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Show H I CONTAGIOUS DISEASES H' One reason why the influenza epidem-Hi epidem-Hi r$, , c got such a hold in this country is that HIi s so many people haye a whollly wrong H i I'C' feeling about contagious diseases. Hi fr When scarlet fever is prevalent, there H L n- are plenty of people who will send chil- H 9 Cfe dren to school when they haye enough- of H 1 l the disease to give it to other pupils. They 1 i dislike so much to be quarantined that' '' i they will conceal the suspicious symp- , !! toms, until some one is really very sick H i ' nd tliey get scared. . Then they call i;he HJ '" doctor, but not until the child is in great Hjff danger. Also he was out among children HY t:. long enough to imperil a lot of others H 1 and spread the. epidemic widely. Hjl E When any such disease gets started, Hr.i ' and a peison becomes slightly ill with Hj ' . suspicious symptoms, he should not force Hi jlJ. himself to go to work. He will do much H;-? 1 1 better for himself and Ms employer or H';i IS I bis own business to take a day off and Hv ff." send for the doctor. If he hasn't it, a day Hl HI 'f or wo res w SGt n"n on ftis eet again. Ki S fe f he has then he save Sivine & to a H;i 'i 7 lot of others. Also by taking it in time H jt' his chances of getting off with only a : ' I ' , slight attack are greatly improved. He 'J ?" is likely to have a much smaller doctor's H4 B- Doctors are sometimes complained of H. j'' for not reporting contagious diseases w more promptly. Probably some are neg- -' r Jigent. Yet the trouble is no doubt that H, if., . .most physicians hate to pronounce it a H f 1 ,f. contagious case until they are sure. But H.; "h v the persons that have suspicious symp- H i ' ims ought Q B more Carefully isolated, m ! jl '. Had this influenza qpidemic been met H ' i p with adequate measures at tfie start, .if, iH'liii'ij.; ' many lives could have been saved and interruption in-terruption of our war activity prevented. .e have had a lesson in the power for harm of such epidemics. Qur people should co-operate heartily whenever any .lfection threatens to become general. n n |