Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-06-23
Prevention Of Contagious Diseases
City Health Officer Edward i Brophy Gave Public Lecture at
Town Hail Before Interested Audience Many stsreop-
tieon Slides Emphasized Danger Of Infection.

Before an enthusiastic audience, DR..
Edward ]. Brophys city health officer,
gave an address on contagious diseases
and the care Of Infants during the
summer months, Thursday evening at
s O'clock in the town hall. The ad-
dress was to the point and was Illus
trated by stereopticen slides.
DR.. Brophy explained the object Of
the meeting and said that the dffacul-
tv in speaking on medical topics is
ing the meaning of the words. The
Subject is divided into two parts, that
is, the general classification of dis
eases, ID cause by living organisms
(2) those due to manner OF living ex-
Scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles,
typhoid fever, tuberculosis, Eheuma-
tism ard malaria. Those are due to
the manner of living, diseases OF heart,
kidney. blood vesse1s, liver ana sto1n-
ach.
Scarlet Fever Symptoms.
The symptoms in the first case.
Scarlet fever is noticed by a fever,
vomiting and sore throat. Whenever
this combination is noticed scarlet
fever can be expected. From u to 48
hours after these signs red rash ap-
pears on the body. About one week
after the beginning of the symptoms
the skin begins to peel in fine flakes
and is particularly noticeable about
the finger and toe tips. This peeling
continues from three to six weeks. In
some cases the eruption appears in
the night and. has faded by morning.
These are mild and of course are diff
cult to diagnosis because the eruptions
are not discovered
How DipFtheria Manifests Itself.
Dipntheria manifests itself by fever,
headache and sore throat with grayisE
patches on the tonsils or in croupous
cases the patch is in the Iarynx or
vocal chords which gives rise to the
peculiar barking cough in breathing.
Every child who has croupy cough and
| croupy breathing with fever should
be regarded as suffering from diph-
iberia until the contrary is proved and
should be isolated from the rest of the
family and, as in all contagious dis
eases, allowed to use only their own
utensils and drinking cups. Sometimes
the patch appears in the nose and is
known as nasal diphtheria- The
croupous and nasal dipntheria are the
most dangerous forms.
Measles shows itself through cold In
the head, cough and fever and after
! three or four days the child breaks
out with a red rash which is not as
fine as scarlet fever and is scattered
You can see areas OF healthy skin in
between the spots. Measles last year
according to authority, killed more
children than scarlet fever, although
the layity looks upon the disease al
| of no Importance. The dangerous com.
Eplication of measles is with pneumo.
mia. The disease is often the startins
point of tuberculosis Of the lungs Ev.
cry cough which follows the measles
| and continues over three weeks SHOULD
be carefully investigated because 4
might be the beginning of tuberculo'
sis.
i Mosquitoes and Malaria.
Malaria is caused by the bites o
mosquitoes which suck the blood from
one suffering with malaria and injec
/ it into healthy person.
The Typhoid Fever Germ
1 Typhoid fever is caused by tn
i swallowing of the typhoid bacillus AM
i is found chiefly in milk, water or an,
other contaminated food. The diseas
is a. long drawnout one and is a sourc