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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 350, 8 March 1946, Page 18

USSUED BY THE DEPT: OF HEALTH INFANTILE PARALYSIS Warning: Should infantile paralysis cases be reported in your town or district, regard with suspicion any child who is out of sorts and running a temperature: Put him to bed, isolated, until the doctor comes and determines the diagnosis. The first symptoms may be missed if You are not on the alert: They are 8 Headache, moderate temperature, flushing: Vomiting, and the child may have some bowel disturbance: There may be a complaint of pain in the stomach. There may be a drowsiness with little sleep__then a change to irritability. The child doesn't like being touched and wants to be left alone: There may be a short period of stiffness of the neck and back: Many cases recover without any further symptoms: Reassurance : When paralysis develops, more than half of the diagnosed cases obtain complete recovery: Most of the others get back partial and reasonable use of the paralysed muscles. 2 The chances of a favourable outcome are helped by early recog- nition of the disease and early hospital attention: The affected muscles then get adequate rest and treatment, and this helps prevent deformities: Advice : Should there be infantile paralysis in your near neighbourhood, keep your children to themselves as much as possible: Let them play in the fresh air, without getting fatigued: See that they get adequate sleep, and eat a well-balanced diet: Put off any nose and throat operations on children while infantile paralysis is in your district: KEEP ThIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE [46 FOR A HEALTHIER NATION