INFLUENZA IN SHANNON.

Shannon News, 3 August 1923, Page 3

INFLUENZA IN SHANNON.

PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN. A special meeting of the! Borough Council was held last evening with a view to taking precautions to prevent influenza spreading in th© Borough. The Mayor presided. Dr. Macdonald was in attendance! and made recommendations as to what to do. Dr. Macdonald said there were about ten cases in Shannon at the present time, but there are many more slight .cases. It was. reisolved after some (consideration to draft a circular noti-

ifying the inhabitants how to deal ■with €his epidemic and circulate '.through the local paper. iMr Macdonald! recommended- that on The signs of the “flu” the patient ■should immediately take to his bed ;«nd 'keep warm; also to keep the .mouth #ad nose as clelan as possible, and to .gargle with Condy’s fluid, (Cleaning *veeth after meals, and keeping ?away from infection, and also disinfecting houses and back-yards. In reply 'to the! Mayor Dr Macdonald did not think the present severity warranted thiel closing of th© local school. 5H© ladvisedj that the school be disinfected, but if children show signs of .influenza they should he kept away. There! is. a tendency after the first three or four days of feeling better for a person to try and get about, but isolation should follow for at least three days after feeling well. Warmth is most necessary and patient should go to bed in a room, where there Is a fire. . , The Mayor said they did not want to cause alarm or panic, but the thing must he taken in time. On the motion of Cr. Butt it was derided that Dr. Macdonald’s recommendations be! put into circular form and distributed ajnhng householders.