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"in making any such measures universally applicable. Wherever they can be
"carried out, the following precautions should, however, be adopted:—
"Ist. The sick should be separated from the healthy. This is
"especially important in the case of first attacks in a locality
"or a household.
"2nd. The sputa of the sick should, especially in the acute stage of
"the disease, be received into vessels containing disinfectants.
"Infected articles and rooms should be cleansed and disinfected.
"3rd. When influenza threatens, unnecessary assemblages of persons
"should be avoided.
"4th. Buildings and rooms in which many people necessarily con"gregate
should be efficiently aerated and cleansed during the
"intervals of occupation.
"It should be borne in mind that the liability to contract influenza, and
"also the danger of an attack, if contracted, are increased by depressing
"conditions, such as exposure to cold, and to fatigue whether mental or
"physical.
"Attention should hence be paid at epidemic periods to all measures
"tending to the maintenance of health, such as the use of clothing of suitable
"warmth, and a sufficiency of wholesome food.
"Persons who are attacked by influenza should at once seek rest,
"warmth, and medical treatment, and they should bear in mind that the risk of
"relapse, with dangerous complications, constitutes a chief danger of the
"disease."
R. THORNE THORNE.
Local Government Board,
Medical Department,
March 6th, 1895.