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quence m In the army camps durmg during during1940-41 during1940 41 I 1940-41 1940 41 - - Perhaps with the develop developmeat development I Iment ment meat of the collective schools fewer fewerchildren fewerchildren , children even in the rural areas areashave areashave areashave have missed having havmg the disease perDECLINE per perDECLINE DECLINE IN DEATHS FROM FROMTETANUS1933 FROMI FROMTETANUS1933 FROMTETANUS I TETANUS-1933 TETANUS 1933 - 1933 to 1941DEATHSALL 1941 DEATHS-All DEATHS All EATHS-ALLCASES EATHS ALLCASES - CASES - - - " 933 ' . . _ (60 60 (60940 ( j1940 " 1940 \940 940 \ 29 % THOSE MEDICAUY MEDICALLY ATTENDED ATIENDED ATIENDEDWITH ATTENDEDWITH WITH N 24 HOURS 194019 > 94o m\ m mhaps % \ haps baps it is being bemg recognized recogmzed earlier earlierby earlierby earlierby by the camp physicians " who "ho ho isolatethe isolatethe Isolate Isolatethe the case before many have a chance chanceto chanceto chanceI to be exposed Mothers should know the charac characterlstIc characteristic charactenstic terlstIc teristic symptoms of measles At Atthe Atthe Atthe the start when it is most contag ous ousthe ousthe ousthe the child may not appear sick sickenough sickenough sickenough enough to warrant his being belDg kept kepthome kepthome kepthome home from school though there is isusually isusually isusually usually quite a fever Some whIte whItespots whitespots whitespots spots de\ de de develop deelop \ > elop in the mouth there IS ISfever ) isfever s sfever fever a running rUllIling nose inflammatIon Inflammationof of the membrane over the eyes and andeye andeye andeye eye lids hds sens tivcness tlveness tiveness to bnght bright bnghtlight brightlight brightlight light watering watermg of the eyes a cough coughand coughand coughand and then a characteristic red flat flateruption flateruption flateruption eruption that spreads over the en entire entire entire tire body and Is conspicuous on the theface theface theface face and chest Whenever any mea measIcs measles measles sIcs sles is known to be in m the vlcmlty vicinity vlcmltyIsolate vicinityisolate vicinityIsolate Isolate the child when any ot of otthese ofthese ofthese these symptoms appear and keep keephJD1 keephim keephim hJD1 him at home and alone tor for two or orthree orthree orthree three days to give the rash time to todevelop todevelop todevelop develop You may not be able to torecognize torecognize torecognize , recognize the spots In the mouth mouthbut mouthbut mouthbut but your doctor will and so can make makethe makethe makethe I the diagnosis even before there IS ISany isany isany any rash The fever may be qUIte qUItehigh quitehigh quitehigh high tor for a day or two but usually usuallysubsides usuallysubsides usuallysubsides subsides rapidly it J if ! the child is kept keptIn keptin keptin In bed m a darkened room and given givenplenty givenplenty givenplenty plenty of fiwdsMeasles fluidsMeasles fluids fiwds fluidsMeasles Measles is one of at those childhood childhooddiseases childhooddiseases childhooddiseases diseases which are usually so mild mildthat mildthat mildthat that many think the children mIght mIghtjust mightjust mightjust just as well have it and get it over overwith overwith overwith with But it If any of them are wants infants wantsor infantsor infantsor or at all sickly every effort should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be made to prevent their catching it itas itas itas as they more often have severe severecases severecases severecases cases and more frequently develop developcomplications developcomplications developcomplications complications Among the compll compli compllcations complications complications cations that have been seen fre ire frequently irequently trequently quently are the broncho pneumomas pneumonias pneumomasand pneumoniasand pneumoniasand and empyemas already mentioned mentionedpulmonary mentionedpulmonary mentionedpulmonary pulmonary tuberculosis the resist resistance resistante resistance ance ante to which seems to be lowered loweredby loweredby loweredby by measles eye ear nose and throat throatrnfections throatinfections throatinfections rnfections infections and occasionally an ID in IDt1ammation inflammation inflammatlon t1ammation flammation of the brain ( encephalltis encephalitIS encephali tIS ) which may cause permanent permanentdamage permanentdamage permanentdamage damage There Is enough danger dangerto , to health that results from this usu usually usually usually ally mild mUd and insignificant but highly highlycontagious highlycontagious highlycontagious contagious disease that it should not notbe notbe notbe be treated lightly Note especIally especIallythat especiallythat especiallythat that 533 53 3 per cent of the deaths from frommeasles frommeasles frommeasles measles are in infants under one oneyear oneyear oneyear year old'The old 'The The * ' The statistician statlstlclan , deals dc.als dcals dusts dc.alsWltl . withaverages Wltl with withaverages averages , the pliysician physIcIan with withindividuals wIthmdlVlduals withindividuals individuals mdlVlduals mdlVldualsFetterman individualsFetterman ' _ Fetterman -Fetterman - FettermanQUESTION . 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