The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-10-15
urgeN, Warming Against Dip,heria,

! many wide'y Separated ser rs,' In
c 'nfies. that this Board ferls {, i
be its duty to sound a note of warn
ing TO parents, teachers and all othe
lovers of children of the danger
which is likely to increase in. coo
weather, and to again call earnest at
tsntion TO the recognized methods o
prevention which are safe, practica
and effective, If promptly. and sys
tematically adopted. the family, ply.
J sician, teachers and health officials
intelligently cooperating that il
should he considered "a repruach tC
whoever is responsible ~ the disease
is permitted to ge away from the
first case and attack others in the
family or community. In order to
appreciate either the danger or the
methods of prevention proposed il
must be recognized that this Is a high
~ contagious and infectious disease;
spread directly by the seed or germs
from the throat or nose of some one
who has il, or by persons or arti-
cles infected BY such discharges. IN
til the foregoing facts are not only
recognized as true, but are intelli-
gently acted upon, health officials
and physicians know that a high sick
and death rate from this disease
must continue. With a definite de-
sire to do its full part in this health
and life-saving work, this Board
earnestly advises: ..s ....
u. That when a child has sore
throat is should be placed in a room
repote from other children until a
competent, physician decides that it
isNnot contagious, sending q speci-
men to the Laboratory, for free exam
nation when in doubt, but. without
waiting TO hear from this. if there
are yellow-whitet patches in the
throat or other evidences of diph-
liberia administer az once 5000
units, of anitoxin il in the first day of
the attack and 700 or 1000 units
if later, every hours, and, AT the
same, time use 1000 units to ,immyp-
ize each exposed child or person. The
Board always keeps supplies Of the
best fresh antitoxin on hand, which
cap be. sent to county or city ofticials
ami physicians At 5ocents. ,siasGs2.!'
10 and $40 respectively, fpr. 1000
5000 1000 and 5000 unit pack
ages less than one-third the retail
pfice 20 be paid for directly 10 the
manufactures, -. -,
2. Notify the health officer at once,
as the law requires. placardy the J
house and, keep all pthsr children,
ALI having, the care of CHILDREN AND,
nh who go where Children are away
f,o,n it. Keep all children OF the
house from school or other children. !
nhiess they are immunized with anti
toxin and rigidly excluded from the
sick room. No one but the physi- |
clan and nurse should enter the Sick
room, aid they should use Sc every every pre-
caution not not to carry infection from
a. nsin -. E,'>ytT>$ h ~ , 1
a. The discharges from the throat
and nose are loaded with the germs
Or seeds Of The disease and should (
be received on Soft paper q: cloths
md immediately burned. An table +
Utensils should be boiled. and ali bed !
md body linen should be boiled, or
immersed for six hours in a'sefong I
solution Of chloride of lime. q, j.
4, This isolation Of the patient and
are of the room, and of every per- +
on and thing coming out of it. en-
luding pet animals, should tohtinue T
NTH the Laboratory findings show
10 germs in a second Specimen, or TOR
i least ten days otter all syfntoms :
lave disappeared, and until he has
lad a disinfecting bath, including the9'
lair. and been clad from the skin
'ut in garments which have not been
II the sick room. '". '.
5. After recover or death all
edding and clothing should be bbiiz
d or burned, all furniture, lodges
nd woodwork scrubbed With hot
Dap suds, and, after.ten days of free
entilation night and day the room +
hould be re-painted and papered. !
'umigation is "a poor substitute fof !
UGH thorough cleaning? but this and !
rec white-washins mayo be- fused
here the better" was impraeti-
able ASA - - .p.n.oJls
6. In case of death. after itpis'
ressed, the body should beiwfapped
Rsassheet saturated in a disinfectins
olution and buried with0uSapublic
lneral, ministers and newspapers
hould annoIance that the deathu was
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