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Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1918, Page 3

PUBLIC UOnfJU. URGENT. IN VIEW OE THE SERIOUS EPIDEMIC now prevalent in the Dominion, every local authority is required to take urgent and immediate steps to secure the safest possible sanitary conditions in it« district', and as part thereof to maintain at some central place supplies of disinfectants for speedy issue to public'. Also to make it widely known that- the public should not at present travel beyond their own locality. Every local authority is advised to have standard influenza remedy available for speedy issue to public on demand. Public are requested to carefully read any advice regarding influenza as from time to time may be published by improving the sanitary eon ditions of his own house and by taking all precautions necessary to combat the outbreak. G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Health. •TOS. P. FRENGLEY.

Acting Duel Health Oilicur. I WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL. I ' TN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING published at- the request of the Public Health Department, the inhabitants of the Westland County are urged to PAY ALL ATTENTION to instructions issued by the authorities to combat the epidemic. j Meetings of all kinds should be aban- , doned and any affected eases promptly isolated. Sanitary matters about homes and business promises should he attended to, and all local precautions taken with a liberal use of disinfectants. All case of infection should be reported to the Health authorities at- Hokitika, without delay. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Inhalation Chamber at the Drill Shed, Hokitika, will be open on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 p.in. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Country visitors to town will have the free use of the Chamber during the hours mentioned. | B. WARD, j County Chairman. |

G. R. PUBLIC liK A LTH DKPA It TMENT NEW ZEALAND. INFLUENZA. >■ Pit'ECACTIONS AND WARNINGS IF persons undertake the following precautions there should be very must less risk of taking the illness and likelihood of complications: PRECAUTIONS. Remain in the fresh air as much as possible. Avoid too close contact with persons suffering from colds. Absolutely avoid intimate contact—o.g., kissing and dancing. Avoid places where persons congregate indoors—e.g., public meetings, trams, entertainments etc. Avoid draughts. Always cough or sneeze into a handkerchief.

Use a simple spray for the nose and gargle the throat—c.g., Condv'.s ilnid or any other throat antiseptic, or use Formamint Lozenges &c. Avoid close contact with persons suffering from influenza. Do not remain unnecessarily long with patient as this increases danger of infection. Ammoniated tincture of quinine is a drug that is much recommended. Spray or wipe floor and furniture in rooms that have been occupied by infected persons with a solution of about half a break-fast-cup to a gallon of water of any reliable disinfectant . PATIENTS. Got to bed when feel onset or symptoms and remain there 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 the family should visit the patients room. Destroy sputum, &(?., by receiving sputum and nasal secretions into proper receptacles containing 5 per cent car bolic acid, or into cloths which afterwards burn. Keep patient’s feeding utensil-), &c. , separate and place in boiling water after use. Handkerchiefs used by patients should be kept separate and well boiled if ter use. Patients should not appear in public daces for seven to ten days from the mset of the disease and should he particularly careful not to sneeze or cough vithout- using a handkerchief which has been soaked for an hour in a weak solution of disinfectant —say : - a tenspoonh,l to a pint of water, otherwise there is danger of infection being spread. Light nutritious diet is reeommehded. The attendant on the sick person should wash her hands in water to which disinfectant- has been added after leaving sick room and before each meal. She and other members of the household should gangle the throat frequently and douche the nose with mild antiseptics. 'She should avoid visiting or coining into close contact with other people. By order, J. P. FRENGLEY, Acting Chief Health Officer. Wellington, Bth. October, 1918.

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