Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-04
now TO PREVENT the
SPREAD OF DlPTHERlA
Board Of Health Issues Notice to Pub
Tic Concerning Precautions Which
Should be Taken.

ence of 'diphtheria, the city board OF
h arh has issued the following no
tice to the public:
"TEptheria Is dangerous con-
tagious disease of the throat and
nose. It attacks children most fire.
quently. though grown persons may
have it. The cause Of the disease Is
! O small germ that grows in tli, throat
! and forms the white patch or mem
brane." The membrane may Ne in
the nose where it cannot be seen. 1t
may be in the windpil. and give rise
to membranous Group. Nasal diph-
iberia and membranous Group are
true diphtheria.
THE germs OF the disease are CIV
en- OF from tf patient in the dis
charges from the throat and nose and
In other ways. Anything about a
diphtheria patient is apt to have the
germs on it. A well person gets the
disease by getting the.n invisible
germs into the throat.
THE following precautions have
been long found by experience In
many places to be absolutely ls,ces-
sary to prevent the spread Of the dis
ease and they should be carried out
In every dipththeria.
"isoiated and Quarantine.
| 1.-THE patient must be strictly isolaS
ed in q separate room, as far away
from the other members of the fam
fly as possible and no one, except
the nur:s, and the doctor should Wis
1t the patient during the time he Is
isolated. The patient must not leave
the room until the doctor has dis
| charged him. This discharge should
usually be not less than thrtI, weeks
from the time the membrane disap-
pears from the throat. Whenever pos
sibe the nurse should stay in the
room with the tatt mt the whole time
Of isolation and should not leave 1t
except when it is urgently necessary.
| She should keep away from the rest
Of the family. especially the chiidi',n.
| If proper isolation Is kept up the
following mild quarantine will be sur
ficient: No children from house
where there is q dipththeria should
play with other children, or attend
school. Sunday school. or any public
gathering. Adults from houses where
there is diphtheria should not go 70
public gathering or work in places
where there are children or young
persons Employed. No one from a
house where the disease exists shouid
visit where there are children. or kiss
or fondle children In any way
| 1.-THE Sick Room.
This should pref ,rably be on tue
ton floor of the house, and before the
patient Ii put into 1t Ill unnecessary
| furn,ture and all drapefy and hangings
should be removed. II should be sun
ny, well ventilated and sess ,ened from
aies. Outside the door there should
be placed q wash-tuh Allied with car
bolic acid solution lone pound OF
black carbolic acid to i've gallons OF
water). There should also be a large
Iwash-bois.r with . small amount OF
water In the bottom, and jar Tor
Stops.
| "oisinssetion.
Everything that comes from the
sick room should be thoroughly dis
infected before Icing touched by any
one else.
"Underclothing and It'd clothing
should be put by the nurse direct.
!,v into the disinfectan; solution ana
allowed to remain for one hour be
fore being taken out and rtnsed TOT
washing.
Dishes and glass and metal artic rs
should be put into the wash-boaser ~
1.-THE nurse without SLOWING them or
her hands to to0ehz the outside o:
the boiler. The boilee Shculd then ce
PIT on tis, stove and the articles boil
ed for twenty minutes before BEING re-
moved. Scraps Of food. rags thar
have been used for receiving the dis-
charges from the not, ana tnroa;.
ard other refuse sAosh be put INTO
paper box or bag ssd ls1rued.
Stops should be- poored into inc
ja< BY the nurse and theS covered
with the carboi;c solutioa snd allow
I'D 10 stand for one hour before oesns
empsicd .-r,= s-Es--
AFTER recovery the rooms occupied
: hy the patient should be fumieafed
, under the directiou q the physician.
The above rsaSures are Tor the
protection Of the sssniIy. a. ven as
the Community. n tSey are not to'-
,osed absolutely the entire rs miss
and an living on thsm are liable 70
rigid quarantine By the Board Of
Healfh.- .r
Nay Sss ~ cry.