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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1902, 14 November 1918, Page 3

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, . NEW ZEALAND. INFLUENZA. PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS. [F persons 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 coni act with persons suffering from colds. Absolutely avoid intimate contact —c.g., kissing and dancing. Avoid places where persons congregate indoors —e.g,, public meetings, trains, entertainments, etc. Avoid draughts. Always cough or sneeze into a handkerchief. Use a simple spray for the n.Tse, and gargle the throat —e.g., Candy’s fluid or any other throat antiseptie, or use Eormaminl lozenges, etc. Avoid close contact with persons suffering from influenza. Do not remain unnecessarily long with patient, as this increases danger of infection. Ammoniatcd lincliire of quinine is a drug that is much recommended. Spray or wipe lloor and furniture in rooms that have been occupied by infected persons with a solution of about half a breakfast-cup to a gallon of .water of any reliable disinfect ant. PATIENTS. Go to bed when feel oii.-et of symptoms, and remain (here til! all the fever has completely disappeared. Tin’s is the only way of avoiding risk of complications. Isolation should he 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 receptacles containing 5 per cent, carbolic acid, or into cloths which afterwards hunt. Keep patient’s feeding utensils, etc., separate, and place in boiling water after use. Handkerchiefs used by pa I ion Is should be kept separate and well ladled after use. Patients should not appear in public places for seven to ten days from the onset of ihe 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 disinfectant —say, a leaspoonfnl to a pint »if water, otherwise (here is danger of infection being spread. Light nutritions diet is recommended. The attendant on Ihe 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 I lie throat frequently and douche the nose with mild antisepties. She should avoid visiting or coming into dose contact with other people. By order, .1. P. FR ENG LEY, Acting (thief Health Officer. Wellington, Blh October, 1018. FETLDIXG JOCKEY CLUB. OWN FILS and Trainers are reminded that Acceptances for all events at I lie above meeting will be received up till 5.J0 p.m. on SATURDAY, Kith November, BUS. ED AID. GOODBEIIERE, Secretary, Box 45, Feilding. INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.' : PUBLIC MEETING. J HEREBY invite all willing to assist in combating the influenza epidemic, and who are prepared to render personal service, to meet ir ( the Council Chamber at S o’clock this (Thursdav) evening. JOHN CHRYSTALL, Mayor. SUMMER DRINKS ! SUMMER DRINKS! THERE IS NO NEED TO SEND OUT OF TOWN. STEVENSON'S DRINKS ARE PURE. Best Sugar and pure artesian water only used. Large stocks of all kinds of Cordials on baud. HOP BEER MADE FROM THE PUKE HOPS. All Orders promptly attended to. GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER. FOXTON CORDIAL FACTORY, A. STEVENSON, PROPRIETOR. Telephone 110. Wanted.— a girl to ■ assist in housework. Apply this office. With feet soaked in a mustard hath, Poor Grandpa crouched beside the hearth, And gasped so hard and looked so glum, Despite three lots of steaming rum. That Grandma, anxious grown for him, Exclaimed at last to Uncle Jim — ‘‘This dread suspense I can’t endure, I’ll send for Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 55