MEASLES PREVALENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 252, 23 October 1937, Page 13

MEASLES PREVALENT

SEVERAL STAFFS DEPLETED DIFFICULTY OF DIAGNOSIS AUCKLAND, Oct. 15. Outbreaks of measles, for the most part of a mild character, continue to prove an embarrassment to several large city firms. In a number of cases, staffs have been depleted by seasonal sickness in which measles has been prominent, but it is a notable fact that in other establishments the incidence of illness has been' slight. A case in point is provided by one store which, although it employs 600 hands, had only six absentees yesterday. Dr. T. J. Hughes, medical officer oi health at Auckland, said yesterday that a seasonal crop of measles cases, mostly in a mild form, had been exeprienced. He advised patients to keep warm and not to mix with the public for at least two weeks. One difficulty arises from the fact that measles is infectious before it can be readily diagnosed. and it is recommended that a person who develops suspicious symptoms with a cold should be isolated until the illness is determined.