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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 41, 12 November 1918, Page 7

PUBLIC NOTICES. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NEW ZEALAND. . . INFLUENZA. . PRECAUTIONS AND AVARNINGS. IF persons ■undertake' tho following precautions there should ho very much less risk of lukiug the illness and likelihood of complications:— I 1 PRECAUTIONS. I j Remain in tho fresh air as much as ; . possible. ; i Avoid too close contact with persons , j suffering from colds. ,- Absolutely avoid intimate contact—e.g.,'; kissiiiff and dancing. : Avoid places where persons congregate ; . indoors—e.g., public meetings, trams, en- ,f, tcrtainments, etc. I | Avoid draughts- '. ■ ~ Always cough or sneeze into a handker- ! ', chief. ■ i ■ t ISsk a simple sprav for the nose and gargle tho throat-0.g.. Condy's fluid or : any other throat antiseptic, or use For- ; mnmint lozenges, etc. i Avoid close contact with persons suf- ' ] fcring with influenza. . f JJo, not remain unnecessarily long with ) patient, .as this increases danger of in- ] lection. . . ; 1 Amiuoniated tincture of quinine is a : drug that is much recommended. . '. f Spray or wipe floor and furniture in ; rooms that have been occupied by infect- , ed persons with a solution of about half i a breakfast cup to a gallon of water of I anv reliablo disinfectant. I 'PATIENTS. V Go to bod when feci onset .of symptoms, : ; and .remain tliers till all the fever has ' : completely disappeared. This is the only - way of avoiding risk of complications. Isolation should be practised where , possible, and only one-member of'family ! should visit the patient's room. Destroy sputum, etc.. by receiving sputum and nasal secretions into proper „rc- ' ceptacles containing: 5 per cent.- carbolic : acid, or into cloths which afterwards i burn,' !■> Keep patient's • feeding utensils, etc., i separate, and place in boiling water .if- , | ter use.. . i Handkerchiefs used by patients should ! bo kept separate and well boiled after | j Pattenls should not appear in public j I places for seven to ten'days from the ! ! onset of the disease, and should be par--I j tiouiuvly careful not: to sneeze or cough i : without using a handkerchief which lias | been- soaked for au hour in a weak solu- \ ] lion (if .disinfectant—say, it teiispooiiful ; : to a pint of water, otherwise there is.. I danger of infection being spreads' ■; j Light nutritious diet is recommended. .1 I The attendant on the sick person should i ! wash,'her- hands in water'to which disin- \ ■ feotant. has-been added after leaving 'sick : ; room and'before each-meal. She and the ; i other members of the household shohid ! , gargle the throat frequently and douche i ,' the ■ nose with 'mild "■ antiseptic. She ' . should avoid, .visiting or coming into close ; contact: with, other people. ! By order,, i -=: ■: . . ,T. P.-FKE-NGLEY,' ■ Acting-Chief Health Officer. Wellington, October 8 191 S. ; ' ■ PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AN Inhalation Chamber has been pro-. vided for public use at tho'Town' Hall, through which any person, may' pass without- fee or- charge. ' Arrange- \ menfs have also been made at the "District Health ■ Office, Aitken ' Street, by which any persons over twenty in nura- ■ her can arrange to present themselves at one time for inhalation. Treatment, ■ however, cannot be given at the District, Health- Office-unless arrangements are; made by T'elephone (No. 21,19) so that: the time can be booked for. each batch of-persons*.. '' ' IMPORTANT NOTICE, '--/ .INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. . SYDNEY STREET SOLDIERS' CLUB. TiTE-MBERS of Committees, Hostesses,'. JJi. Helpers, Eluo.Tickot Holders, and anvouo in any way connected with the Club, are Ji6tified that the Health Department has taken over tho,Club Room for. an Influenza Hospital, m from-To-day. Tho President, in -thanking tho generous workers for their, past help, regrets tho emergency of the case pre- j ■ vented her calling them together to per-! sonally thank them. "•INFLUENZA. REQUEST'TO PUBLIC. mHE Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith St., ■*• and tho s.s. Takapunn, at Clyde ■ i Quay* Wharf, having been fitted up as : Emergency Hospitals, the organisers would, be glad to. receive gifts of Old' Linen, Lemons,, aid' Oranges.' By 6rder, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. , Wellington, November 11, 1916. ' ■ ■ i ' : ' / ■ WOMEN'S' NATIONAL RESERVE. ALL'' Women willing to help' Nurse during tho present Influenza Epidemic aro urgently 'requested to apply to Women's National Reserve Office; 157 Featherston Street, from 10.30't0 4.30 daily. ■ ' FLORENCE PORTER, Hon. Organising Sccrelary, W.N. Reserve. - PLUNKET SOCIETY. ' HU'l'T AND PETONE BRANCH. OWING to the prevalanco of Influenza, j the Meeting called for is POSTPONED until further notice. A. F. KIRK, President. NERVE-SHATTERING WORK o—: RIVETING THAT DEMANDS SKILL .: . -AND ENDURANCE. ,-■ ' A. piece of riveting, work done recently in n Port Glasgow shipyard furnishes a remarkablo example of courage and physical endurance. Two plates had to be renewed and riveted on to a long iron derrick. Imagine a steel tubo CO feet long and 18 inches in diameter at its widest, tapering to 10 inohes. Tho. new plates had to ho riveted, on to. this at about 40 foot from tho open end, where tho diameter was only 13 inches. Through this dark tubo a man and a boy had to crawl for forty feet until they reached tho exact spot. Tho boy, gripping a long pair of tongs with .which io catch tho led-hot rivets as they were dropped through a small aperture, had Jo work his way along feet first, as he must face Ihe "holtler-on." Tho latter crawled after the boy, face first, carrying his heavy hammer. There they lay, stretched at full length, unable to turn to right or left.' The red-hot rivets were dropped through one by one, caught by tho boy with his longs, and put in position by him and then riveted from the outside, while the "holder-on" inside } sustained, with his hammer the impact of the hammer-strokes from without. " The tasl; lasted for days, and men and I boys who could endure for so long the I darkness,' conlinomont, 6lrain, deafening ! noise of the hammers, - only a. few inches | from their, heads, and the terrific vibra- i lion, are surely masters of their craft, j.Bel'ore now it has happened that the iron tube has had to bo cut through from | the outside to release a man .whoso nerve j has given way under the ordeal. In eighteen months Ihe Food Ministry 'circulated.2.ooo,ooo,ooo.forms. ' '.I