liberty of a sub- occur, it is frequently after an outment is studying the situation font hammered the table and carefully, and there is reason to shouted that the Black Shirts were break of the common cold,
hope that their efforts plus an Invictorious in Italy, the Brown provement in the weather will tond Shirts in Germany, and the Blue Shirts, will be successful in Ire to improve the situation.":
land.
"It was learnt that the number The debate was * adjourned-
спост
cerebro-apinal since tho
"Fortunately it is a disease for which we have excellent treatment in the way of serum, of which there are ample supplies in the Colony.
of The high mortality is due to the of fact that many of the poorer class meningitis reported of Chinese do not see their doctor beginning of this year have been until they have reached a moribund 54, out of which 30 were reported The during the month of February. state or until it is too late. obvious conclusion is for people to The number of deaths was 32, while Beo their doctor oarly, and not ten of the total number of cases re- ported were from the New Torri- neglect common colda.
tories..
"The spread of this disease in mainly due to over-crowding and huddling together in cold weather. To propagate this discase it in necessary that very close contact
be made.
"A great deal of the epidemiology of the disease has been done by Naval and Military doctors, and they have shown methods by which it might be minimised.
Fresh Aid Needed.
"The warmor weather is due at any moment, and this would tend
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Sitting as Coroner at the Kow- said Dr. Ward, "there wore 58 cases of which four were imported. The loon Magistracy yesterday after number of deaths was 20. A total noon, Mr. Wynne-Jones commenced of 41 of the cases occurred during an inquiry into the circumstan :cs February. As compared with last attending the death of Mrs. A. year the figures are almost iden-Wheeler, who passed away at the tical, so that I see no cause for Kowloon Hospital in the afternoon alarm, and have every reason to of February 22. The Inquiry was hope that the conditions will not held in camera. exceed those of last year."
On Wednesday there was one case of mchingitis reported in the
from the
Colony, Territories.
only
Now
A special jury was empanelled, and consisted of Messrs. L. N. Murphy, W. A, Cornell and Chen Shou-fen.
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