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Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 107, 21 November 1918, Page 3

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPART WENT, HEW ZEALAND. Influenza. PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS. If parsons undertake the following precautions there should be very much 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—e.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 —e.g., Condy’s fluid or any other throat antiseptic, or use Formamint lozenges, etc. Avoid close contact with persons suffering from influenza. Do not remain unnecessarily long with the 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 breakfact cup to a gallon of water of any reliable disinfectant. PATIENTS. Go to bed when you feel the onset of 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 family should visit the patient’s room. Destroy sputum, etc., by receiving sputum and nasal secretion into proper receptacles containing 5 per cent, carbolic acid, or into cloths which afterwards burn. Keep patient’s feeding utensils, etc., separate, and place in boiling water after use. Handkerchiefs used by patients should be kept separate and well boiled after use. Patients should not appear in public places for seven to ten days from onset of the disease, and should be particularly careful not to sneeze or cough without using a handkerchief which has been soaked for an hour in a weak solution of disinfectantsay, 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 wash her hands in water to which disinfectant 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 antiseptics. She should avoid visiting or coming into contact with other people. , By order, J. P. FRENGLEY, Acting Chief Health Officer.

FOR SALE TWO one-third acre sections, adjoining; on Tower road. For terms apply J. KENNEDY, Glaxo Factory. MATAMATA TOWN BOARD TENDERS are invited for the supply of man, horse 'and dray for road work a 3 required. Particulars may be obtained at the board’s office. Tenders close with undersigned on November 31st. B. BLENNERHASSETT, Town Clerk. MATAMATA TOWN BOARD Road Foreman APPLICATIONS are invited by the above board for the position of road foreman. Conditions of employment, salary, etc., may be seen at the board’s office. Applications must be in by November 31st. B. BLENNERHASSETT, Town Clerk. TENDERS TENDERS are invited for the conveyance of the Taihoa Rural Mail delivery for a period of three years, commencing January Ist, 1919. Tenders close with the undersigned on Friday, November 22nd. M. GOULD, Taihoa, Matamata.