HYDATIDS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 4

HYDATIDS.

. RULES FOR PREVENTION ' 1 ' With' regard to tlio'' decision 'of V Cabinet / to introduce'-' legislationto prevent tho dis'semination' of _ hydatids) ; the.-'following - meat ills respect of the.'diseiiso was ni.idc by Dr. Maaon (Chief Health Officer)' m Kia last'annual" report :—/ '. :r -; . ; Hydatids:—There:has ljcen.;a.®radnallyra : ; ! creasing' ntimber' of caSes amongst-, human- be- , ings in tho colony>" and at tho-of , ' Dr -Harnett, lecturer' .on _ surgery • at';, the .. Ota'«o : University. ; this ; : disease has' been' -. talaccd upon tlie-list of those.required'by law / to be notified:: -Tho'dog is the mam dissenn-, nator'of the diseafie, and nmch'.coukl be done to check its spread if a' few simple prccau : tio.ns were taken. ■- It is proposed- to issuo a leaflet on the subject ■■ '■ , ' The disease knowri' as hydatids really represents oiio'sta'ge in the life-history of a'.special kind of tapeworm, - which; onjy reaches its maturity in the dog. v : All.tapijworms m tho coftrso' 'of their ■■ development ? Weto' pass'. through''an . intOTmedi'it# host' "they reach "maturity.' Man, unfortunately for hiia, ■ , forms :a ' hiitable enVirosiseiit for this' >»r» ticular worm, - nie; era' or egst *»,• «pmd about by means'«f the dog., T-M £<4 esmed , into the"' water-aupply., or- upoa 1 uuoh . | as vaterpress, uad in tkii manner, ; rroeh tie istoMech of won. Tiler soon take • ; ®u : ' tk» characteristic bladdor-}ik« : sliapo. • «ay" attack tW. lirtr, -kidnw; Mim'g, .' brain, sr VJ"* - part- Occasionally . they nmr remain 1 quiet, but mora frequently they cause great injury :to'health, and 'dften death. ' BiMtMng'S'; mind that'tt. is. mainly .through tho dog tl^-harm-, conies' W. man,,.there,aro certain simple'.precautions which; if taken, ' would go far '.- to check' this, disease'.', ..Many \' of tho lower: animals, suffer from' tapeworm, and-therefore no unboiled, offal or moat. slibuld b6" given- tov'dogs. They should iiot '. , be' allowed . to-rfflilder y 'about- killing-places. Do' T s.should not b» flowed to'lickchildron.'ahd'; : every caro kh'ould'lw, taken to ieo tliat dislies. •, used by dogs aro properly scalded and cleaned. " Dogs shonld not bo,,allowed in tho\.. vicinity of a water-supply or , tank. ; All : vegotablos, more cvspocially thoso.to.Jbo catca uncocked, should be most, carefully washed.