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Show U. S. HEALTH SERVICE 1 ISSUES WARNING Increase in All Respiratory Diseases Dis-eases After tho Influenza Epidemic Probable. Influeiii Expected to Lurk for Month. How to Guard Against Pneumonia. Common Colds Hluhly Catching Importance Im-portance of Suitable Clothing Could Sav 100,000 Lives. Washington, D. C With the subsidence subsid-ence of the onldcrulc of hulueir.-.a the mention of health officers is directed lo pneumonia, bronchitis aud other rt'secses of the respiratory system which regularly cause a large number uf deaths, especially during the winter suHSon. According to Rupert Ilue, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, those diseases will be especially prevalent this winter win-ter unless the people are particularly careful to obey health Instructions. "The present epidemic," said Surgeon Sur-geon General I'd tie, "has taught by bitter bit-ter experience how readily a condition beginning apparently as n slight cold may go on to pneumonia and death. Although the worst of the epidemic Is over, there will continue to he n large uumber of scattered cases, many of them mild and unrecognized, which will be danger spots to be guarded against." The Surgeon General likened the present situation to that after a treat fire, saying. "Xo fire chief who understands his business stops playing the hose on the charred debris as soon as the flames and visible fire have disappeared. dis-appeared. On the contrary, he continues con-tinues the water for hours and even dnys, for he knows that there is danger dan-ger of the fire rekindling from smoldering smol-dering embers," ; "Then you fear another outbreak of Influenza?" he was asked. "Not necessarily neces-sarily another large epidemic," said the Surgeon General, "hut unless the people learn to realize the seriousness of the danger they will he compelled to rny a heavy death toll from pneumonia pneumo-nia and other respiratory diseases. Common Colds Highly Catching. "It "fs encouraging to observe that people are ots..:U!S.. to learn that ordinary- coughs and colds are highly t-atchlng and are spread from person to person by means of droplets of term Inden mucus. Such droplets are .sprayed Into the air when careless or Ignorant people cough or sneeze without with-out covering their mouth and nose. It Is also good to know that people have jlearned something about the value of fresh air. In summer, when people sre largely out of doors, the respiratory respira-tory diseases (coughs, colds, pneumonia, pneumo-nia, etc.) are Infrequent; In the fall, .as people begin to remain indoors, the respiratory diseases increase; in the .winter, when people are prone to stay 'in badly ventilated, overheated rooms, the respiratory diseases become very "prevalent. Suitable Clothing Important. "Still another factor In the production produc-tion of colds, pneumonia and other re-- re-- splratory diseases is carelessness or Ignorance Ig-norance of the people regarding suitable suit-able clothing during the seasons when the weather suddenly changes, sitting droplet InTectron Vri VTie Spread 6T respiratory re-spiratory diseases. The only ones who would have understood the bulletin would have been those who already knew all about the subject. The man In the street, the plain citizen and the many millions who toll for their living would have had no time and no desire! to wade through the technical phraseology." In warm rooms too heavily dressed or, .what Is even more common, especially among women, dressing so lightly that windows are kept closed In order to b comfortably warm. This Is a very injurious in-jurious practice. Could Save 100,000 Live. "1 believe we could easily save one hundred thousand lives annually In the United States if all the people .would adopt the system of fresh nir Jiving followed, for example, in tuberculosis tuber-culosis sanatoria. There Is nothing "mysterious about It -no specific medl-1 .cine, no vaccine. The Important tiling i Is right living, good food and plenty ol fresh air. Droplet Infection Explained In Pictures. "The Bureau of Public Health, Treasury Department, has just Issued a striking poster drawn by Berryman, the well-known Washington cartoonist The poster exemplifies the modern method of health education. A few years ago, under similar circumstances, the health authorities would have Issued Is-sued an official dry but scientifically ; accurate bulletin tachng the role rii j |