Show Uintah County Parents Warned 0 Of Polio Threat Uintah County parents were cautioned this week to take measures to safeguard their children against polio as the grim spectre of a polio epi epi- epidemic epidemic demic raised its grim head with four cases reported at Ephraim With Utah's 1947 polio sea sea- season son following the wake of Aug Aug- August August dog days Dr Louis P Gebhardt professor of bacteriology at the University of Utah lists a few simple precautions that Uintah County parents should take in safeguarding their children from this dread disease Observation of these practical rules will lessen the possibility of your child becoming a polio victim 1 I 1 A child under ten should get not less than ten hours 2 He should avoid fatigue and chilling Too strenuous exercise will cause the virus to sting like a wasp if it happens to be bein bein in the nose or throat An 3 3 An adequate diet should be given 4 Keep flies files away from food Children should not eat out-of- out doors if flies are in evidence All foods that are eaten raw should be I first washed with soap and water 5 The childs child's hands should al- al always always always ways be washed before eating even before eating bread and ana and butter or an apple in-between in meals 6 Dont Don't allow children to play in areas where sewage may maybe maybee be bee problem 7 Spray garbage cans ca with DDT to help eliminate flies and acid always keep a lid on gar gar- cans Dr Gebhardt also advises parents to be watchful for ill ill ill- illnesses nesses that are marked by fever 6 loss of appetite or vom vom- vomiting or stiffness of the neck it might be polio Do not try to diagnose symptoms yourselves w ns i-ns Dr Gebhardt Consult a doctor Despite the severity of ofa ofa a first degree case of polio par par- parents should beware of panic and remember that in Utah's worst epidemic in n 1943 1043 only four in Ina Ina a thousand children were polio patients and of these only a fraction were paralyzed or died A The crippling effects of polio te fJ eJ can be minimized ed and even v elim elim- eliminated in some cases if prompt attention from a cia cial is procured reported Ds Dr Gebhardt It is cleanliness a watchful eye and a cool head that will do the most in combat combat- combating combating ing polio beyond the ward rooms of a hospital hospi tal |