Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-05 | Page 9 | Have You a Cold? If So, Don't Kiss

HAVE YOU A GOLD IF SO DONT DON'T KISS Health Department Issues Rules for Escaping I Pneumonia u ia In an nn effort to keep the health of ot Salt San Lako at a u. high standard the local health department Is s issuing instructions for Cor eliminating winter disease With winter on in earnest the department department depart depart- 1 ment has hal Issued advice on the prevention pre pru- of ot col colds and pneumonia Nearly earl a hundred death deaths from pneumonia pneumonia pneumonia monia occurred In Salt Lako during durIn the past year rear and ami most of ot them since the cold eold weather arrived To 10 avoid the department department depart depart- the list of ot winter diseases ment went says Dont ne neglect any cold 1 Children who have o recovered from rom measles and whooping cough should bo be carefully watched Avoid crowds One grippe sufferer I sneezing and coughing in in a a. crowded the occupants occupants occupants street car cr can infect half halt pants of the cat car car Treat a a. child like Jike any other contagious contagious con con- disease the excretions of or the nose an arid and 1 throat me are infective and are rc responsible for tor conveying con the disease mothers make malte to others Frequently the mistake of at usIng the tho tame same handkerchIef handkerchief hand hand- kerchief for more than one child Pieces of ot gauze can be bo cut Into convenient convenient con con- sizes and burned after use Ono Individual In a a. household de develops develops de- de a cold in about two days a a. second second second sec sec- ond person develops a cold also And 3 so fO it goes until everybody in the house is sick Hick This condition of affairs Isu is u usually looked on as quite th the order of ot things thinS's and no particular thought t is given to the matter The e. e explanation is Is of ot course transmIssion transmission transmission trans trans- mission inside the household from Crom one pe person on to another through tho the transfer of oC infected mouth and nose secretions in exactly the same way as if It the disease disease dis dis- dis ease were mea measles les scarlet fever or diphtheria I If you have a Q cold coM do not not kiss kiss nn any one Change Chan your handkerchief fre ire Cough and sneeze into your b handkerchief a