"BEWARE OF THE DOG."

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 11

"BEWARE OF THE DOG."

Ths death of a child at Ballarat from hydatids and tho supposition that the disease was communicated by a dog that tho child had been in tho habit of potting lirvo Bcrvcd to again bring under notice tho fact that in 1885 tho Victorian Board of Health, by means of a circular to all municipalities, gave the. public warning of tho dangers of tho dieeaßO boing transmitted through dogs. Mr. J. W. Colvillo, secretary of tho board, says that tho councils havo probably' put tho circular .ißido and forgotton it. The document called attention to tho fact that hydatid <lisoaj=o was on Iho increase, and that many hyca wero lost, annually for want of earo, Victoria boing reported Bocond to Iceland, where 28 per cent, of tho dogs wero infected with the di'sciise, which no counted for one-sixth of tho human deathrate, l'coplo wero warned ngnin«t drinking water or eating vegetables to which dojjti had access, and mention waa mado of tho necessity of keeping dogs away from tho sources of water bupply, water apparently quite pure being Eoinotimes found to bo charged with tho germs. Watercress tßkon from drain", and other uncooked vogotablep, wero pointed to as dangerous diet, and pooplo wnro cautioned an to tho cleansing of Kciiuulr and the ground near thorn and against allowing dogs to lick plates or thd hands or face.

Pafii— I never told lies when I was a boy, Willie. Willie— When did^ou begin, puna!