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cold, but most unfortunately it is very virulently infectious in
this stage, and a child sent to school, or any other assemblage
of children in this condition is capable of infecting all those it
comes in contact with. Therefore from the earliest time when
it is suspected that a child may be suffering from Measles it
should be isolated from all other children, and the isolation
maintained for at least three weeks.
It is most desirable that Medical advice should be
obtained.
MEASLES is more fatal to infants and children under
five years of age than to older children, therefore the special
importance of endeavouring to protect them from contact with
a case of Measles.
The incubation period of Measles is about ten to fourteen
day?, so that a child does not show the above mentioned
catarrhal symptoms for that period after being in contact with
another child so suffering.
The rash appears three or four days after the onset of the
catarrhal symptoms, and first appears on the face, which
appears swollen, and is covered with red blotches. This rash
then spreads all over the body.
On the appearance of the earliest symptoms of Measles the
child should be put to bed in a room by itself in which a fire is
burning. Adequate ventilation of the room should be maintained
by opening the window a few inches at the top, but on no