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EDGE OF DARKNESS

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VIDDINLA VAJE SED.

ched by CHARİES VIDDEŇ

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947.

How a community, led by specialists sent out from Britain, united to deal with an outbreak of infantile paralysis makes one of the great stories of medical endeavour and communal co-operation of the postwar world. Even criminals in gaol made splints—and when they heard of the need of children stricken by the disease, turned to making toys to entertain the young victims.

COMBATTING-

INFANTILE PARALYSIS

NFANTILE paralysis

is

~are

perhaps the most tragic of all epidemic diseases, What must be called the classical scourges-cholera, plague and typhoid, for example dendly enough, but the modes of spread are well known, the methods of control are fairly effective, and those who sur-

infections vive these

usually make a full recovery.

Infantile paralysis is not a particularly fatal disease, but many of the survivors are left with more or less permanent disability; and our understand ing of the mode of spread is still so imperfect that we do not yet know how to limit the spread of an outbreak once it has started.

During World War IL. there were four notable outbreaks in British colonies: in Malta in the winter of 1942-43; in Mauritius in the spring of 1945; and late in the same year in Singapore and St Helena. Of the four, the outbreak in Mauritius was the most serious.

The island is overcrowded; it

is only 38 miles by 28, some of the land is uninhabitable, and the population numbers nearly half-a-million. From time to time Mauritius is visited by de-

IN MAURITIUS

unable to help required.

By Professor J. H. SEDDON

Doctor of Medicine, Master of Arts, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oxford, Corresponding Member of the American Orthopaedic Associa- Zion, who went to Mauritius at the request of Britain's Secretary of State for the Colonies.

The Public Works Department constructed at excellent warm-water pool for remedial exercises, and the Navy presented us with the bailer.

In this way, it was possible to deal with these unfortunate children (about 420 out of 1,000 were 30 seriously affected that they required hospital treatment) in a manner that did not compare unfavourably with what would have been done in Bri- tuin.

It was clear, however, that a per- manent organisation would be re- quired, and the Government of Mauritius decided to establish im- mediately the orthopaedic

service

that rel bet contemplated ** A

postwar development. An ortho- paedie mirgean

has gone to work there and two physlbtherapists;, the hospital will continue until a per- manent orthopaedle unit has been

to the extent ladies from the old French ly new to the workers, many of hos Fortunately we ob- families who had an intimate them desperate criminals, was constructed; and the people of Mau- tained all we needed; Brigadier knowledge of the island and its established. H. S. Cormack,

Accurately fitting ritius have collected about 100,000 Command; offered us the ser-

East Africa lingua franen, à curious French splints were turned out in large rupees for the erection and equip-

numbers, and the sympathy and will be their war memorial.

ment of rehabilitation centre which vices of a pathologist to help patois. with the epidemiological work,

interest of the prisoners were Perhaps most important of all, a and those of two Army medical

aroused to such an extent that district organisation for the care of officers stationed in Mauritius

time to making toys for they devoted their little spare ripples has been established for the clinical work.

children. Similarly they con- tion much good has come, and it is

thoughout the Island, the

Thus, cut of a most tragie visita- structed the apparatus required not unreasonable to hope that before best orthopaedic services In the Colonial Empire..

As the epidemiological data were collected the V.A.D.s ar ranged for the patients to be to a convenient centre,

sent

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Brian estate

The Air. Officer Commanding, such as a district or sugar in the hospital for various long Mauritius will have one of the

hospital, where the forms of treatment. Baker, also allowed us to take alinicians examined them on the one of his senior medical offi- following day. cers, and we were permitted to call on the Royal Air Force for

:

quired for making splints and THE thorough examination of to make free use of transport service for the con- is laborious under ordinary con- T

the air

supplies of "Duralumin," re- Empty Huts

veyance of pathological material from

the muscles of a small child

search Institute at Entebbe. Rockefeller Yellow Fever Re- equatorial island.

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

THE other day, in a public Try 174.4 metres

place, the word ran, like

As she came into view, there was.

she walked

broadcasting as a pest and a bore, there is amusement to be got out of

vastating cyclones and there where arrangements had been when all conversation has to be film star was present.

Mauritius to Uganda, ditions; it is very hard work cheese in stubble, that a famous T°, one who, like me, regards all were three in the early months made for carrying out patholo- done by interpretation, and in of 1945-in January, February gienl and April. Housing is in

investigations at the the often oppressive heat of an hush. Like that great Queen of the row about reception. Latvia general indifferent or poor, and

Neverthe returned to earth for a day, having got the wave-length of 5148 sanitation primitive, except in the capital, Port Louis.

lovely young Burgafed "War, und Peace" on the The

to see as many as 60 children girl.

close by sold, · -"'I of cyclones smashed hundreds

This was only the beginning a day, allowing about 20 minutes, you had those clothes, and the time ontwith wave-length. The solu houses, damaged many

more of the help given by the Ser- for each. Those who required to doll yourself up like that, you tion of tite problem, which I have and caused an almost universal vices, for, on reaching Mauri- splints were measured for them, the young girl turned an angry face

would be just as beautiful." But not seen put forward, is simple. In- devastation of crops,

tius. we found that our emer- and lists were made, in order to her consoler and hissed. "Don't

crease the power, cover a radius of gency hospital was to be in a of urgency, of patients in need be ridiculous." Yet it was true. collection of well-constructed of hospital treatment.

