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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1975
TREATMENT FOR 'RED EYE'
AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOVERNMENT CLINICS
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PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM +RED EYE+ CAN GO TO ANY OF THE 59 GOVERNMENT CLINICS FOR TREATMENT DURING THE CURRENT OUTBREAK OF THE DISEASE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED AT ALL CLINICS FOR TREATING +RED EYE+ PATIENTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND AN EYE CLINIC UNLESS IT IS NEAREST TO THEIR HOMES OR THEY SEEK TREATMENT FOR OTHER EYE DISEASES.
HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO PAY GREAT ATTENTION TO PERSONAL HYGIENE, WHICH IS THE ONLY EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CHECKING THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
THE DISEASE, USUALLY PREVALENT DURING THE SWIMMING SEASON, SPREAD THROUGH CONTACT, FOR EXAMPLE IN PUBLIC PLACES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS, IN SCHOOLS AND AMONG FAMILIES.
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THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED PEOPLE NOT TO RUB THEIR EYES WITH HANDS OR TO SHARE OTHER'S TOWELS OR HANDKERCHIEFS.
MEANWHILE, HEALTH RETURNS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST SHOW THAT. THE INCIDENCE OF VIRAL HEPATITIS HAS RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL LEVEL. DURING THE MONTH, THERE WERE 97 CASES COMPARED WITH 150 IN JULY AND 345 DURING THE PEAK PERIOD IN MAY.
THE INCIDENCE OF MOST OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONTINUED TO BE LOW, WITH ENTERIC FEVER DROPPING FROM 65 CASES TO 38 CASES. THREE CASES OF IMPORTED MALARIA WERE RECORDED WHILE THE RECORDS OF POLIOMYELITIES AND DIPHTHERIA REMAINED CLEAN.
FIFTY-SIX DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH UNDER REVIEW, WITH TUBERCULOSIS ACCOUNTING FOR THE MAJORITY
· OF THE DEATHS.
HONG KONG REMAINED FREE FROM CHOLERA AND OTHER QUARANTINABLE DISEASES DURING THE MONTH.
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