Show E TID BITS Q FJ NOTE this contribution to the tid bits column was sent in by the echo home hygiene class which is held under the direction of county health nurse dorothy chamberlain our home hygiene class has taught us that when caring for a person with a communicable disease in the home one must not only consider th the comfort and care of the patient in order to aid in his recovery but also the protection of the attendant and other members of the family and of the community ais as well communicable diseases are caused by germs which enter the body grow reproduce and discharge their poisons into the body they may be transmitted from person to person by the hands and also by direst exchange of saliva as in coughing or sneezing indirectly they may be transmitted through water food or milk and certain types may be carried by insects that is why every one in a community should feel it is his responsibility lity to insist on clean sources of supply of food water and milk the protection of others will differ somewhat depending on the disease and its method of transmission for certain diseases name ly typhoid diphtheria and small ipox pox we have vaccines which will make the individual safe from con tracking them we also know that disease producing germs can be killed or their growth checked by boiling baking exposure to sunlight or the use of certain disinfectants disinfect ants dishes and linen can be made safe by boiling 15 minutes nose and throat discharges can be caught in small pieces of cloth or paper arid and burned bowel and bladder discharges can be dis infected with certain chemicals the hands of the attendant may be made safe by washing thoroughly before and after caring tor for the patient quarantine rules and regulations while the they are a necessary part art of the control of communicable diseases and should be complied with to the full extent are not alone sufficient only by the intelligent cooperation of every member in a community can these hazards to health be reduced to a minimum |