INFANTILE PARALYSIS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21970, 19 December 1936, Page 20

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

TO THE EDITOB Or TUB TRUSS. Sir,—lt would seem that the warnings printed in the newspapers are insufficient for some parents. Perhaps they do not read them. In last Tuesday's intense heat I saw scarcely one child wearing a hat —even small babies sitting in prams without even the protection of a head of hair. I saw one young boy going to the Municipal Baths—he appeared to be about 11; another going to the local baths; and several little children waiting outside picture theatres. Of course" they would be refused admittance to these buildings, but that is not the point. It is obvious ..that parents simply do not take any notice of warnings, nor realise the awful results of this terrible disease, or they would see that their children obeyed them. The trams are densely packed with children, and there are several pushchairs unloaded from practically every tram that comes into the Square. Is there no way of making some people use common sense? If they do not care about other people's children, surely they care about their own Yours, etc., MOTHER. December 18, 1936.