The Press., 1909-10-20


camp at Holland.
Judge r. Fl. Flax is away on q
business trip TO New York state.
Mrs. Ida McGuire, who spent last
winter in California because of throat
trouble, finds. IL necessary to return
and expects to go next week.
j A large party of ladies are in Hart
ford to-day attending the meeting Of
the Hartford Branch of Woman's
Board Of Missions at the Center
church.
i <. o K. A. Notes: The Castle
debated the question, Resolved. that
DIR Cook reached the north pole, I"
At its meeting last evening. The
Affirmative was declared the winning
side. This side was argued by Harold
Butterleld. Arthur Melbourne and
Ralph Prouty. The negative. also,
was good work, argued by Herbert
West, Stephenson Mason and Walter
Pease. A "north pole party" is
planned for the next conclAve.
The Tolland county medical society
had . very interesting meeting At
the Springs House yesterday. The
following 10 the report made by DIR.
O. B. Newton, the reporter for the
county: Locally we have to report
the prevalence Of whooping cough.
Il began about the time of the begin
ming of the fall term Of the schools.
Have seen the borough health officer.
suggesting that the teachers, so Tar
a. they can judge. II any child COM
ing to school with the suspicion Of
their having the prevailing cough, be
sent home for . physician to decide.
This IL practicable and important,
otherwise officers would finally have
to close the schools II physician
should visit the schools once . week
examining the scholars 1t would be
we'll, but in the intervals children
having any Of the contagious Of child
hood may come in and infect the
school. For the child's sake as we'll,
the home is better. To-day the in.
fictitious diseases Of childhood should
be looked upon as certainly prevent
able and so practically done because
Of the danger to life. for no aVoidable
epidemic among children is without
the loss Of an innocent child from the
disease or complication as q sequla.
There is q responsibility resting
heavily upon us as physicians and
board Of health. We cannot fall back
on the ancient plea that this loss was
so to be-" for we are far in ad-
vance TO the fact that it "need not
be- Parents in this enlightened
era should act upon the fact a. we'll
as physicians) that the contagious Of
early life will disappear when it is
known that they prevail only because
of the belief that all children are
doomed to suffer from them. The state
board Of health always shows . list
Of deaths from early contagious which
In time will be greatly lessened. hen
found to be easily avoidable by quar-
antine. We are quite rid of variola
and IL will be easier to be rid Of the
earlier contagious. We meet children |
on the street and public places who |
have . paroxym Of whooping cough |
and then play with we'll children
There 10 . death rate from this disease
and measles which parents should
know. While We are doing 90 great
work to fortify our people against
disease. We seem to have
forgotten TO guard children to the
same degree. In future time . sick
child allowed to so and infect we'll
children. knowing it to be infected. |
will be regarded @ . serious thing |
for . mother to do and . relic Of the |
past. We are now at the dawn Of Q |
still higher and more sanitary civili-
zatiOn to which We aspire
The following books have been
added to the library and will be ready |
for circulation Thursday
History, Literature, Travel
and Science.
1925 Our Village. J. @. Lincoln.
1926 Adrift On An Ice Pan. ". T.
Grenfell.
1927 Barbary Coast, Il n. Field.
1928 My African Journey, ". s.
Churchill.
1929 Village Life In Palestine, G.
B. Lees.
1890 The Khedive's Country, G.
n. Fem.
1921 Haremlik, D. Vaka.
1922 Speeches and Table Talk Of
the Prophet MOhammad. 8. L.
Poole.
4233 Greek Literature. r. 8. Jebb.
1924 Modern Spain. Hume.
1926 Through the Gates Of the
Netherlands, n. e. Waller.
1926 Venice As Seen and Described
by Famous Writers, Esther
Singleton.
1927 Forward. Lima Boegli.
1928 Ny Life As An Indian, J. ".
Schultz.
4239 When Railroads Were New, O.
r. Garter.
1910 Mr.. Cleveland, J. L. vii.
li0ma.
4241 The Missionary Enterprise. e.
n. Bliss.
4242 The Living Wood. Elwood
Worcester.
4243 The Point Of View, A. z.
FalloWs.
4244 A Talk on Relaxation, A. K.
FAlloWs.
4245 Mental Hygiene, A. z. Fal.
lows.
4246 The House Of Quiet, A. o.
Benson.
4247 LinOOln's Love Story. e. At.
kln0on.
424s Ny Crawford, A. Gilman.
4249 Home Life Of Great Authors,