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DIPHTHERIA.
Diphtheria is a very dangerous and very infectious
disease and the life of the patient may depend on the doctor
seeing him and getting him under treatment in the early stage.
Early Signs. If you find a child feverish, with sore
throat and swollen glands in the neck you should
suspect Diphtheria. In children who are not old enough to
complain of sore throat suspicion of Diphtheria should be
aroused by the child showing a difficulty in swallowing
or in breathing, and no time should be lost in having the
child seen by a doctor.
When you suspect a child to be suffering from either
Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria, you should put it to bed at once
in a room apart from other children till arrangements can be
made for its removal to hospital or its isolation at home.
Wash your hands and arms well in a disinfectant after
handling the patient before going near any of the otherchildren.
Remove nothing from the room where
the sick child has been till the Inspector arrives,
he will give directions about the disinfection of the room.
Copies of this pamphlet may be obtained free of charge
by applying to the Lady Inspector at the Town Hall at
9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. daily.
A. W. J. MacFADDEN, M.B., C.M.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Edmonton.
June, 1905.