Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-23


gious diseases could be stamped out
completely if people would only
give one-tenth of the thought
do TO their business or amusements ,
said prominent physician of the city
today. the trouble is that people in
fairly good health become careless and
do not take time to pay attention to the
laws of hygiene until they become ser.
iouslly ILL.,
1T is the common belief that meas.
les, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, diph.
iberia, humps and other diseases OF
choldhood must necessarily be con.
tracted by every child But these may
be avoided by avoiding exposure to
special poisons."
General Precautions.
The following general precautions
regarding the prevention of tuherculo'
sis were prepared for the sanitary col.
umn of the Courier by an Ottumwa
physician from an article in the Jour.
nal-Public Health:
/ The special measures required for
producing conditions destructive to
the virulence of tubercle bacilli which
may have found Judgment in house
are fortunately, those best calculated
to preserve and improve the health OF
the inmates.
These are air, light, sunshine and
dryness, which, while they aid in rem.
dering the individuals able to resist
the establishment of the germ of the
disease. at the same time are the most
| destructive to its vitality.
Ventilation by means of fresh air is
most important for the preservation Of
the health Of the children, as we'll as
adults, fresh air preventing the devel
opment and spread of consumption
Ventilation is essential in factories
workshops, offices and houses, particu
| larly when the air of such places is
associated with gaseous fumes and
| fine dust
The breath from the lungs contains
foul organic matter which becomes
poisonous if rebreathed. Hence the all
| of living and sleeping rooms, work
shops. schools, churches and public
vehicles should be quickly changed
otherwise persons breathing it become
weakened and thus may become pre-
| disposed to consumption.
overcrowding Dangerous.
Overcrowding is both dangerous ant
injurious to health and should be
avoided.
Windows should be made to open tt
open day and night sufficiently to pro
vide for a continuous supply of fresf
air, but injurious draughts should BIZ
avoided.
Orecn spaces around buildings are
necessary for the access of fresh air
Rooms, staircases and passages
should be frequently flushed with all
/, by opening windows and doors. This
rule applies equally to churches schoo
rooms. factories, hotels, public halls
as well as to the houses of consump
tives.
All rooms should be kept clean, 9th
erwise the air can never be pure
Cleanliness and good sanitary sur
roundings are essential for the pre-
vention as we'll as the cure of the dis
ease.
To protect against the germs Of tn
berculoss. as found in both meat ant
milk these articles of diet should be
subjected to a temperature Of at leas
$50 degrees Fahrenheit The formel
should be we'll cooked through and the
latter should be heated to at least 14(
! degrees.
Disinfect Linen.
All bed linen should be disinfectet
before being sent to the wash.
The clothing, wearing apparel anc
other effects of consumptive SHOULD
be either destroyed or disinfected b.
super-neated steam before being uset
by another.
Never put coins, articles of the toile
or other small objects in your mouth
Do not use pipe, wind instrument O.
implement which goes to the moutl
that has been in use by another person
The extent to which outdoor exer
else and fresh air should be INDUCED
in should be regulated by the physi
clan in charge, as also the character o
the clothing to be worn and the dali.
dietary
Warning.