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PRECAUTIONS AS TO DIARRHŒA.
In consequence of the prevalence of Diarrhœa amongst
young children, more especially those brought up by hand, the
Vestry as the Sanitary Authority acting under the advice of their
Medical Officer of Health, beg to direct the attention of Parents
and others having care of young children to the great advisability
of boiling all water and milk used for feeding such children.
Care should be taken as to the sound condition of every
article of food for children, anything not fresh being withheld.
Fruit especially should not be given if in the slightest degree
decomposed.
Cleanliness of person and dwellings with frequent flushing
of house drains is of the greatest value.
Disinfectants in case of illness are supplied free of charge on
application to the Public Health Department, Town Hall Road,
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., and on Saturdays,
between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Measles The number of cases which occurred during the
Whooping earlier months of 1897 cannot be ascertained, as these,
Cough. the most fatal of all zymotic diseases, still remain
non-notifiable. Again in December I reported relative to the
prevalence of Measles, and the number of fatal cases becoming
so grave I was directed to re-issue a bill giving the public
instructions as to the necessary precautions to be observed
during an epidemic of this disease, and they are here appended.
Seventy-six fatal cases of Measles were recorded during the year,
the number during 1894 having been one hundred and fiftyone,
during 1895 ninety-nine, and in 1896 one hundred and
eighty-five.