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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1979, 9 February 1914, Page 8

Dr. Charaptakmp, Otago District Health Officer, informed a "Daily Times" reporter on Wednesday that further cases'of infantile paralysis were still- being reported jn Dttnedilt. Moreover, said tho doctor, it was feared that tho opening of the schools, whereby tho children will he. brought into ciosor contact, may cause an incrcaso in the number of cases. Parents and teachers were advised to keep a ;iiafp look-out for evidence of-illness amongst children, for <1 slight feverish attack might be tho premonitory sign. Medical advico in the very earliest, stage, while tho child had a temperature might he the means_ of limiting {Tits subsequent paralysis. It was also desired to draw attention to the fact that the infectious matter. might bo carried by apparently healthy people, and from these others might catch the disease. Flies, particularly the stable By, also carry tho virus, so that every- effort should bo mado to keep these insects out of the house and away from food and the nursery. As a means of ridding a kitchen or other room of flies, Dr. Champtaloup recommends the burning of pyrcthrum powder, Tho i'umes given off stupefy the flies, a,nd drive them away. •