INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 146, 16 February 1916, Page 1

INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

The disease which is commonly known as Infantile Paralysis, but which is known to the medical pretension as Poliomyelitis and Which is prevalent in a more or less mild form in several parts of the North Island, is the subject ot a pamphlet whi:b has been issued by the Health Department The disease has been prevalent in America and Australia for some considerable lime, but as yet the virus has not bun identified. It attacks the nervous system, and while the disease is often easily diagnosed, the eymptoms vary to such un extent that it is sometimes very difficult to identify. In the iNorthern Hemisphere, the disease is most prevalent during the mouths of July, August and September, and in the Southern Hemisphere during the months of March and April 'I he name of "Infantile Paralysis' is rather a misnomer, as it is nowise certain that paralysis will supervene in evtry case The period of incubation has been ascertained to be six days and the viru9 is'cjmrnunicated from one* to another from the secretions of the ncse and mouth. Patients should be kept isolated for not less than three to four weeks from the acute stages of the disease