INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 9

INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

28 CASES THIS WEEK. OI7LY FOUR FROM THE CITY. Since noon yesterday three fresh notifications oi cases of infantile paralysis I have been received at the District Health Office, all of the victims being in the country. This makes the' total number of notifications to date 34C, of which 167 have been from the city and 179 from the country districts. During the week only four fresh city and suburban cages have been reported, and the remainder of the 28 fresh cases reported this week have been from the country districts. The previous week there were 44 notifications, and the weekly figures going back were 55, 67, 46, 110. MT2TE POIKTS OF ADVICE. Advice, described by Dr. T. J. Hughee, Chief Public Health Officer of Auckland, 'as sound common sense, when address- : ing the Auckland Education Board yes- ! terday, was contained in nine points of precaution suggested by a Waikato medical man for the guidance of people in districts infected by infantile paralysis. 1. Let no one be afraid of it, for if precautions are taken it can be prevented. 2. Do not let the cat or dog lick up the plates. 3. Take extra care, much more thin usual, to uae boiling water and a little Condy's fluid in each washing up. Dry with a clean cloth each time. 4. Be particularly careful to scald with boiling water, and wash with Condy's any vessel and cup that has contained milk or sugar. 5. See that the dust-bin top fits accurately. 6. Ouce a week during the hot weather dig a small pit close to dust-bin. Half fill the empty bin with water containiu!* good red Condy and close for the night. In the morning empty water into pit anj cover with earth, then place the bin in the sun and it will speedily become dry and sanitary. 7. Infantile paralysis arrives through the breathing passages. Therefore, have some volatile disinfectant like eucalyptus or a vapo-eresoline apparatus in the children's bedroom for an hour at night at least. 8. Watch for sore throat and set medical advice at once. 0. Hot sun heats the brain and spinal I cord, rendering them peculiarly suscep tiblr to the micro-organism of paralysis. Therefore wear hats and undervest. CASES IN OTAGO. CRj Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) nUN'EDIX, Friday. Thp cajsrs of infantile paralysis in Dunedin are dojng very well. They are quite mild cases, and the only fresh development is that the authorities have now under observation three other persons in whom suspicious symptoms have appeared. One of these persons is from Milton, while the other two belong to Dunedin. These are not typical cases, but tbe Health Officers deem it necessary to watch them for a whije. OUTBREAK AT MOSGIEL. fßy Telegraph—Prew Association.) DrNEDIX, this day. In connection with an infantile paralysis case brought in from Mosgiel last night, it is stated that there are now nnder observation four cases, and it is thought two of them are infantile paralysis.