The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-10-09
TO PREVENT DREAD DISEASE
Would Isolate Cases-Rec-
Ommends Use of AntisOxin
AtFirst Appearance.
FINE GENERAL INSTITUTIONS

mick, OF LulS Clty, 10 oSNiS'oi
show diphtheria present in twent.
counties. The rate of fatality is re
ported as quite large, owing to thu
;act that the disease Is not recog
n.zt d IN time for a prompt use Of
antitoxin and effective isolation. In
order that the public may have cor
rect knowledge of this dangerous
ard ,ntirely preventable disease
the State Board of Health has is
sued the following circular:
When a child has sore throat,
and especially if diphtheria Is in
in the neighborhood. it should be
Immediately separated from other
children until competent physi-
clan has seen ii and decided wheth-
er or not II is affected with con-
tagous disease.
IF diphtherla. strictly isolate
the case at once, In an upstairs
room il possible, and as disconnect-
ed as practicable from the living
and sleeping apartments of other
children. No one except the physi-
clan and nurse should enter the
room. and they should take every
precaution not to carry the infec-
ton to others.
THE board urges the hypoder-
matte use Of standard antitoxin,
such as Alexander's, in at least
5,O0O-unit doses, as soon as the
disease is recognized or seriously
suspected, and that this dose should
be repeated or doubled within
twelve hours unless marked i'm
provement has taken place. IL
case is seen after the first twenty
four hours, use from I to $4,000
units the first dose, depending upon
severity. 1t recommends that i'm
munizing doses of 1000 units be
used for all children, and especial
ly for all inexperienced relatives
acting as nurses who have been Sc
riously exposed.
~ther children, all having the care
q, { children, and all who go where
hildren are, away from it. Notify
the health officer of the town or
county within twenty-four hours,
as the law requires, and he will CO.
operate with the physician and
family 20 keep the disease from
spreading.
The discharges from the mouth
and nose, which especially contain
the germs of the disease, should be
received on soft cloths and burned,
and other discharges should be dis
infected, and all refuse from the
sick room burned. All utensils
used In feeding the sick should be
washed separately from other
dishes, and should remain some
time in boiling water.
"Disinfect all bed and body |
clothing, and other like things. as
soon S. removed, by immersion for |
at least six hours in a solution OF |
chloride OF lime, four ounces to the
gallon OF water. They may then be
wrung out and put in the wash.
Remember, however, that no disin-
fectant in the occupied sick room
can do away with the necessity for
abundant fresh air and sunlight.
THE isolation of the patient
should continue for ten days after
all trace of the disease has disap-
peared, and until he has had a dis
injecting bath and been clad in gar
ments which have not been in the
sick room. No person from a house
where there is diphtheria should be
permitted to go into public assem-
blies, and no child from a house
where this disease has prevailed
should be allowed to attend school
without certificate from the
health officer that it is safe to do
so.
After complete recovery. or
death, always thoroughly disinfect
the room and its contents, prefera-
bly, with nascent formaldehyde, or
where this is not available, by
burning three pounds of sulphur,
moistened with alcohol, for each
/ 900 cubic feet of space, previous
" stopping all openings. and damp
ening the floor, bedding and cloth
Ing and leaving the room tightly {
closed for twelve hours. The room
should then be thoroughly venti- {
ated, and all lodges, woodwork,
ETC., washed with strong soap and
-insed with dinisfecting solution. I
"In case of death. the body
ihould be wrapped in a sheet satur- Q
tied in a disinfecting solution and q