Central Pacific
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Polio Outbreak In
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Mar. 16.
VERY little information is obtain able at Suva about an outbreai of poliomyelitis in the Gilberts.
The Western Pacific High Com mission has confirmed the repot that there is an outbreak, and th Inspector-General of the Sout: Pacific Health Service (Dr. J. M Cruikshank, Director of Medics Services, Fiji) has said that five case have occurred at Tarawa, approx mately five at Nauru, and a few a Ocean Island.
Shipping movements have been re stricted to prevent any spread of thi disease to other islands. The WPHC vessel Tuvalu, which was schedule* to leave Suva on March 17 fa Tarawa will now go only to thi Ellice Group. (Cases were reported from Fiji ii April—one fatal. Two iron-lung have been air freighted from Aus tralia to the Colony.) Mrs. S. Fernan, of Lae, Ne\ Guinea, with her young son, recent!; returned home after a holiday ii Australia.