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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 43, 15 November 1918, Page 7

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. PUBLIC. HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NEW- ZEALAND. INFLUENZA. PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS. • JF jiersons undeitake the following precautions there should bo very much less risk of Inking the illness and likclihuud of complications:— PRECAUTIONS. Remain in the I're.ih air as much as possible. \ Avoid too clo.io contact with persons eiilleriiiß from colds. Absolutely avoid intimate contact—e.:;., kissing ami dancing. Avoid places whern person's congregate indoors—e.g., public muttinjjs,' trams, eu- ; tcrtai 111 nen ts; etc. s. Avoid draiigiits. , Always cough or sneeze into a handkerchief. ' ■ Uso a (iimple spray for the nose and gargln the throat—e.g., C'oiidy's fluid or any other throat antiseptic, or use Formamint lozenges, e(c. : Avoid.close contact with persons suffering with, influenza.' Do 'not remain unnecessarily long with . .patient,, as this increases danger of inlection.. \ • . Amnioniated tincture of quiniiio is n drug t.hat is liiuch recoinmendc'd. Spray or wijie floor and furniture in rooms that have hern occupied by infected persons with a solution of about half a breakfast cup to n gallon of water of any reliable disinfectant. ' PATIENTS.' . . . .Go to bed when topi onset of symptoms, and remain thwj (ill all the fever has completely disappeared. .This is the ouiy way of avoiding visit of complications.' Isolation should be practised where possible, and only one member of family .1 should visit the patient's room. \ Destroy sputum, etc., by receiving spu--5 tuin iiiui nasal secretions into proper J'l , - ceptacles containing 5 per cent, carbolic i. acid, or into cloths which afterwards burn. Keep patient's feeding utensils, etc., . separate, and .place- in boiling water after use. , - t 1 ■ 1 Handkerchiefs used by patients, should be kept..separate and wellboiljid after use. ~ ~'■.." Pnticnls should not appear in public ' places for seven to ten- days from the 1 onset of tho disease, and should bo particularly careful not to sneeze , or cough without usin" a handkerchief which lias been soaked for an hour in a wenk soln- . tion of disinfectant—say, a teaspoonful to a pint of water, otherwise- -there is danger of infection being spread. Light nutritious diet is recommended. . ■ The attendant on the sick person should 1 wash 'lier hands, in water to which disin- . fectant has been added after leaving sick ' room and before each meal. She and the , other members of the household should gargle, the throat frequently and douche the nose with mild antiseptic. She should avoid visiting or coining into close contact with other people.. . , I By order, ■ . . . J. P. FRENGLEY, , ' '' Acting-Chief Health Officer,. Wellington, October 8 1918. TNFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. '— ' ■ ■. ■ .' NORTHLAND DISTRICT; NORTHLAND DISTRICT. - Those requiring Assistance RING . Y TELEPHONE 1.307.. , _ •■ ' ! THE.STANDARD INFLUENZA MIXTURE will bo available to NortJiFand Residents TO-DAY (FRIDAY).' GIFTS of OLD LINEN, FRUIT AND EGGS aro, earnestly solicited, and may be left at Northland School. - A few BOY'SCOUTS or Girls to run errands and otherwise"aisis.l:nro urgently required, '' ' . . " Also, . ■ ' WORKERS of both sexes are URGENTLY REQUIRED for the Northland District. • ■ Those willing to assist will please report at the NORTHLAND SCHOOL without delay, or ring 'PHONE 1307. D. M. POLSON, Convener.

'' ; 'BOEOTOH OF KAEORT. PUBLIC MEETING. : MEETING of .-RESIDENTS of Ku- .1 . i; rori, to fight tho Influenza Epidemic, ivill be lield in the COUNCIL CHAMBERS,. KAEOEI, at 8 o'clock . . ' ./" ' ' THIS.(TODAY)'EVENING.'' ■ B. G. H. BURN, .. • Mayor of Karori. 1 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. •BROOKLYN DISTRICT. HELP WANTED URGENTLY! ALL People , prepared. to livlp durin? ,-*"* this epidemic tire requested to «et in touch with MR. J. 13. HOPKIKK. TELEPHONE 3158, DISINFECTANTS will be provided lo residents on application. THE STANDARD INFLUENZA CURE will also be dispensed. (Bring join- own ' bottles.) GIFTS of Estgs, Fruit, mid. Old Linen '' may be'left at the school. . ■ , RESIDENTS'REQUIRING HELP are requested io ring TELEPHONE 3158. J.' 8. , HOI'KIHK, Secretary. ■ A . INFLUENZA. p KEQUEST TO PUBLIC. npHE Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith SI., ~ •*■ < and I.ho s.s. 'laknpunii, at Clyde Quay Wharf, having been filteil 11 j> ;is -g EmerKcncy. Hospitals, llio organisers would bo glnd lo ipoeive gifts of Old Linen, Lemons, and Orangns. .-..'•■ . --By Order, , DEI'XItTJiENT OF I'UJiLiC HEALTH.. Wellington, November 11, 1918. _ INFLUENZA KJ'IDEiIIC. A VOLIJNTAKV All.) .DETACHMENT ■*■*• has boon formed ,unuu«st Iho LADIES OF ST. ANDREWS CHURCH t to givo such ASSISTANCE ;is may bn ! jiossible in TIIORNDON DISTRICT in ,\ lionics when) bolp is iwjiiirrd on iilcoiinl of the influenza opidomic.. \\ DOCTOIJS mi- - ntliti'rf should ring ui) ' TDLEPIId.M'S :i;,|| ,„■ lIS2, , s,l LADIES willing lo assist aro requested 1, lu ring up eillißi- of thesn l.iiinbeTs. Any who can mipjily old linon, fniil, pßgs, or other necensiiries iiro I'nqueated to leavn sumo at Hid Church Office, 28 ,\' Wellington Tcrraco, between the 'hours of '■) a.m. and 5 p.m. J