, 1883-02-10
Trea.msn. OF Diph.heria-

The great degree "f fa'ali.y attending
s.ckIes. fran dIpi tkeris. p PARTICULARLY among
chdd. EN-, makes It nnpO taLt at every pre-
c.ut n he iaken ~ .inst the spr-ad OF the
disrasr and that the treatm..I 1t of those CON-
my down with It be- prompt AID intelligent
In ,ie~ ( the Zen. raj Lack o: information
si;u reg ri T. the proper trcatment OF diph-
the i. rat, n =, the resolutions Iasr adop Ell
by the +, .,driIha Board OF III alth are in-
ter,s ~ and "a uib.e. Th.se Resolutions
haze lie Il piin smd gwen 10 the teachers
oi pub ic anL ptIvat- school, for uistribu III
am ug tneir pupis. Tns report Is Is fol-
lows:
L ce.st investigI,i ,ns havi Ig proved ths
tl- pns II OF dIphtteris Is portable, CON-
muulc 40 10y Injection, and capable oi re-
pr d.cl. I u:e "at-,do oi the human body.
d. dl.hiheriA must nUS b. ranked a. both Il
oouta-r,u, a.d III tions disease. The fol.
loAIns rules air, therefore. more Imperative
than t er lrcrorr.
l. Wh,a cli'd or young person las a
.rc throat, bai .lor 10 It's hr. ath, AID
e4 c.sily II It has ( YER. 1t should i,nmedi-
ately be s.p.rst,i ami s, ,clu led and kei t
s-d Iiei fron sll u,h-r p-r,on, exc pt nec.s.
-ary attendant, unnI IT be iscsrtalnen
whether or mt II has dIphths rIa, or soms
other crmmun cable dls,aSu
> Esery PCS kn"~n to he sick with
d'phrh. II, should be p ON I'll, and frcsaa ],
,-oar d from the pubic. o Iy those per-
son. All, 4 e sctG,Ily nee ssary should have
charge 1T or visit the p stient, and there vis-
Itor, sto i hr strict-,i in heir in ERGO irse
~Itr otHrr dss,dual- Chli'ea res,dn
IA n u'e o here there i, a case of diphtheiIa
sh'uli u"c lee permitted to attend school.
} Whrn case OF drphtheria Is fully de
'tl@ ed, tue same pr-esu ions II rrgsrd I"
ire va alton. d ,lo,sl and iisinfrc,io" o.
dI cA'rs :. ted "r b -iy lin'n, etc, iso'at'd d
dHu Z con ale-ceuee r management "f the
cIIse should death unfortunately oc:url,
been econ mend, d IN r' 6 ri 10 smallpox.
LIS Particularly I'm sort ant that per
s)a- h.sy ruat. are tender or sors from
srN car>e should svc poss bic eIposuIr
il'm n c'ut1gron "s drph:heris. Ch'lir-r
L q T ier vars of G are IN much grea,e'
aS-r O taking the di-ease, spd after they
do ! L It f d, n from it. than grown per
SOS. BIT sdu Is are mt exc up. an mli'
Gases la h N nav c.u.r whole series Of fsra
al ack- am s children.
NIu, rOus lust ,nces are rec 'rd-d ~hes'
tn c,nragion Las r-taine,l its virulence fol
wee>s or mo this, in ce sJ"al-. heaps of de
cs, in, vegetable mlte-. damp walls. etc
and have b-en carried for long dis
;snc-s In cloti ins, Ia sewers. in waste
pipe Of staii mary ws-hstand.. and in o:he
nnimt> H. nee Ill se~.r connections ant
uthrr carrier. { fil should lie veil vsnsils
I'd aud ii ai.lufrc;ed. and children psrticul. .r
iy n .uli o, BE- alouei {, hreatne the al
Of ,ry ~ster c'o--', oe<s-p"o, or sever init
which discharges firm p-s en.s -ick viii
diph,heris have -nter.d. r tn drink uat<
or mi which h,s hen eIpo-ei to such AIR
6 B-w.'e Of any person WHO has SIR
tlro.t d. mt ki-s such person or take hi
or n r meath do It drink from he SAM
cup tlow the same ~hi,;le. nor put his pen
cir Pm INTO war month.
:. Do act ~ear n..r "a die clothing whic'
has ben worn b. psr.oa during sickness o
colvllescrr ce rum d phtheri,.