Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-29
Communicable Diseases under
Discussion at School for Ver-
mont Health Officers.
DANGER or TUBERCULOSIS
Washington Man Says STATE
Hospital Would Pay as Eco.
nomic Loss Is Now $685..
600 Annually.

Diseases that are communicable finn,
person to person were the general theme
| OF the sessions of tho health ofi1cers
schooi yesterday, morning. afternoon and
evening. Major F. +. Russell Of the ued-
| lcai department Of the United States
army discussed "Anti-typhoid vaccina-
| tion IN the morning. drawing his conclu-
| sions to large extent from the results
| so successfully attained among American
soldiers. In the afternoon Dr.. George NJ
kober of Washington spoke upon Tho
| Management and Control. of Smallpox and
Other Eruptive Fevers." and he also de-
livered In the evening an illustrated lee
ture upon Communicable Diseases" tina.
was Of wide general interest. not only to
health officers but to the public gener-
ally. DR.. F. T. Kdder was In the chair
| most OF the day. while the state board of
health was In session for time during
| the morning hours, to hear statements in
| regard to legal difficulties in the 1urisdic.
ton Of local health officers. DR.. B. H.
Stone presided over the school
FARM HYGIENE.
DR.. Holton's paper at the afternoon
session, upon Farm Hygiene" was also
replete with suggestions of value to Ver-
monters in general. He emphasized the
importance Of placing the farm house on
land higher than the barns and out
buildings. so as to have the flow of the
drainage away. instead of toward the
home. place it SO as not to cut off the
view" said the speaker, FOR there is
inspiration for the farmer and the farm
er S wife in n fine panorama visible
from the house. as they work or rest"
The cellar should be cool, and If vegeta-
bles are TO be stored they should not be
placed in a cellar warmed from the heat
of the house Farmers can have furnace
heat in tteir homes. If they only think
so, and r furnace for burning wood car
| be put in.
Let me go into any Kitchen" sain
the secretary "and from it will tell
you Of the physical, moral and religious
condition of the family 1t feeds" He
urged that 1t be light and airy, and not
| so large that mother must run about in
her work. Running water Is important.
| Don't use a well. He also stressed the
need Of proper disposal Of waste, by the
| use of settling tank ana other means,
| with a pipe not less than four inches ir
diameter. Put in a bath room. Have
| for eating Don't hurry your meals.
Give your own system the same consid-
GRAFTON in this respect that you give your
horse or OK. which you do not put at
| work Immediately after meal. Have
| sanitary stables. Have an easy chair for
father and rocking chair for mother.
Have books and papers-keep up with
the times. Paint your walls-avoid paper
Ing which is not so sanitary.
Judge c. B. Kent Of Dorset, discuss1ns
the paper of DR.. Holton. told several hu.
morous stories. and Dr. A. H. Wright OF
Stamford made a plea for diplomacy n
sanitary reforms among farm owners.
MANAGEMENT OF SMALLPOX.
DR.. Kober's discussion OF smallpox. its
| course of development. diagnosis, the
medical measures best used In its treat
| ment. and the sanitary precautions to be
employed In preventing Its spread to
others than the victims. was a paper OF
much technical interest to the physicians
and lay health officers present. The topic
was chosen with the recent epidemic Of
the disease in parts Of this State in view.
At the close Of his address he answered a
number of questions from the floor, and
| Dr. Caverly, at the request of Chairman
Kidder, added n few general suggestions
In all cases Of supposed grip be on the
watch for smallpox. Sometimes the latte-
disease starts with fever resembling an
attack Of the grip, In a few days this
| over with. the patient is discharged, but
a day or two later tho eruption appears.
| The question of age is an important con-
| sideration in distinguishing smallpox
| from chckenpox. If an adult Is the pa
| t!ent quarantine In every case. Chicken
poX is child's disease, not unheard OF
| in an adult. but exceedingly rare after the
age of 30
DIR. Caverly emphasized care in vaccina-
tion. All physicians should be cautioned
In this respect, and in regard to the care
of the postule. Use ordinary surgical
cleanliness, in preference to enclosing II
in a shield. A piece of clean gauze is less
likely to produce Infection than a shield
Remember. first. last. and all the time.
that the only protection and safeguard
against smallpox is to be well vaccin-
ated."
ANTI-TYPHOID VACCINATION.
Major Russell's paper tarew fur
ther light upon the value of vaccina
tOn IN anOtneT uelu, tnat OF tNpnoiu.
He said in part; AS Yet we do not
know definitely the duration of i'm
munty following antitypholI vacci'
nation. 1t begins to diminish at about
the same time as immunity to vacciniA
and 1t Is possible that II may last
nearly if not quite AS long We know.
also. that the immunity Is not abso.
lutte. for in 1917 among 10000 personi
vaccinated In the army there We're II
| cases of typhoid with one death (dut
to intestinal hemorrhage), and in lo1t
there occurred six cases among those
vaccinated. with no fatalities Hal II
not been for the prophylactic immun
ization there would have occurred. a,
tho prevailing rates of incidence. about
$50 cases. The fact that immunity -
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