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CIRCULAR Re MEASLES.
BOROUGH OF RICHMOND.
Measles.
Town Hall, Richmond.
Measles is again prevalent in this district.
There are more deaths every year from measles than from
scarlet fever. This is due to the neglect of parents, in many cases,
because of the mistaken idea that the disease is not dangerous.
Take the same care and precautions as you do with scarlet
fever, and you may save your children. Measles is a Fever.
The disease begins like a cold in the head; this lasts four days
before the rash comes out, and the case is "catching" during all
this period, as well as some fortnight or more after the disappearance
of the rash.
Isolate the patient. Keep off measles as long as you can, as 90
per cent, of the deaths occur below 5 years of age. The older the
child is when measles is contracted the better is the prospect of
living through it.
Bronchitis, pneumonia, and inflammation of the kidneys, even
in very mild cases, follow on the disease if the patient is not kept
in bed.
J. H. CROCKER, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health.
CIRCULAR Re WHOOPINC COUCH
BOROUGH OF RICHMOND.
Whooping Cough.
This disease is a serious one, especially if occuring in children
under five years of age. The most common complication is
bronchitis, but the severe coughing and straining during the illness
rnay tear the lung tissue and thus set up inflammation.