Marginal, note huts that had been used by the

less, it was sometimes possible { beautifulpowly along. "Isn't she metres, nobody can hear the unct-

Somco a

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Mission From Britain IN normal times the medical Navy and recently handed over Unfortunately the hospital, N enormously rich business mon

services are barely sufficient to the Army. Later there was when we arrived, was no more

is reported to have said the other for the needs of the island, so

a great deal when it was proposed that a that could not have been done and the Public Works Depart- The amazing thing is that rich busi- of clerical work than a collection of empty huts, day that any man can get anywhere he wants if he works hard enough. mission should be sent from properly without the aid of ment was not able to move very nese men never get tired of saying Britain Wo thought it im- four excellent clerks, two from fast on account of the abnormal that. It is trotted, out as a kind of perntive to gather together the A.T.S. (the women's branch demands made on its services a millionaire. Do these men ever reproach to everybody who is not a-team-of-a-size--ade of the British Army) and two by renson of the recent cyclones: look at the people who really do quate for the task. It was also from the Royal Army Medical However, the wards were open- work hard and get nowhere? agreed that our attention should Corps.

ed up one by one under the Granted, sir not be limited to doing what-

direction of the matron and ever was necessary for the care

DEAR Sir, of those affected;

sisters, the routine nursing being done by the V.A.D.s.

survey.

the work

Search For Victims

to the East African colonies,

141 miles instead of 05 miles, and change the wave-length to 174.4 metres, which will avoid both Sto- bart and t Helena.

Twenty Years of Uproar.

climates to real hard work.

The work of an orchestra in hot

ILX-1-was-conducting the Suez

(Music critic.)

Philharmonic at Ramaniych, cymbus player began to use his cymbals tu crush lies. This inter- fered considerably with the playing of his companions, and confused my The procedure envisaged for beat. Nikisch used to keep tentative inquiries cannot be said to in the orchestra to swish the flies a cow be that which was visualised in the away with its tall. One day it had statutory order which forms part of to be milked in the middle. of

me for arbitration. Should the choral passage in Berlioz's Dani circumstance arise, as it may, of given inquiry being pursued on these her stool in the way of the obous nailon de Faust," and the girl gal made. Ines, the outcome may be contrary The cow backed into some brasses, and "chaos reigned supreme." as a Yours truly,

Critic wrote in the "Damanhour Argus."

"LOVESICK."

would include an epidemiological AN appeal had also been made

The epidemiologists continued and we were joined by a doctor their labours while the arrange Before there can be any hope from Tanganyika and his wife ments for the care of the of controlling the spread of who was an experienced nurse; children were being poliomyelitis (to give the he became superintendent of After a most, searching analysis to what was intended. disease its proper name) more the hospital and she the matron. of every relevant event in near- must be found out about its Two Army nursing sisters were ly 800 cases they were finally mode of spread. An island sent from Nairobi, another came epidemic is a favourable sub- from the local station hospital, ject for epidemiological investi- and a fourth from the Uganda gation, since conditions can be Medical Service: studied with much greater pre- cision than is possible in a com-

A list of notifications gave a Permanent Organization munity in constant and uncon rough idea of the extent of the trolled contact with the outside outbreak in the various parts of IT was difficult to see how an the island; there were said to adequate supply of splints be about 1,100 cases.. Each district was tackled in turn.

world.

able to show how the disease had spread; the most important factor proved to be personal contact.

could be obtained. The Govern- ment of Malta was good enough to send the splints that had been used in the 1942-43 epidemic, and after minor repairs all were fit for use.

But many were needed.

moro

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

2

17. It has a stiffening effect, ask

your gardener. (5)

18. Unhampered. (4)"

19. Briefly the day he posed. (3) 20. An ape for a change. (5)

21. Significant of distress. (3)

22. One of our Ministers. (5) 23. Head-dress. (3)

24. It's scarce if it is. (0)

Down

1. The one who would wish Fords to

get together in a mix up. (9).

2. M.PA race this way, ask there

folk (7)

3. Just a plain nuisance. (4)

4. You will find a curtailed malo

relative in the soup. (5)

The party that left England consisted of an orthopaedic sur geon, an epidemiologist second- ed by the Medical Research Government medical officers, Council, and a physiotherapist, local doctors, sanitary inspectors Lieut-General Sir Alexander, and village schoolmasters were. Hood, Director-General of the most helpful in guiding the Army Medical Service, had epidemiologists to the homes of

It was found that good metal given us letters of introduction patients, but the detailed hunt- to the Directors of Medical ing down of the more elusive work was done in the workshops Services in Cairo (Middle East children could be done only by, of His Majesty's prison at Port Force) and Nairobi, (East full-time workers. Fortunately, Louis, where we discovered, a Africa Command),

the plan there was a local corps of keen most willing helper in the Senior 11. Thus to return to a dark subject. 15. Racecourse broken at gea? (5) being to make demands on and intelligent Voluntary Ald Chief Officer. Within a few Cairo only if East Africa proved Detachment hurses, young weeks a skilled industry, entire.

NANCY Right to the Letter

HO HUM---. I

THINK I'LL

HIT THE

HAY

MRS. SPUTTER WANTS, YOU TO WEAR THESE BED SOCKS SO YOU WON'T CATCH COLD

OH, THAT'S

SILLY

I DON'T WANT

TO WEAR THESE GOOFY THINGS

Across

1. In which you may paste a boors

pack. (6-4)

8. This is not à member of

Christmas carolling saclety. (6) 9. Obviously he's from Rome. (4)

12. Planned. (7)

14. Ship creed (anag.). (9)

By Ernie Bushmiller

·WELL---HE SAID THEY

WERE BED SOCKS

6. Musical Instrument. (4)

0. The edible part of boats. (3)

7. American petrol. (8)

a

10.

I got in the list and make noise. (7)

13. Fancied. (6).

16. Before. (3)

18. He was at his zenith us a boxer

'a decade ago,' (4)

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