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Keep your children from eating unripe or over-ripe fruit. It is
most important to remove all dust adhering to fruit, and this precaution
applies especially to fruit purchased from street barrows. The ices sold
in the street often contain very poisonous microbes.
A previous case of Summer Diarrhœa in a house will cause the
disease to spread to other children if care is not taken.
All diapers used by children should be placed in boiling water
immediately they are soiled, and it is a wise precaution to disinfect with
strong solution of Carbolic the bowel discharges of all Diarrhœa patients
before they are thrown down the water closet.
Send at once for a qualified medical man in every case of diarrhœa.
G. A. Garry Simpson,
Medical Officer of Health.
The dairies, cowsheds and milkshops are periodically visited, and
I insist on the following very important precautions being taken, viz.:
that the milk should be always kept covered over with a damp cloth,
and the cans finally washed with boiling water, which destroys any
microbes that may be present.
A fresh register has been made of all dairies, and for the future
only those premises that are considered suitable will be placed on the
register.
I made during the year excursions to farms in the country which
supply the milk to the largest dairies in the district. The cows appeared
healthy and I could find no evidence of Tuberculosis. On two occasions
I was fortunate in timing my visit for the milking hour, and I gave the
men special instructions about washing their hands before milking;
from personal inspection I am convinced that this precaution is not
enforced as rigorously as it should be.