Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-10
DANGER IN
DUST GERMS
OR. w. J. MATHEWS, PRESIDENT
BOARD OF HEALTH, VOICES HIS
APPROVAL OF DUST SUPPRESS
SION MOVEMENT.
CARRIER OF DISEASES

Austin board Of health, says with
reference to the danger from dust:
Il am very glad that our progressive
citizens are determined to abate the
dust nuisance in the residence portions
81 the city. Dust Is great carrier Of
the germs Of infectious diseases. PEG.
pie have found that colds, coughs,
darrhoea and a thousand and one COM
mon diseases of town and city life, dis
appear as If by magic when one goes
to the woods or to the country. A man
goes through all the bitter experiences
of trip to the Arctic circle without
catching cold, but he Is Hoored with the
grip, pneumonia or tonsilftis, the first
< Ter he returns to cfViifzea iifes
/ Now, the great difference between the
air of the city and the air Of the coun-
try and the air Of the ocean Is that In
the cityhnd town the afr is defiled by
dust. From dust we get consumption,
pneumonia, grip and many other In
fections diseases.
dust cling to the walls and floors Of
rooms for years. Every room in our
homes and every public hail harbors
these germs by the thousands. Where
does this dust come from? From filthy
and unsanitary streets. The dust Of
these streets is mixed with the excreta
Of animals, with tubercuIar sputa,
which when disturbed by a breeze
drives clouds Of dust and millions of
Infectious germs. into our sleeping
rooms: our dining rooms snd 5. fn Fsf our Y
carry In, the flies streuuously accom-
plish. } What Is the result of this dust
Infection? The average household Is
seldom without q cough. case OF
bronchitis, pneumonia or consumption.
The dust found on the walls and fur
nfture of room will, under the micro
scope. show living infectious tubercular
germs If consumptive has occupied
1t. This is the reason why 1t is dan
gerous for a family to live IN house
formerly occupied by a consuInptfye be-
fore it has been thoroughly fumigated
and disinfected with fornialdehide gas.
A year may pass before new renter
occupies such house, and the very
first day the good housewife begins
with feather duster to clean the dust
laden furniture, AS soon as this tu-
bercular-laden dust fills the room it Ia
inhaled by every member of the family,
and IL any one Of them Is susceptible
to consumption, he Will certainly fall a
victim to 1t.
zone VI the most scientific sanitary
Journals published IN this country re-
lates the following sad history:
IA house In North Carolina was oc-
cupied by a white family of eleven; the
father was consumptive. He and his
wife and eight Of the nine Children
died Of 1t. Later it was occupied by
consumrIfye colored woman. About
three months after her death, family
Of ten strong, healthy colored persons
took possession and every one OF them
died of consumption
1.-THE manager OF the tuberculosis ex-
hibit which was here few weeks ago
related many such No feather
duster should be used in any home to
remove dust from walls or furniture, as
1t can only fill room with dust whlch
Is inhaled by the party doing the dust
Ing, and other mem oers OF the famlly.
and the dust is only deposited etse-
where. All furniture and every place
where dust collects should be cleaned
with moist cloth. Equally dangerous
is an ordinary broom in filling an at
Of a room with dust, probably
filled with disease germs. We are now
using sanitary brooms in our public
school buildings and in our state build
ings, and they are certainly life-saving
Implements. In the upper part OF this
broom there Is reservoir which VIII
contain about four ounces of any dis
fluid. This fluid filters down
into the bristles of the broom, just rem
dering 1t damp enough to prevent tho
dust rising in the room. Every home
would do we'll to use this sanitary
broom. Beware of dust"
L. H. Smith, agent for these
brushes is at the Avenue Hotel,
where the brushes can be obtain
ID, or he will be pleased to call
my part of the city and give
| demonstration of the practical
value of same. Phone GOT,