Summer' Sickness May Be Caused By Flies & Dirty Hands
During the warmer months summer diarrhoea, known by most people as summer sickness, makes its painful appearance in the Bay of Plenty. Even up to the present time some people have had bouts at Whakatane and it is a fair indication that there is still more to •come —if care is not taken. Summer sickness is caused by •germs, which are swallowed. The germ may be picked from food and Heeding utensils that have been contaminated by flies or dirty hands so that for this reason alone, the Health Department' advises, care should be taken to keep hands clean and flies- away from around liomes. / A good method of treatment for both adults and children is to use raw, unsweetened, grated apple. <sive about two tablespoons every hour and. nothing else but boiled ■water until the sickness and diarrhoea cease.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 79, 21 December 1949, Page 5
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149Summer' Sickness May Be Caused By Flies & Dirty Hands Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 79, 21 December 1949, Page 5
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