| Show PARENTS DUTY TO 9 4 GUARD PUBLIC li HEALTH HEALTHA t 4 1 I 1 A I 1 wife of a world renowned Ken owned flan clan related Itel ateo an actual e similar to I ocal a r by mrs E B TK kellogg logg t six year yeat I 1 old betty awoke askot W at h a ty ik sore throat and with I 1 I 1 1 A v itt ta for the irl breakfast 0 f aa fand an d I 1 k t ft V stream cream of which she 5 was usually so ao fond dotter bolter keep dotty betty in bcd today suggested her father when 1 leaving 1 I 1 aa for hla his work y 4 N 1 ohl oh I 1 it wont hurt her at tend kindergarten f replied A her or mother its just a and andi she does so BO love to be with of 11 1 ren ran there so detty betty made one of the happ number in miss adams mornin morning circle and joined listlessly in the S games that followed allowed oll owed all the time the bad feelings in her throat and ti t head increased and thirsty and when with no 1 apparent nausea she abe vomited alethe occupy aw tion table miss adams deemed lt it 14 4 advisable to send tier her h home ome C A 4 0 in alarm tier mother summoned a physician avert before hla his arrival i s the rash which had beg begun unIts its apy ap ti bearance pe arance upon bockl nock and chestle cheet kia xi y y i dilated a mild case of scarlet fever atthe contagious disease hospital to which ale w was as removed und under erthe 4 filled J cooj nursing and care betty made v 9 a rapid and excellent recovery from her illness that however Is only az a portion of 1 t the incident only couri fou og 0 the th thirty i arty little folks anaf in f miss adams room were fortunate enough 5 to escape the contagion carried cair led J there by betty that fateful majr morn n t ing of the others two died of 0 a severe form of the disease three y acquired a permanent deafness las aa an after result while the expense and aad trouble to tho various famines families concerned was an item ahe I 1 he kindergarten was of necessity closed much of the material anecelli was of paper or of a cha character rictor which could not well be infected disinfected dis so BO it was destroyed the teacher was 1 for two months without the salary upon which not only herself but an all invalid mother and sister were dependent I 1 i although of the school room was ins done in a edly thorough manner some germ in hiding must have escaped the deadly fumes fames of sulphur gas gaa for 4 within a few doys after the reopen f ing of the kindergarten a second outbreak of the same came disease occurred among new pupils with whom a class had been formed again were enacted the distressing experiences of illness quarantine and two more deaths this time lime the kindergarten was permanently closed and the good work it had been doing tor for the children of the neighborhood ceased and all because one mother did not heed or did not know about that very cornmon common aa danger signal a sore throat this is no fancy sketch but a tale of actual occurrences which may happen in any where mothers are unenlightened careless or indifferent A sore core throat Is the forerunner of a number 0 of diseases diphtheria scarlet fever inea grippe small pox while not every sore throat is followed by a communicable disease every sore throat should be looked upon with suspicion until proven to ie be not dangerous it is better to isolate a case of harmless sore throat than to run a risk of contagion to others arvery mother should school herself to think mother like likel of all children ind guard the tha health of other children as well as of her on oin A watery discharge from nose and aad eyes a cough hoarseness or any of the symptoms accompanying what Is generally termed a cold are signals of danger A so called cold may be entirely serious effects or it may be the forerunner of t some dangerous malady it may usher in pneumonia meades Me atles inell onza enza tuberculosis and many other j afflictions it to la unwise to regard it as something trivial tho inot mother berl who mho has at heart the welfare of the thea i children of the community will nota not permit her little folks to attend school when troy are suffering wit alth colds A eod could even in its form Is the result result of certain alco ivil the body continued OB 1111 1 HUNTS HENTS dt ulal ta r 0 G VA r A it i 1 rum ivill 10 lit continued aroa roa pale pae one Is alas morn or less contagious the nature of colds was not known but it is id now understood that in one kneeing eIng and coughing a person with ith a cold sends out into the air around him little droplets ot of moisture containing the micro organisms which infect others in a attended by one thousand children during the prevalence of influenza experiment was tried on one floor children exhibiting symptoms of influenza were sent home at once and at night the school room was waa well fumigated As aa a result iss ires than two dozen pupils on that floor took the disease on oil the other floors no such care was taken and nearly two thirds of the children suffered from influenza I 1 but say bay some mothers lit it freaks in upon the childrens children s program so much to keep them home when they have colds particularly it their own illness la is slight quito quite true nevertheless la is not the question of one ones a duty to protect the health of the community a matter of paramount importance and mothers may if they will encourage and help the child to study at home while watching and waiting developments thus he will not get he be hind bind in his class work let it be remembered that the very earia stages when only these danger signals are apparent Is the time when the disease is the most catching if attention is not paid to the signals and a serious disease follows no after care can undo th the e evil that has gaii been Nr wrought ought fro from in want of thought every person berbo in and particularly every mother should feel an individual bailit for the prevention of disease not only within her own home circle but in tier her school and conini community unity intelligence on the part of mothers with honesty in putting into effect the knowledge which in these days Is so obtained in relation to communicable diseases would worl work results more far reaching than any other tries measures for the checking and prevention of the ills that are common to children |
