Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919. INFLUENZA.
THE Health Dcparlincnl is to be commended for hiking precautionary measures against the spread of influenza by delaying the re-opening of (lie schools for n week or so. There is no need for the public-to get the “wind up” on lids account, however, as the present epidemic has .been more or. Ids.- prevalent throughout the country during the past two months, and (he percentage of pneumonic cases is very small. Thousands of people have been attacked, in a mild form? and have had sense enough to adopt simple precautions. The scaremonger who scatters influenza around by suggestion is almost as bad as the disease. If people will lake care of themselves and their children by a plain diet and regular and elean habits both as to their bodies and in the home, there is little to fear. Children should not only be compelled to regularly clean their teeth, but the back of the tongute should also be kept elean with a moist rag or soft brush night and morning. The back of the tongue is the finest breeding ground for air-borne germs. Keep it elean.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2084, 31 January 1920, Page 2
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192Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919. INFLUENZA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2084, 31 January 1920, Page 2
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