Show HEALTH HINTS ETC I 1 COMPILED BY MAC cutout these I 1 hints and beep tama extract from dr kelloggs book on diphtheria continued from last saturdays NEWS TO PREVENT diphtheria importance of prevention it has been well said in reference to disease in general that prevention is better than cure there can be no question ot the truth of this medical maxim with reference to this disease at least its fatality Rs ls so great its infecting poison is so virulent in its character and so tenacious of life and the results of disease are so serious and often so permanent even in the mildest case that it is of the greatest importance that active energetic and effective measures should be adopted for its limitation and avoid taking cold it diphtheria is prevalent in a neighborhood parents should exercise the greatest care to keep their children from taking cold this will not be successfully accomplished by keeping them confined rooms but by keeping the skin active by frequent bathing t and the circulation vigorous and w well e 11 ll balanced by bt proper clothing warm undergarments under garments thick shoes and stockings etc it is of especial importance that the limbs should be thoroughly clad with warm woolen garments and that tue feet should be kept dry and warm it is not necessary that shoes or boots should admit water to cause coldness and dampness i of the feet if they are arc simply wet on the outside the feet will be chilled chil leI by the evaporation and will often become damp by perspiration er and the person ciperson to is very liable liable to contract a cold mothers shaula exercise special care for their childrens feet if they wish them ithem to I 1 avoid taking cold overshoes should bo be worn on cold days davs but should be removed as soon as the be child enters the house bouse the feet are greatly injured by the constant wearing of rubber or other impervious covering ventilation A berbon suffering with diphtheria constantly sends out with his breath volumes of the disease producing organisms which are preying upon his system unless the air in the sick room is constantly renewed the whole atmosphere abon soon becomes saturated with contagious matter and any one coming into the room is placed under the most favorable conditions possible tor lor becoming infected by thorough and constant ventilation the germs are carried away as rapidly as they are generated enervated ene rated and thus the danger erosco of contagion gion is greatly lessened preventive ent e treatment in the first place it is always important that the excretory organs especially the liver and the skin should be kept active by frequent bathing and abundant exercise in the open air but the especially important measure of treatment to be adopted is of a lowd character consisting of disinfect im of the mouth As belore before observed it is through the air passages that infection most frequently occurs there are ina many 1 well known agents which ni 11 destroy the germs of diphtheria as well as othor other classes of germs some of which may be utilized in treatment permanganate of potash and chlorine are especially useful for this purpose both of these substances ma may he used to great advantage as gargles gley by those who are exposed to diphtheria the permanganate dissolves very readily in water and should be used in a solution isolation sufficiently strong to have a deep purple color A strong solution of common salt is good the best preparation is a polut solution tion of chlorinated soda in he proportion of one part of the solution as found at the drug 8 stores ores to two or three of water according r to the strength of the solution but gargles to be effective ve in must ast be em employed thoroughly and fre frequently hu ent C children 11 who h cannot use the gargle successfully should should hive have it applied with a s ab or an atomizer RULES BULKS FOR restricting AND preventing VENTI NCr diphtheria the condensed from a set of rules prepared by the michigan state board of health 1 every person known to be sick with this disease should be promptly effectually andl isolated from the public one or two persons tonly only should take the entire charge of the patient and they should be restricted in their intercourse with other persons 2 the room in ia whid which one sick with diphtheria is placed should previously be cleared of all needless clothing carpets drapery and other materials likely to harbor the poison of the dis did ease this room should constantly re ceide belve a liberal supply of fresh air without currents or drafts directly epou the patient it will be well also 1 10 0 have the sun a shine directly into the room 3 Thew Thew discharges from the throat nose and mouth are extremely liatis to communicate the disease ancl and should be received on om 4 soft rags or pieces of cloth which should immediately be burned 4 from the kidneys and bowels are also dangerous daa serous ant and should be passed on old clothes and burned or into vessels kept thoroughly I 1 infected disinfected dis by nitrate of lead chloride ride of zinc or sulphate of iron copperas peras and then be buried at least cor feet distant from any well copperas dissolved la as little hot water as will dissolve it is dm did ter for this purpose 5 nurses and attendants should be required to keep themselves and their patients asalean as possible their own hands bands should frequently be washed and infected disinfected dis by chlorinated soda 6 soiled bed and body linen should at once be placed in boiling water or in water containing chlorinated soda chlorinated lime or solution of chloride of zinc AT all persons recovering from diphtheria should be considered dangerous and therefore no such pen on oa should be permitted to associate with others or to attend school church or any public assembly until in the judgment of a careful and intelligent physician he can do so without endangering others 8 the body of a person who has died of diphtheria should as early as p pac ac ti cable be placed in the coffin with disinfectants disinfect ants and the coffin should then be tightly closed afterward the body should nit be exposed to view 9 no public funeral should be held at a house bouse 14 in which there is a case of diphtheria nor in which a death from diphtheria has recently occurred no children at least and it would be better belter in most cases that few adults should attend such a funeral the room in which the renas been a case of diphtheria d li theria whether fatal or not no t should with all its contents be th thoroughly 0 roughly disinfected dis infected by exposure for several hours to strung strong fumes of chlorine basor of bui burning nang sulp herand then if possible it should for several days be exposed to currents of fresh air to disinfect an ordinary room with chlorine gas having tightly closed all the openings of the room place it in an ail open earthen dish containing four ounces of peroxide of manganese pour on this one pound of strong mur batic acid being be g careful not to breathe the fumes when certain that continuous evolution of chlorine is taking place leave the room and close the i door to generate sulphurous acid gas put live coals on top of aslies ashes in a metallic pan and place on the coal sulphur in powder or fragment A convenient way is to place the coals and sulphur on a heated stove plate or cover turned bottom upward in a pan half filled with ashes to disinfect cubic feet of air requires the thorough tho rouKh burning of about one and one half ances of sulphur 11 after a death or recovery from diphtheria the clothing bedding carpets mats and other cloths claths watch have been exposed to the contagion of the disease should either be burned exposed to superheated super heated steam to a degree of dry city heat equal to deg V F or be thou roughly boiled the foregoing methods of are applicable in all couta contagious Zious diseases 12 avoid the special contagion of the diseases 13 beware of crowded assemblies in ill III ventilated ventilate I rooms all influences which depress the vital powers and vitiate the fluids of the dod body y tend to promote the development and spread of this disease among these influences perhaps the most common and powerful are ir in pure air and impure water because of this and a ad as a means of lessening the danger d of contracting almost all other d diseases s the following precautions should always be taken but more particularly ticul arly during the prevalence of any such disease as this 14 the grounds under and around the house should be well drained 15 no vegetable or animal matter should be allowed to decompose on the surface of the ground near the hodge bouie 16 it if any slaughter housea ho use rendering establishment or other source of foul odors contaminate the air which you and your children daily breathe take immediate measures through your local board of health or health officer to have such nuisance abated 17 your own privy especially should at all times be thoroughly dis infected by dry earth coal ashes hes or cop copperas veras water and the receptacle should be so constructed as to be watertight water tight and to be tight tightly y covered when removed to be emptied as it should be often enough to prevent the air about it from becoming offensive and in cold weather so far as possible 18 your whole house and especially i its sleeping rooms room s should be well ventilated 19 your cellar should be dry and well ventilated it should frequently be whitewashed and always kept clear of decomposing vegetable or other substances 20 no cesspool should be allowed near the house bouse if there be one it should either be removed or be thoroughly and frequently dist dis infected disinfected n fectea wi with th sulphate of iron copperas 21 your house drains should be looked to with scrupulous care to see that they are well trapped kept clear anti and ventilated into the open air 22 your house should no uninterrupted connection with a sewer be sure that the waste pipes do not permit the terance eu eD ot of sewer gas into the house bouse but that they enter the sewer through an open air space or at least through a space freely ventilated to the open air 20 2 be sure that your drinking water is not contaminated by surface drainage nor by leakage from the drain gas pipes sewer cesspool or vault the health hints in next saturdays news will give the proper arf anat at ment ol of diphtheria as contained in dr KIOSKS Kel loges to book twenty five tracts on health topics for 10 cents diphtheria its causes and cure mailed by D M mcallister agent for health publications 06 66 centre street salt like lake city |