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| SF Ad RA \ oy a A oc g f y bland addin hisitimnidodbassidisod indi olin wins ato ds ii bd PORT PERRY ST AR -- Thursday, May 22, 1975 -- § Health Unit warns rabies on increase During the past few months there has been a sharp increase in the number of cases of animal rabies reported to the Durham Regional Health Unit. Of particular concern is the fact that rabies has been confirm- ed in séven (7) dogs and one (1) cat during the past month. Rabies is a fatal disease which may affect all warm- blooded animals including man. It is caused by a virus and is spread from one animal to another through the saliva. The virus gains entry to the body through broken skin and attacks nerve cells until it reaches the brain. Symtoms then occur and death follows shortly thereafter. Usually the virus penetrates the skin through a bite from an infect- ed animal but it may also be possible to contact the infect- ion by means of contact with fresh saliva where cuts or abrasions are present. The incubation period from the time the virus enters the body until the appearance of symptoms varies greatly and it may be as short as two to three weeks or as long as six months. Of importance is the fact that the virus may be present in the saliva of an infected animal for about five days before any symptom are evident. ; Symptons do vary so that any change in normal behav- iour patterns should be regarded with suspicion. The disease may be suspected from symptoms but a definite diagnosis can only be made by a laboratory examination of brain tissue. When persons are bitten by domestic pets, it is important ~._ that the animal be confined for observation for a period of fourteen days whenever pos- sible. If the virus was present in saliva at the time of the bite, the animal will develop symptoms and die within that period. Wild animals should not be held but the head sent for laboratory analysis at once. Persons exposed to rabies receive a series of prevent- ative inoculations which "involve daily injections for fourteen days, followed by two booster doses at later dates. The public are urged to be mindful of this disease and to heed the following precaut- ions: 1. Report all animal bites to the nearest Health Unit, Office. 2. Observe wild life at a safe distance. Do not feed them and never bring home a wild creature as a pet: 3. Do not touch any animal found dead. 4. If it is necessary to handle a dead wild animal or a suspected rabid animal, wear leather mitts and dis- card them after use. 5. Have family pets vaccin- ated against rabies. While this does not guarantee full protection, it reduces the possibility to a great degree. Farm animals should also be protected. 6. Keep dogs tied or under control at all times. 7. If it is necessary to destroy a suspected rabid animal, be sure not to dam- age the head area so that the brain remains intact for laboratory examination. J. E. Watt, D.V.M., D.V.P.H. Director, Environmental Health Ser- vices. Now Open UXBRIDGE DENTURE CLINIC 66 Brock St. West Uxbridge 852-5291 Appointments available now Complete Denture Service D. Thapar Gov't Lic. Denture Therapist Member of the Denturist Society of Ontario Dislikes column written by Bill Smiley To Whom it may concern: Regarding Bill Smiley's column of May 7th, 1975, "we'll roll up the big guns} Gungho! Allow me to get started, count me at the head of the cannon. First we better load up the cannon, so here is a suggest- ion in the way of ammo. Step one: we could take a columnist who says "I'm a school teacher. Neither proud of it nor ashamed of it....Nor do I try to turn out a product that our society will be proud of." Then he adds just teaches 'what I have leaned about life." Step two: stuff a Calvanis- tic work ethic down the throat of same columnist who, bitches continually in wonderment about "....some lazy bum who wants not to work." (The bum, influen- ced no doubt, by some equal- ly uninfluential teacher). Step three: Mix in "a dull P---------- For enjoyable outdoor living this summer, come in and see our facsimile" of some column- ist while he is adding *'Can- ada would lose it's very flavour....should we allow pap to flow over us." Step four: roll columnist into a papier mache of ump- teen years babbling, contra- dictory, repetitive column and stuff into the barrel of the cannon. Now aim the cannon over Lake Scugog so that the fired blob can keep uttering in his usual form *"** "I" "I" every third sentence. For Mr. Smiley this should be fio tougher than working "on the lake boats'. Aye? A columnist, writer what have you, who can establish little or no rapport from feedback should step down. As Mr. Smiley stated in his column April 30th, 1975, "I solve the problem by not answering most of my mail." 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