Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-05-22
AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS.
Warning Circulars Distributed to EN-
pIoyes of Palmer Bros. Co. Mill.

tuberculosis relief society was
formed last year in town for the sale
of Red Cross seals. Four thousand
were sold. Ten per cent Of the sum
obtained was sent to Hartford to the
state society. The rest of the money
will be used for anti-tuberculosis work
in the town. The members of the SO
ciety are Mrs. Young of Bozrah Cen
ter. Mrs. J. G. Ward of Lemngwell-
town, Mrs. Louis Brand, Mrs. Lam
Frank Palmer of Fitchville.
A few days ago there were distrib-
uted among the employees Of the Palm
er Bros. Co. mill about 300 of the fol-
lowing circulars. The circulars were
printed in the English, Polish, Rus
sian and Jewish language:
Pulmonary tuberculosis, or consump-
ton, is communicable, preventable and
durable. Take this card home. Read
it carefully, and show it to your fam
lily. friends and neighbors.
Pulmonary tuberculosis or consump-
ton is q disease of the lungs. 1t is
taken from other people who have it,
and is not simply caused by cold,
although a cold may make it easier to
take the disease.
The matter coughed up and sneezed
out by people who have the disease is
full of living germs or tubercle ba-
ciEli, too small to be seen. These
germs are the cause of tuberculosis
and when they are breathed into the
lungs of weakened and debilitated peo
pie they set up the disease.
Don't get tuberculosis yourself.
Keep as well as possible, for the
healthier your body, the harder for the
germs of tuberculosis to grow therein.
To keep healthy, observe the follow
ing rules:
Don't live, study or sleep in rooms
where there is no fresh air. Fresh aid
and sunlight kill the tubercle bacilli
and germs causing other diseases.
Therefore bave as much OF both in
your room as possible.
Don't live in dusty air. Keep your
rooms clean. Get rid Of dust by clean
ing with damp cloths and mops. Don't
sweep with a dry broom.
Keep at least one window open in
your bedroom at night, and air the
room two or three times a day.
Don't eat with soiIed hands. Wash
them first.
Don't put your hands, pencils, OF any
candy or chewing gum that other per-
sons have used in your mouth.
Don't keep soiled handkerchiefs in
your pockets.
Take a warm bath with soap at least
once a. week.
Don't neglect cold or a cough, but
go to a doctor or a dispensary.
How to get well if you have tuber-
culosis:
If you or any one in your family
have tuberculosis, you must obey the
following rules if you wish to get well.
Don't waste your money on patent
medicines or advertised consumption
cures, but go to a doctor or a dispen-
Sary. If you go in time, you can be
cured; if you wait, it may be too late.
Don't drink whiskey or other forms
of liquor.
Don't sleep in the same bed with
anyone else, and, if possible, not in the
same room.
Good food, fresh air and rest are the
and in the sunlight as much as pos
Sible
Keep your windows open winter and
summer, day and night
If properly wrapped UP, you will not
catch cold.
Go to a SanatOrium If you can and
before it is too late.
A person who has pulmonary tuber-
culosis or consumption is not danger
Gus to those with whom he lives and
works, if he is careful and clean.
Don't give tuberculosis to others.
Many grown people and children
have pulmonary tuberculosis or con-
sumption without knowing it, and can
give it to others. Therefore every
person, even if healthy, should OBJ
serve the following rules:
Don't swallow your expectoretion,
but
Don't spit on the sidewalks, play
grounds or on the floors or Railways of
your home or school. It spreads dis
ease and is dangerous, indecent and
against the law.
When you must spit. spit in the gut
ters or into a. spittoon half filed with
water.
Don't cough or sneeze without hold
ing a handkerchief or your hand over
your mouth or nose
Take this card home and show it to
your family.