Show U S HEALTH SERVICE ISSUES WARNING increase in all respiratory diseases after the influenza epidemic probable influenza expected to lurk for month how to guard against Pou monia common colds highly catching importance of suitable clothing could save lives washington D 0 alth the ence of the epidemic of influenza the attention of health officers Is directed to pneumonia bronchitis and other diseases of the respiratory system which regularly regul aily cause a large number of deaths especially during the winter season according to rupert blue burgeon general of the united states public health service these diseases will be especially prevalent this winter unless the people are particularly careful to obey health instructions the present epidemic said surgeon general blue has taught by bit ei experience how readily a condition beginning apparently as a slight cold may go on to pneumonia and death though the worst of the epidemic Is n er there will continue to be a large number of scattered cases many of them mild and unrecognized which be danger spots to b guarded the surgeon general likened the present situation to that after a real fire saying no fire chief who understands his business stops playing the hose on the charred debris as soon as the flames and visible fire have dis on the contrary he continues the water tor hours and even das for he knows that there ie danger of the fire rekindling from amol eilering embers then vou fear another outbreak of influenza he was asked biot necessarily another large epidemic said the surgeon general but unless the people learn to realize the seriousness of the danger they will be compelled to pa a hea death toll from pneumonia and other respiratory diseases common cold highly catching it Is encouraging to observe that people are beginning to learn that ordinary coughs and colds are highly catching and are spread from person to person by means of droplets of germ laden mucus such droplets are into the air when careless or ignorant people cough or sneeze without coi ering their mouth and nose it Is also good to know that people have learned something about the value of fresh air in summer when people are largely out of doore the re spira tory diseases coughs colds pneumonia etc are infrequent in the fall ns people begin to remain indoors the respiratory diseases increase in the w inter when people are prone to tay in badly ventilated overheated alie respiratory disease become very suitable clothing important still another factor in the production of colds pneumonia and other re diseases Is carelessness or norance of the people regarding suit able clothing during the season when hie weather suddenly changes sitting in warm rooms too heavily dressed or what Is even more common especially among women dressing so that windows are kept closed in order to be comfortably warm this la a very in j arlous practice could save lives 1 I believe we could easily save one li undred thousand lives annually in the united states if all the people would adopt the system of fresh air followed for example in tuberculosis sanatoria there Is nothing about it no specific cine no vaccine the important thing la right ahing good food and plenty of freh air droplet infection explained in pictures the bureau pureau of public health treasury department has just issued n striking poster drawn by berryman the well known washington cartoonist the exemplifies the modern method of health education A few i ears ago under similar circumstances the health authorities would hae issued an official dry but scientifically accurate bulletin teaching the role of droplet infection in the spread of re splintery diseases the only olaes who would have understood the bulletin would have been those who already I 1 bew all about the subject the man in the street the plain citizen and the many millions who toll for their hang would have had no time and no desire to wade through the technical phrase COLDS INFLUENZA PNEUMONIA AND tuberculosis ARE tha WAY copies of this poster can be obtained free of chaice by writing to the U S public beaw ff washing p |