PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE
Precautions againSt the spread of infantile paralysis have been tabulate'd by Professor John 1 x. Patu, professor of preventive medicine at Yale Universiiy School Of Meaicine, as follows: — (ll Avoid overtiring and extreme fatigue from strenuous exereise. (2 j Avoid sudden chiliing, such as would come from a plunge into extre,mely cold water on a very hot day. 0 (3) Pay careful attention to personal cleanliness, such as uhorough hand-washing before ealing. (4j If possible avoid operations on tonsils and adenoMs during an epidemic. Careful study has shown chat such operations during an epidemic tend to increase the danger of contracting infantile paralysis in its most serious form. (5) Use the purest milk and water available. Keep .flies away from food. While the exact means of spreading the disease is not known, contaminated water and milk are always dangerous and flies have repeatealy been shown to carry the infantile paralysis .virus. ■ (6) Do not swim in polluted water. (7i Maintain community sanitation at a high level at all times. (81 Avoid all unneeessary contact with persons with an illness suggesiive of infantile paralysis.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 December 1947, Page 5
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