Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-22
HEAT KILLS Twelve
N CITY Of CHICAGO
Prolonged Period of Excessively
Warm Days Having
Deadly Effect
MANY PRosTRATloNs REPORTED
Intense Humidity Makes the High
j Temperature Almost UnendurabIe-
I Health Office Issues instructions for
/ the Care Of Victims and for Avoiding
I Hsat Prostrations.

Chicago, Aug. 22.-Seven people are
dead and twenty Frustrated as the re-
suit of the intense humidity, in the
record for the twenty -four hours end
.asng at 2 q. M. today. The thermome-
ter reached 81 yesterday and the hu-
nnidity stood at SO per cent.
In view of the frequent cases OF
sunstroke. with it's accompanying dam
gers, and the prospect Of consider
able infant mortality should the heas
have continued. DR.. Herman Spalding,
chief medical inspector Of the city, has
issued the following rules for the guild
ance of Chicagoans, and which will
apply in all cities alike, where the peo-
pie are suffering from the heat:
Keep cool as to temper and your
body will not get SO hot.
avoid all alcoholic drinks.
'.Eat less than usual and more sim
ply.
Walk on the shady side of the
street.
Avoid overexertion.
Let the air circulate freely about
the head, whether by frequent remov-
IL of the hat or by wearing perfor-
ated head covering.
Persons affected by sunstroke
should be taken to shady spot and
have their heads and chests, dashed
with cold water. Spirits of ammonia
\ should be applied to the nostrils and
sometimes 1t is necessary to admins
ter small quantities Of stimulants.
'sWOrkmen and others exposed to the
direct rays Of the sun should have
their heads well protected and should
wear woolen next to the skin. A USE
full precaution is a. pad of cotton bat
I ting or flannel sewed along the back OF
the under garment so as to cover and
protect the spine.
Where insulation occurs or heat
ftroke occurs, when the face becomes
urplish, eyes bloodshot, veins swollen,
ind corded and the skin dry and burn
ing to the touch, a doctor should be
called at once. While waiting for his
arrival life often can be saved by ap-
plication of ice to the head and spinal
column. 1t is best broken in small
pieces and placed in cloth or rubber
bags, but when these are not to be had
the ice can be placed directly about
the head and neck"
Care Of the Babies.
For the relief Of the babies DR..
Spalding advises:
Don't stick the nipple in the baby's
mouth every time it cries. If the baby
is properly fed at regular intervals
it won't get hungry enough to make
1t cry and it is foolish to feed it when-
ever 1t cries instead of trying to find
out the trouble. It may be only thfrs-
ty and a swallow or two Of cold water
not a big drink-will stop it; or its
clothing may be uncomfortable, or its
cloth need changing.
ssTry to find out what makes it cry
and then use mother wit.
"And don't be afraid of giving baby
g drink Of water.
SIT needs water as much as milk.
81 .Iet the baby have drink of wat
g whenever it cries during the hot
weather
Professor Frankenf1eld OF the wealth
er bureau could hold out little hope
of relief last night and predicted that
for another day at least the tempera-
ture would remain in the neighborhood
of the COS. The outlook is made the
more serious in view of the fact that
an increase in the humidity is to be
expected.
Five more names are added today to
the death roll caused by heat. From
midnight till sunrise the temperature
remained stationary at rs. At 10
o'clock the thermometer registered sS.