The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-05-27
be emptied and cleaned regularly.
Their universal use would contribute
toward the saving of many lives.

How to avoid Consumption. The I'm
portant points in the prevention of con
sumption are: Pure air, sanitary sur
roundings, an abundance of light anC
fresh air and cleanliness in the dwell
ing, office and workshop, proper cloth
ing, good food properly cooked, mod
crate living. The excessive use of al
coholic liquors lower the vitality, favor!
infection and hastens fatal termina
ton.
Everyone should be prepared to bat
tie with consumption. The diseas,
spares no class of people. 1t spreads
its terrors in the huts of the poor ano
the dwellings of the rich. Weakly per
sons, particularly those who have beer
exposed to the disease or those descend
ed from consumptive parents, should
constantly be on their guard against
this disease. These persons should
seek outdoor occupations.
| If you yourself are afflicted with con-
sumption land you maybe without
knowing it, your spittir" on the floors
of your apartments may cause further
infection of your own lungs. Consump-
tiyes frequently recover from their dis
ease without any treatment, whatever,
when removed from the sources of in
| lection. Join in the anti spit crusade.
| Favor the enactment and enforcement
of laws prohibiting splitting on side
walks, on floors, in street cars or other
conveyances.
Do everything in your power to pre-
vent those with whom you may live or
work or associate from splitting on car
pets or floors of the house, the Office or
the workshop,
Use every endeayOr to cause the con
sumptive with whom you may live,
work or associate to properly dispose
of his sputum.
If you are woman do not wear
skirts which sweep the consumptive's
spit and other filth, and thus carry dis
ease into the house.
Don't put into your mouth money or
articles which have been handled by
others, or to which dirt may be attach
ed.
Don't put your finger into your mouth
or nostrils unless it is perfectly clean.
Better keep your fingers out of your
mouth and nostrils.
Don't neglect to wash your hands be-
fore you eat.
Keep your body clean. Battle fire.
quently. Be careful about your hands,
wash them often Consumption is oft
en- carried on dirty hands.
Exercise daily in the open air in cold
Weather or in warm. Walking, rowing,
swimming, cycling, golting, horseback
riding or other exercises causing deep
breathing are all of advantage, if prac-
ticed in moderation, walk erect, breathe
through your nostrils always.
Don't sleep, if it can be avoided, in a
room with cOnsumptlYe.
Don't kiss or unnecessarily shake
| hands with consumptive.
Keep your premises clean, Have
thorough spring and fall house cleaning
every year.
Don't occupy premises formerly oc-
cupied by a cousumptive, unless the
premises have been thoroughly disin-
| fected.
Remember that the germ of consump'
| ton may retain its vitality for weeks
or months in houses, especially when
associated with dampness, darkness, OF
dirt.
Overcrowding is one of the factors
in infection.
The greatest danger of infection is in
the house-the dwelling, the work shop
the ofIice-where the sun and air play
far less active role than out doors
In dark places especially do we FIND
greatest danger. Alleys, courts ano
rooms shut out from light are specia
breeding places for Consumption. Blu
do not dread coming near a consump.
tive. DO not regard his disease as con
tagious like small pox, diphtheria OF
scarlet fever.
Consumptives are only scource o
danger through discharges from dis
eased tissue-chiehy the sputum-anG
if these are destroyed, ordinary contac
with consumptive patients is free from
danger.
1t has been conclusively demonstrat
ed that there is no infection in tn,
breath of consumptive. But there
may be infection in the air forcibly ex
PEELED, as in coughing or sneeziug.
Don't drink out of any glass, cup o.
vessel which has been used by another
unless it has been carefully washed.
Don't wear clothing which has beer
used by another unless properly disin
fectcd.
Don't work in room where there is
no fresh air. Don't sleep in room
where there is no fresh air. Have plen.
ty of fresh air in your sleeping and liv'
ing rooms in both summer and winter
Fresh air helps to kill the germ of con
sumption. Endeavor to breathe an n
bundance day and night Avoid mouth
breathing. Breathe through your nos