MNCTIOUS DISEASE

Dozerdust, Volume 2, Issue 18, 20 May 1944, Page 10

MNCTIOUS DISEASE

SWEEPS THROUGH WORKS

COY. ..ND HQ. WORKS,

Medical Authorities unoblo to stem spread. Worst feared ’.

A new type of di sea - se has. made it appears nee among Works Coy. and HQ, Works personnel with devastating results. Medic - cal officers arc unable to throw any light.on the origin of euro of what h probably the worst endemic experienced since tho " Great Flu" outbreak

following World War I#

Popularly known as this new scourge strikes young! and old alike without . - | di s c rimi na ti on; me who i have becn'in'New Caledon- ! ia only a matter of mon- j ths fall before the disease as easily as the

"oldest identity”.

IN responce to the call for co-operation i with the authorities 9 we publish a few of the sym- ' ptoms, and suggestions on ! the best way to handle ; the mor© violent patients.j

IN the sarly stages

of the disease it is preceded by a noticeable restlessness and accompanied by glumness. In a few

days tho eyes become dull and listless. A condition described by advertisers of Night Starvation nostrums. At this stage of th.; disease even the widest range of novelties in the Canteen makes no appeal to the sufferer.

IT is essential that no one whistle, si ng,hum of yodel " Home Sweet Home within the hearing of the afflicted# Medical officers ar: agreed upon this. After a few days the second Symptom appears. Thss is a severe bout of loquacity; ho will talk for hours, ( See page 12 ) rf■: - ■! :: ff it b••lfft»rflft It tt It t