Thursday, August 21, 1952. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Page 5 = g ' The Federal government collects“ _A railway to tap the iron ore de Sati esh womans one ae” fs ucteitan's amen” Precautions fo Prevent Spread || 7. s7c.hou.n Beauty Solon COMING! Of Polio Listed by Health Officer i @ : Although there are no known cases of polio in the Williams Lake area, the fact that there are more than 600 cases in Canada this year in what has been termed ihe worst epider since 1948, makes any information on the disease of note- i Labor Day Weekend a - a ; worthy interest. | == aalear earapedaere: GOVERNOR’S PARDON--SOB Vancouver Radio Fee err ia cette ete pence oases smerny nes wim gar | OC JUST LAST |H. M. Brown, director of the Cariboo be the first indication of infection, WEEK THE LITTLE WOMAN ) STARRING : Health Unit, methods by which the the virus seems fo lurk in the brain GAVE AWAY MY LAST PAIR disease may be spread and precau- and spinal cord for many days, ap- OF LEVIS. E VAN REM P tions to take have been outlined. | parently awaiting an opportunity to = - | Nearest known cases of poliomy-|attack the nerve cells and cause par- elitis, public health authorities say, | alysis. There is good evidence to be- RCA Victor and Aragon Recording Star | are in Quesnel and Burns Lake, lieve that the effect of fatigue may 1S The disease may be spread by con-] operate in converting an otherwise 3 3 tact through discharges from nose| abortive case into a paralytic case. and the 5 Trail Riders and mouth, fecal discharges and flies, Physica) fatigue during the period of Dr. Brown st&tes. the preliminary infection is often Stage Show and Dance During an epidemic, infection is disastrous while even the continu- highly prevalent but only a limited | ance of normal activity is highly dan- m number of cases are clinically identi-| gerous. Colu bus Hall fiable. For every one case between ten, aVOmD OVER-FATIGUE 3 dant 3 . °| and one hundred persons have an ap-| Qyer-careful advice to make all Sunday, Midnight: August 31, at 12:01 parent infection. The period of great- o}iidren rest during afi epidemic AND (est communicability is covered by the seems undesirable, but the thought a latter part of the incubation and the/fui parent can do much to avoid that Monday, September 1st, at 10:15 dist svask of the seute illness. Tsola=| state of ene ee Stage Show Monday Only |tion should be practiced for one week often through the holiday season, es- from the date of onset, or the dura-| pecially when the weather is 2004. |tion of fever if longer than one week.|Further there are” theoretical rea. z |Nose and throat discharges and feces sons for increasing precautious e are infectious and should be disposed | against fatigue for several days alter : 3 jof as quickly and safely as possible. injury, mild illness, sunburn, and 100 MILE HOUSE GARAGE LTD. Attempts to control the spread of| surgical operations. Dietary indigs- d ——— | /Poliomyelitis have in the past been | cretions such as eating excessive jsingularly disappointing. The appar- quantity of fruit, or unnecessary fe ent ineffectiveness of public health | purging may also be harmful. In ad- q measures must be due at least partly dition, however, to these mild’ and Railway Ave. at Oliver . to there being so many cases of abor- easily planned restrictions there 2 tive infection for every one diagnosed should be an absolute rule that ehil- “COWBOY OUTFITTERS FOR THE CARTROO” /28 poliomyelitis. Food in this country dren who develop mild ‘illnesses g 2 5 ES lis imes handled so carelessly should go to bed at once, and un- Masse -Harris Austin | mat the avoidance of infection séems necessary contact with healthy per- q C a impossible. However, the amount of | sons should be avoided, -particularly S 2 sone infection may make a difference, and / when the symptoms are in any way i FARM MACHINERY CAMS AND TRUCKS | senaibie precautions should be taken| hietie r nee as may oceur f without carrying these to tiresome |in the pre-paralytic phase of polio- t - extremes. Parents should realize that | myelitis; these include fever, nausea, J E L & MeCulloch they, themselves, may be carriers of |aizziness, unsteady eyes, difficulty in If . ode the virus and may infect their own passing urine, pains in the head, neck. i CHAIN SAWS AND FIRE PUMPS children either. by droplets from the |hagk, limbs, chest or trunk, with per. | For appointment phone 15-R-4 Teena Borkowski GOSH CHOPPER -- THE E OFFERS YOU i | j mouth or by handling food with con-|naps some stiffness of the neck on taminated hands. Clearly the threat| spine. A of poliomyelitis is an indication for i _ALSO special attenton’to personal hygiene. | HORSEFLY j land children who are in any way ‘ ' ‘unwell should be put to bed and iso- x C s d T k lated from others. A patient suspect- Manpower Depleted U ad : ed to have an abortive infection se ars an PUCKS should be kept in bed for one week. 3 Forest Fires REDUCE RISK i y = ent = Since little can be done to avold| uae ares are still raging around Washing Machines: ||: virus tne cvcsuon arses wnuret fa, ore ove st rasine: axons er any steps can be taken to redite/ siilgozea into Antoité Lake’ fire and the ‘risk of Infection, when tt ‘ogetrs.\! ts) more bulidozers' Were talléi in Geveloping into the paralytic form) su iaraly “It. these sfifes ksep- Ga ‘Water Pressure Systems of disease, After a mild and n0m-| Nese vowe be any ‘men en Horsefly. LIBERAL MASTER STEVE and BILLY TUR- NER from Andrew, Alberta, are vi MEETING iuing their aunt, Mrs. George Niqu det of Horsefiy. _Stoves Atlas and Goodyear Tires i ‘jf i i wink Lake & District MR. and MRS. HONEYSETTE and Light Plants - Fire Extinguishers sie Lier ee jtheir daughter, from New Westmin- 2 jster, ave visiting Mr. ,Honeysette's S * 5 S will meet daughter and grandson, Mrs. Bessie L By CAQTAM'S 22 ce ure d A t 25th Lowry and Herb. a a GOOD STOCK OF AUTOMOTIVE Monday, Augus DR. J. F. BARTON from Lous- This advertisement is not published or displayed by PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 8 p.m. wv, Washington, is in our the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. ountry .again to enjoy the fishing VILLAGE BALL |und will be staying on until the end ° eF7e * = | of September fur the hunting season. W hat as LT; c Ste ALBERT AI-ARIC and son Mur- O Wt LOWS = ray, Were visitors in Hor'selly this le ] = > weekend. + y E WE certainly need rain to put out of peop OMT E DAL. . e 4 hes fiyes and lay the dust of the : a ‘ or ime Successiui Kancher rm \ ‘ THERE were a good many fisher é ® men on Quesnel Lake this past Mon- ] eR e 5 day, with boats of all sizes. Not many i fish were caught, at least at the low- it’s ‘Internationals’ |\S222250" tourists here this summer. Pg RAS | : . (delayed) ae te: MISS DONELLA HOOKER is on} helps break aids science’s battle holiday from St. Joseph’s School of | traffic bottlenecks? against disease? Nursing, at Victoria. She is spending Life insurance — because a large Lite insurance — through several her holidays with her parents, Mz. Part of the money that people put importent medical research projects and Mrs. F. C. Hooker and her bro- wane chan arenes is invested in part by ade Conte oy ie . 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