The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-05
A PAMP PHLET
TREATING ON
CONSUME T|ON
eH'GRSo HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SAYS THIS DISEASE is NOT
HEREDITARY AND THAT MANY
CURES HAVE BEEN MADE.

A circular recently issued by the
department of health of the city of
Chicago says in part:
Consumption is a disease of damn
localites-undrained sites. made
quate sewerage.
consumption is catching. A heal
thy person can contract it from the
expectoration of one already sick
with the disease.
The cause of CONSUMPTION is n
germ or microbe contained in the
matter eXpectorated. or coughed nm
When this matter becomes dry the
germ is carried about in the air.
and If inhaled by a person not in
robust health or in any other way
predisposed to the disease, he NAV
catch consumptiOn-jus as an un-
Vaccinated person may catch"
smallpox, or one with an unhealthy
throat may catch" diphtheria, by
inhaling the germ laden breath. or
coming in contact with the other ex.
cretionS of a smallpox of diphtheria
patient
Lesson Of Prevention.
The lesson of prevention is OBJ
vious:
If the eXpectorations of all con-
sumptiyes were destroyed before
they get dry, there would be no
spread of the disease
There is no need of bad smelling
disinfectants for this purpose Eth
er fire or water is -sufficient-not
that water alone will kill the con-
sumption germ; but so long as the
germ is kept moist it won't float in
the air to get into the lungs and
set up the disease in others.
Consumptives, whether at home or
abroad. should spit only into bits of
cloth or rags or paper provided for
the purpose, and these should be
burned before they get dry. Or, if
they spit into cups or vessels, these
should contain water, and should be
emptied frequently into the sewer
through the waste pipes--the sewage
Will take care of the consumption
germs without any disinfection.
This is the one practical essential
for the restriction of the disease of
consumption All else-as to segre-
CATION of patients, placardng and
quarantining of houses, compulsory
notification of cases by physicians
and registration by health authori-
ties. prescription of tuberculous meat
and milk, etc.-are OF minor import |
ance compared with this, some of |
these measures are repulsive and !
others are wholly impracticable.
Disinfecr,ng Premises.
The one other thing which the de-
partment of health may do-in addi-
ton TO emphasizing the paramount !
Importance of destroying consump.
tive matter before if gets dry--is to
lake charge of consumption infected
premises and make them safe for
future occupancy this, the depart
ment is ready and desirous to do.
Upon receipt of a request to that.
effect from the attending physician
)r from the head of the household,
addressed to the department of
health, medical inspector will be
letailed to examine and determine
n cooperation with the attending
)hysician-what measures of disin-
ectton are necessary, and these will
,e carried out and a certificate OF
lisinfection furnished by the depart
nent without charge Intending ten.
ints of premises that have been oc-
.upied by consumptives should re-
Iuire the production of such GER
iticate.
To the Consumptive Direct.
Your breath is not infectious. and
'eople need not fe II you on that ac-
cunt
Only what you cough up is danger
us, and that only when it gets dry.
this is spat up in your room, on
he floor or elsewhere, and allowed
o become dry it will poison the air
o that you may reinfect yourself
nd thus weaken or destroy the {
hance of your recovery. .
When you cough. do not swallow .
hat comes up in your throat. spit
out; either into a bit of rag or
aper, TO be burned at once, or into
'ater in a cup or vessel to be emp