GENERAL ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LII, Issue 285, 20 November 1918, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

The Minister for Public Health has intiimated thati no da/to has yet been fixed tor tlve period of the closing of tho schools, but he. counsels that schools bo closed at the volition of the education, authorities during the course of, the epidemic. Doubtless further official intimation will be received in due. courso in this connection.

The duty roster for the Boy Scouts for to-monxxv is as follows: 9 &.m. to 12.30 p.m., Thomas, Rees, Maclaine, and Wright; T2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Haybittle, A. Nicholas^ Hadfteld, and Inn.es; 5 p.m. to dismissal, Saunders, Scott, Hale, aixd Agar. .;■ Local doctors 7 have had their time taken up a good'deal of late- by attendance on peopl* with ordinary indisposition such as headache*. In 4 fluauza symptoms are unmistakable, and it is requested . that when patients invoke the" doctor's aid they should state theitr symptoms so that) they can be attended to according to the merits of thodr case—either by prescription or personal atitontion. Tho recent ordier closing breweries, wine a.nd spirit buisincEises, and" the. bars of hotels and chartered clubs has been amplified so as to operate throughout tha Wellington hospital dristrict, which includes tlae Marl-, borouga province.

Instances! are being reported of persons expectorating on footpaths and roads. . It should be borne well in mind that this is a very dangerous practice, as >n the cases of convalescents and people who are. in the incipient stage of an attack of influenza the expectorated matter may: be—and in most cases is—full cf influenza bacilli. A handkerchief or a rag should be kept for the purpose, which should be washed in liisinfected water. The rag, of course, should be destroyed by burning. Messrs Levin and Co. notify that the s.s. Nik hi will leave Nelson for Wellington at 6 o'clock on Fnday morning. Intending passengers must pa-is through the inhalation chamber at Nelson before 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon.