Show I KEEP CLEAN IS DOCTORS DOCTORS' SLOGAN Physicians Tell Tel of Best Way I to Guard Against Contagious Contagious COIt Con Con- COI- COI t Disease PUBLIC MUST DO ITS PART PARTI I When It Has a Conscience and Does Its Is Duty Protection Will Wil Be Possible Time The question of or the thc dissemination and auth control of or Infectious and conUI- conUI lous bus diseases will ivill wil never Iver be bo solved until It Il becomes a matter mater of conscience on onlie 01 the lie part of oC the public said sai Dr VI T. T B. B Beatty secretary of the lie state stat board hoar of or health yesterday n The most efficient effi effi- dent method of or prevention an and of or the control of oC the hue epidemics of or contagious diseases which are uro at nt present prevalent prevalent preva preva- lent hera In the thc state Is for the public to perform its Is duty ut toward tho state and to put the lie board In iii a a. 0 condition to lo locale locate lo- lo cate cale and quarantine all al such disease Children ren should not riot und under r any consid consideration con con- sid aton attend school while an In- In disease Is at nt their place of abo abode abode- c. c And after aCer a n home Is free ree of a disease the lie house should undergo i t thorough I IThe The question lon that lint appeals apals most to th the lit ordinary citizen In this rc regard ard however howe Is what can I do to keep myself free from conta contagious lous disease Th The question ue Is especially relevant at this huts time timo in iii Salt Si Lake and Utah gen gen- pral when there arc are epidemics of or measles almost everywhere and amid to a n aless aless less degree also of or scarlet fever re 1 and amid diphtheria with smallpox appearing in iii scattered instances SI Sumo Safeguards Safeguard To guard a against hose a few row general rules arc laid down Iown b by health author author- ittes Here c are arc some sonic of or them Keep clean cean Keep your surroundings ings cl clean on Get your food only from Crom clean clenn sou sources Get Got Into sunlight and fresh air u ua much as you OU mo may Let the he sunlight and fresh air aim ni into your our home Avoid crowds ClOWIS where contagion Ion Is liable habit to he be present anti and where the vitiated atmosphere quickly ly renders tho the system liable to such contagion The Tho following data lata has been collected collect collect- ed from Crom recent authorities upon and precautionary measures c eases against cs infectious and amid aul contagious this dis of If Con I I ii The Tie greatest vehicle of oC contagion is dirt It I ma may be dirt in I the lie house dirt In the he air In iii the water vater on public drinking cups It is Is It I is the most effective channel through which tho lie Infectious diseases are carried cried and disseminated To show how readily the flue contagion is c carried in air Impregnated with wih common street dust uric ono scientist has hias hal detected In iii 10 liters litem's s of ot air collected In Ina Ina ina a dust lust storm organisms micro Quiet air nil Is 11 ely free Cree from flom them Water Vatel ice and milk are arc or ordinary channels by hy which Infection Is carried into the tho home hom These are however by bo no means tIme the only vehicles Certain Con Con- tam tain other ethel roods rood such uch as uncooked meat oysters and amid vegetables fero aRtho as aR tIme llio carriers of Infectious particles people not for Infection ton tHat mn mav niam exist In iii their foods to the extent that they are unclean In hole cooking or ormay ormay 1 may know of or the lie un unclean source of or their fou food Nothing Is more macre certain in sanitary science nce says Rays one teacher than that cookery by hy the use of heat destroys estro parasites s including bacteria Nl Prevention tu In General I. I Pre of ot I infectious diseases cannot be accomplished by the lie state i but must he be accomplished through the efforts of the lie Individual individual Cleanliness is the tho tle le keystone o of sanitary sanitary sanitary sani sani- tary science science Every ery effort should be mn made e to free the lie home and anil surroundings surround surround- ings of or the lie channels through h which disease is scattered Ind Individuals duals when thc they know linow that hint exists Inthe in inthe the thc production o of commodities should report ort rp tho lie matter mater to tIle the proper author author- It lUes I es When hen it I Is suspected that hint ml milk or water contain impurities tho they lucy should be boiled Ice il is equally dangerous as asa asa asa a a channel of oC infection as ns water and and should not he lie use used when discolored or r r containing impurities of ot an any kind kind Exceptional care bo ho exercised oxen exer cl ll in imi connection with reith lh the Supply of or water milk mik and other commodities and andIn In iii general cleanliness a about out the home amid amI surroundings when sewage e. e garbage garbage gar- gar bage or any other decomposed animal or ore e vegetable matter mater is 15 expose exposed In tho the vicinity of the lie home hone Of or equal importance with the lie immediate immediate imme imme- diate prevention of or disease I Us ip its quarantine antine antI and Isolation after once con con- meted The public for Its Is own safety should take an active acte part in seeing that in all al cases of oC infectious diseases a n strict quarantine is Js observed Against Scarlet JC cr Tho cause of or s scarlet let fever has not been determined but it has lias been larned through that the lie disease is communicated directly from time the sick to the well wel It I Is believed ed after long loner observation that tho lie disease diseases is s communicated through h the time of hue fine scaly particles which are arc mixed fluxed wih with the lie dust through h tho lie room Epi- Epi pi- pi of scarlet fever ever also been traced raced to milk mn Direct Infection from the d l Is Impossible if it I the lie quarantines quarantine I Is s strictly observed General cleanliness ness In house and bo body y ren render er the tIme of or infection from frum cate atud scaly particles Improbable and proper caro calo in relation to the hue milk supply supply sup- sup ply ily reduce the chances in that thal three three- ton ton ion to the tho minimum Diphtheria Is caused b by a n h bacillus cluS discovered in 1883 by bv Klehs Tho In Infection In- In mi may enter tie the hod body In many w ways os It I may ma enter the time system with food too especially l with milk The air been een Infected through h dried sputum ma may be bc Inhaled I The bacteria mu mimi may be disseminated by kissing or coming In contact with In In- In handkerchief towels anti and other eLliot especially capable of or carrying the germs germ AH As to precautions against the bacilli sunshine kills them In jn SO 0 o minutes and nn army any of tho tI Ii ordinary nl ions are efficient for 01 or tho ho bacillus of or diphtheria Especial care caro should be taken to burn remnants of or the Infected Infect Infect- ed eti person persons's s 's men Is As In time the case caso of ur Infectious diseases In general en ral strict cl cleanliness 11 ness should bo Lie observed an and In- In in close chose close rooms or In crOW crowds 8 should J a avoided A After tho time has recovered the time quarters should bo be dIms dIms- ll- ll with wih formaldehyde or Ir any uny other oth oti- er Cr disinfectant the time attending ph physician may recommend I i i I I T rime rho cause iu c oC or smallpox in is Jf not riot known Hut It I has ban been heen learned through h long experience that the disease disease- Is hi morn more easily ensly ens- ens ly ily conveyed bv liv contact between cn bet en th the lie fick sick and lh the w wll veli ll than IK is any contagious disease It I it is believed cc that tim the disease enters th the system through J the lie organs 01 ot respiration The 01 disease spreads chiefly through the channel of oC IH Infected with the tho disease e. e It H I IB Is known as a certainty certainly that Inanimate in in- in animate objects which have been In contact with the tho disease have huc retain 11 their heir Infection cUon alive and It fl transmitted to tl othora after aCer long bug lonG lapses of time timime In I tho time case of or blankets bankets l and clothing which I have been In contact with time disease lh and have ha not been properly disinfected tle it Js is definitely known that the they have i conveyed the disease to persons ln months tany I character of or smallpox d demand that that It he be f fought rand side de Th The Time strictest carefully from every be bo ob observed quarantine i I ene from Crom observed the tho veTy very cry moment if or of I infection Inaction I a as the disease cun can bo be be com corn I I I to tu others other from Crom Its 11 very er earliest earl earl- test lest st stages cs It I is heleve I bj by som carl I lh that bitt l tho the I lit II communicable corn com cn e even 1 tho the jr should be begIn begIn begin be- be breaks out out gin from the bedside bedside- lieu Lied clothing gIn towels linen etc etc which have come coniC comein in Iii contact with wih the the infected person s should be oather gathered in a sheet saturated saturated satur satur- with wih a solution of or chloride bi of or mercury and amid immediately boiled or saturated with a disinfectant In districts the thc disease is prevalent pre pre- valent alent people should riot not intermingle le leIn In iii closed rooms or mee meetings ings AK hI I. I The Tue cause caus of or measles is not 1 known now un and it is supposed that tho disease Is Us contracted through the breath of or in infected in- in persons elsons Like Lkc smallpox it i i is highly contagious and lay be bo conee conveyed con con- ee b by a third person pelson The precautions lions are ale exactly the lie same a as those thos to be used against smallpox cleanliness n ness ss non contact Int persons pet per pet pet- sons semis und and strict Isola Isolation lon of the tho tf per person OJ I 1 infected alec ted |