Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-08-02
Health and Hygiene

Polluted Water, Dirty Milk, the Ty-
Dnoid Fly aud the Maiarsl Mosquito
constitute an unholy qaartetie await
ing the arrival CT our citizens at
many OF the summer resorts OF this
country.
Lock out for them; be prepared
to spurn their advances.
There is greater danger Of typhoid
Infection in the country districts and
lat summer resorts than there Is at
home. Ordinarily the water supply
Is bad, the milk supply is not SUD
iected to inspection and flies abound
The chief menace is polluted water
Fortunately 1t is The easiest to over
come.
Resorters who derive their water
supply from shallow dug wells or
from body Of water into which
sewage is discharged, and who drink
untreated, are in imminent danger
Of typhoid infection. AS most re-
sorts have a water supply OF this
aharacter, and as relatively few re-
sarters take the trouble to treat the
yater before using it, there is little
/ Wonder that so many Of our citizens
return from their vacat i'll with
typhoid fever
The tendency to have e, lfidence in
ohe purity Of a water supply is far
100 often a misplaced 4o4ildence. It
is much safer to view with sus-
,icion and treat it ACCORD sly.
There are two simple methods by
which water may be made safe for
drinking purposes-(a) boiling, (b)
lypochlorite treatment.
The publication Of drinking water
BY hypochlorite treatment is very
simple, inexpensive and highly effici-
cent; it is a precautionary measure
which should be adopted by every re-
sorter and by every traveller whose
duties carry him into typhoid ter
ritory."
To Purify Drinking Water
paste this in your travelling bag)
Get few ounces of the best quail
ty OF chloride Of lime at any drug
store and prepare the following;
Stock Solution
Chloride Of lime -. Il teaspoonful
water. -. -. -. ...l quart
Keep this solution in a tightly stop
oored bottle; a mason jar or a Their
nos bottle being well adapted to the
purposes, the latter especially when
travelling.
Label the bottle stock solution
show formula as above and add the
GLOWING directions:
To purify water fer drinking pur-
poses add one toaspoonful of stock
solution to two (2l gallons of water
If the water is turoid strain it
through fine muslin before adding an
u the stock solution
After adding stock solution allow
The water prepared for drinking pur-
poses to land uncovered lor 20 min
ties before using. This allows the
gases to escape and makes the water
more palatable
Then bottle the prepared water and
keep on ice. Never put ice in the
water
Another source Of water-borne in
fections, common to many resorts,
is the bathing beach with its near
by sewer ou1al Be sure that the
waters you swim in are not foued
with human wastes
MIX Dangers
Very little of the milk supply of
summer resorts Is subject to inspec-
Jon and sanitary control much Of it
IS dirty and dangerous and should
not be used until home-pasteurized
You can eliminate the milk dan
gers by following these simple rules;
To Purify Milk
Take pail little shorter than
milk bottle place a saucer in bot
tom Of pail and stand the bottle Of
milk leap ON the bottle) On the
saucer.
Now pour hot water into the pail
until one-half OF the bottle is sub
merged, place the pail and contents
n the stove and bring water to the
boiling point. When water begins to
boil Immediately remove bottle of
milk from pail and cool as rapidly as
possible
This pasteurlzes the milk, kills the
disease producing germs in it.
Always keep the milk cool, In a
tightly covered and scrupulously clean
receptacles.
Fly Dangers
Flies are positively known to be
sproaders Of filth and disease. They
abound at sumner resorts because an
imperfect system OF garbage and