CARE OF MILK

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 January 1948, Page 9

CARE OF MILK

ADVICE OF NEW YORK EXPERT Pasteurisation of milk is the first of a number of what are described as "obvious precautionary measures" against infantile paralysis in a list contained in a chapter in an authoritative textbook. “Public Health and Preventive Medicine," by Dr. Morton C. Khan, a professor at Cornell University Medical College, New York. The list of Dr. Kahn's recommendations was as follows: — Pasteurised milk. Prohibit public gatherings of children. Immediate reporting of all cases with diagnosis and care of cases under the supayvision of health authorities. Quarantine for at least 14 days of all exposed children, and of all exposed adults who have contact with children or with food that is consumed raw. Institutions should isolate and confine to bed all children with fever, gastro-intestinal, or nose and throat disturbances. Garbage and sewage should be covered. The breeding of insects should be discouraged in every possible way. Under the heading "personal measures,” Dr. Kahn gave the following additional information. “Vaccines, sera, nasal sprays, and gargles seem to be valueless," he says. “During epidemics children should be kept away from public gatherings and crowds. Children should be prohibited from using public drinking fountains, cups and swimming pools. Gastrointesinal disturbances should be prevented so far as possible by care of diet. Only pasteurised or boiled milk should be consumed. During epi-

demies children should be protected from unnecessary strain or other weakening effects which may possibly predispose them to any lowered resistance.”