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PAGE TWO Measles Epidemic Is Now In Progress In North Carolina 2,399 Cases Reported In State During January And February By WILLIAM H. RICHARDSON N. C. State Board of Health An epidemic of measles is under way in North Carolina, according to Doctor Charles P. Stevick, Director of the State Board of Health’s Div ision of Epidemiology. While there were only 1,353 cases reported for the entire year of 1948, there were 2,399 cases reported daring January and February of this year. The 1947 total was 5,000 cases. According to Doctor Stevick, meas-i les is one of the few remaining dis eases that occur from time to time in epidemic form. “While poliomyelitis occurs in epidemics at intervals that are totally unpredictable,” he said, “measles usually can be expected to appear in North Carolina in epidemic form about every other year. The largest number of cases reported in the last ten years occurred in 1988, when there were 50,000 cases. In that year, there were 251 deaths.” The epidemiologist pointed out that, due to the fact that only 1,353 cases occurred in 1948, the present year can be expected to have a high measles incidence. “This expecta tion,” he pointed out, “has proven correct by case reports received by the State Board of Health so far this year. “Epidemics,” he went on, “usually start in December and reach their peak in March, April and May. In January, 1949, there were 802 cases reported, and in February, 1,597.” Quoting from a leaflet issued by the State Board of Health, entitled “Facts About Measles”, which is available to the public upon applica tion, Doctor Stevick gave the follow ing information about measles, in view of the fact that an epidemic ap pears underway: “Measles or Roseola is one of the most common of the communicable diseases. The name is frequently confused with German Measles or Rubella, which is an entirely dif ferent and less severe disease, al though it does produce certain similar symptoms. “Measles is so highly contagious that practically no one escapes hav ing it sooner or later. Most of the eases. occur before the age of ten years. The mortality rate is low, j except in extremely. young children; however, serious complications can occur at any age. Most measles deaths are caused by pneumonia. Other complications are bronchitis and ear infections. Symptoms Os Measles “The symptoms of this disease re semble those of a cold the first few days, gradually increasing in sever ity, with an irregular, steadily rising fever. On about the fourth day, the skin eruption appears. It occurs first on the face and neck and during the next 24 to 48 hours spreads to the chest and extremities. 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See him right away. < > ii IFB ARMOUR | ij FERTILIZER WORKS jj ;; NORFOLK, VA. ;; pimead size when they first appear i ani soon grow larger so that many of them run together to form ir refUlar blotches. The color is pink th; first day or two, and they slowly turn red, then brown. About one Iwtek after the rash appears the skin miy begin to peel in fine bran-like Hikes. “A person who is infected with can spread the disease to l others for 24 to 48 hours before the symptoms appear. Since these first symptoms are not much different fipm those of a cold, it often happens that such a person spreads the dis ease to many other individuals be fore he is isolated. That is the reason why it is almost impossible to escape infection permanently. “Although measles is a serious disease, and there is still no effective Way of preventing its occurrence permanently, we do have a means of preventing serious complications, and thereby reducing the dangers when it does occur. “It has been noted that, in 1938, there were 251 deaths from this dis i ease. Since that year, there has been a noticeable decline in deaths, in spite of the fact that there has been no definite reduction in the number of cases. This decline in deaths has been due'to two developments: The first is the discovery of sulfa drugs and penicillin for treatment of pneu monia and similar complications of measles, and the second is the use of serum for small children. This serum is' taken from persons who have had the disease. Since the globulin part of the serum is used, it is usually spoken of as immune globulin. Parents can do much to reduce the danger from measles in their children by consulting their physicians or health departments re garding the use of immune globulin. “The method of using this sub stance is described in the leaflet from which we quoted a few minutes ago. To quote further from the Board of Health’s leaflet on measles: “ ‘There is no vaccine available at present for producing permanent im munity against measles. Such im munity comes only after an attack of the disease. Second attacks are very rare. A certain amount of temporary immunity is inherited by babies of mothers whp have had measles. This lasts until about the age of six months. In recent years the injection of blood serum from persons who have had measles has been used to produce temporary im munity in children who have been ex posed. If the serum is injected just before or a day or two after exposure, the disease will usually be prevented entirely; however, the temporary immunity produced in this way lasts only a month or less and the child again becomes susceptible. The se rum is used in this way only for {very young babied or for persons ill with other diseases. Modification Method “ ‘The most common use of immune serum is to bring about partial pre vention of measles attacks so that permanent immunity will be produc ed by the actual occurrence of the disease but in a sufficiently mild form to avoid the serious complications. To accomplish this purpose, the serum is given on the fifth day after 0 miiiii 0 SETH THOMAS j CLOCKS | CAMPEN’S | I JEWELERS I THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1949. exposure in the correct dose to suit the age of the patient. If it is given later than this, it usually has no ef fect at all.’ “In other words, what is desired is for the child who is not too small or who is not already weakened to have measles and thereby become per manently immune since there is no other way for permanent immunity to be produced. 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