A WARNING.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1924, Page 1

A WARNING.

AGAINST S.M A I.I.I’(>X

RV TELEGRAPH M'Fi.i.!VC'I'OX. Sept. :':t. Tim I'd!-win;: statement has lieett issued hv the Directin'-! .'euel'a! ol 11 "alt h ; “(In Friday la-1, the Miui-hy of Health in England a nuiiincid that sniallpe-. I. -pi ending m Fiijdaml and Ma h . uni i |ire . ;d- uI t u '. 1 1 d| ; I■ | ) .'id 11 -11 Ih. ~i■■ . Id d .0 compared viliilN ' ' durinl In- eeri ■■ ponding perio I id M ! 2:l. Ike type e\ peri. ’in fd so far. in England has keen nn ail fours with that of the Xew X akuid epidemic of I'.'l !. whicli wa- cimiilied i , tile Xliri h I-him!. It alfe.-led primipallv ilm Maoris and cau-c-l deaths (all .Mauri.-); and it recurred in (Hugo in KUO, again in a mild form. lecetl! otltlireak repurtei! Irolil I’itlsbttre in the I'nite.l States id America, was checked by pnunpt mea-urcs. It was severe, proving fatal to 211 per cent, of t lins -I rii ken. Advi-ed <d these incident.the Xew Zeal and Department ef Health has I . i.-e in the last tlpce nmnil's varned the Port Health officers ti he alert. Should smallpox in a mud era te or severe lorni enter the Dominion, or ir-eur within its spread can he prevented only by the prompt s"yrc'„o.:i.m el. cu es, and tie- i-:.laii'Ui and vaccination of contacts. . I’roteiiiou ali'urd-"l l.v vaccinaI inn. and p:c|einl ly r-* vacciuat iua at ten vear intervals, or hy a previous attack of the disc-t-e ii-i'll, i- -till V" eard.-d as the only n-lial.le -nfognard. S|iiillld the di- a- 1 > a-sittne an epidemic form. Ihe Miui-ter of llcaltli is eni-,v.,-rc l In declare an area in which all healthy per-ois shall he c nnpul--orilv va; eiuate I. I here is no 0.-ea inn fur alarm. I :! ru-!i vaccination is -tiuu'ik'! '. and :S a _|c evelll at iO' lU'-asnic. parents are advised in hate tli'-ir eiiildren vm iual"! with cure and preei-ioii ky a medical practitioner acquainted with their medical history. or. if in poor ciroillii-tnnors. at the nearest pllldie kespital alter a careful examination of eai-h child.