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Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1918, Page 1

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. * NOTICE OF CLOSING OF ALL PLACES ■ ... . SPECIFIED. t District Health Office, Wellington. N pursuance of the powers conferred ' on me by section 18 of the Public Health Act, 1908, and -being authorised in that behalf by the Govemer-General, I, Robert Haldane Makgill, District Health Officer at Wellington, do hereby require-all places and buildings in the Wellington Health District set out or referred to in the schedule below to be isolated by being closed until further notice, or during the time specified with •respect thereto in the said, schedule, and during that time no person shall enter any such building save for the purpose of cleansing'or disinfecting the same, or for some other purpose directed l)y me. SCHEDULE: All Theatres, Dancing Halls, Billiard Saloons, Concert Rooms, Shooti ing Galleries, and other buildings or rooms used as places of public entertainment or amusement. All Marble Bars, Refreshment Rooms and Tea Rooms are to be closed, , except during the following hours: 7 a.m. to !) a.m., 12 noon to 2 p.m., 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. All buildings used for the purposes of Public Worship to be closed (Sundays included) at 5 p.m. daily. All buildings used for public meetings, except when used for public health purposes and dealing with organisations for that purpose. All proposed University or other Examinations by an Educational Body to be cancelled, or, if proceeding at present, to stop at once. All places wherein is carried on the business of a Barber or Hairdresser, all Public and Private Schools, Sunday Schools and University and other Colleges. All places used for Race Meetings, Shows, or Exhibitions of any kind. Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November, 1918. R. H. MAKGILL, District Health Officer. NOTE.—The Wellington Health District includes the following Hospital Districts: Taranaki, Hawera, Stratford,*Patea, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Wairoa, Cook, Waiapu, Palmcrston. North, Waipawa, Wairarapa, Wellington, Nelson, Picton, Wairau. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NEW ZEALAND. PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS. " cautions 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 Forniamint lozenges, etc. Avoid close contact with persons suffering from Influenza. Do not remain unnecessarily long with 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 breakfast-cup to a gallon of water of any reliable disinfectant. Go to bed when feel 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 secretions intc> proper receptacles containing 5 per cent, carbolic acid, or into cloths which afterwards burn. KeeV patient's feeding utensils, etc., separate, and place in boiling water after use. Handkerchiefs used by f atients should be kept" separate and well boiled after use. Patients should not appear in /public places for seven to ten days after the onset of the disease, and should be particularly careful not to sneeze or cough without using a handkerchief which lias been soaked for an hour in a weak solution of disinfectant—say, 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 , the 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 close contact with other people. . By Order, ~ i J. P. FRENGLEY, Acting Chief Health Officer. Wellington, Bth 'November, 1918. NEW PLYMOUTH GAS CO., LTD NOTICE TO CONSUMERS. rjTHE LAST DAY FOR DISCOUNT will be TO-DAY (Saturday), until 10.30 a.m. - 'W, E. SEARLE, t ' Acting Swwtarj. '