IFANTILE PARALYSIS.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13982, 19 November 1917, Page 8

IFANTILE PARALYSIS.

: raate]^;^Oqunt^-V.>it : ' tjfiat vtiiq ''caiJCsVr^jrtc^ bpmewliat ,1-pusiial 'itffija. 'ln somo 'tho, onset lias been marked by the patient . suffering from malaise, 1 or a general feeling of hot" being well, also; from: headache and pains: in the neck and ;back, ; Vitli gastro-intestinpl disorders,, In some- cases these symptoms have rapidly, passed,. 1 leaving: the,, child'weak, but with no paralysis. Actual paralysig ; his not'been 0110 of the chief symptoms. •• V v

/The district health'Officor v stated yesterday; that no cases'had boon re-, ported froni tho northern districts sinco October 27, and it secnled as if the spread of the disease had been stayed by tho precautions taken. Apart from the cases of; infantilo paralysis, the health of tho northern districts had >beeV excellent.•The.ro.had been less scarlet fever-and diphtheria, during the i past month than; for a considerable period previously. ' Tho health authorities have drawn up ■a'list"of precautions which should be taken at schools and in' the home to prevent tho spread of the disease. Children should not bo overcrowded or overheated, and schoolrooms should be well ventilated. Pens, pencils, and driuking-ciips should not be used in common, Jliifs should be worn,-as the disca'so is always more virulent in hot weather., The frequent washing out of the mouth with a weak disinfectant is advocated. Children from any home where there has been a case of in-, fantile paralysis should be kept from school for a month, and should be prevented from .mixing with other chil<lrcn.,,All other precautions usually unserved in diphtheria, cases shouid be applied in wises of infantile paralysis. '