Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02


i portance Of Suitable Clothing Gould
Save 100000 Liycs.
\ Washington, d. C.--With the subsid-
ence of the epidemic of influenza the
attention Of health officers is directed
10 pneumonia, bronchitis and other
diseases Of the respiratory system
which regularly cause d large number
Of deaths, especially during the winter
/, season. According TO Ruperta Blue,
4 Surgeon General CT the United States
/ Public Health Service, these diseases
viii he especially prevalent this win
Ter unless the people are particularly
careful 20 obey health instructions.
"rhe present epidemic" said Sur
geoD General Blue, has taught by Bit
ter experience how readily q condition
beginning apparently as slight cold
may go on TO pneumonia and death.
Although the worst Of the epidemic is
oyer there will continue to be large
number Of scattered cases many OF
them mild and unrecogni2ed, which
viii he danger spots to be guarded
against The Surgeon General lIkened
TIE present situation to that after
ereat fire, saying, mo fire chief who
understands his business stops playing
The hose on the chaEred debris as soon
as the flames and visible fire have dis
! appeared. On the contrary, he con-
TIMES the water for hours and even
| days. for he knows that there Is dam
ger of the fire rekindling from smol-
Gering embers."
Then YOU fear another outbreak Of
influenZa?" he was asked. mot neceS-
sarily another large epidemic" said
THE Surgeon General, but unless the
people learn to realize the seriousness
of the danger they will be compelled to
pay a heavy death toll from pneum0-
mia and other respiratory diseases.
Common Colds Highly Catching.
ut Is encouraging TO observe that
people are beginning to learn that or
binary coughs and colds are highly
catching and are spread from person
to person by means of dropiets of
germ laden mucus. Such dropets are
sprayed into the air when careless or
ignorant people cough or sneeze with
out covering their mouth and nose. It
is also good TO know that people have
learned something about the value Of
fresh air. In summer, when people
are largely out OF doors, the respira-
tory diseases Coughs, colds, pneumo-
MIA, etc. are infrequent; In the fall,
as people begin to remain indoors, the |
respiratory diseases increase; In the |
winter, when people are prone to stay |
in badly ventilated, overheated rooms.
the respiratory diseases become very |
prevalent.
Z Suitable Clothing Important.
".Still another factor In the produc-
tion of colds, pneumonia and other re-
spiratory diseases Is carelessness or ig-
norance of the people regarding suit
able clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
in wal\i rooms too heavily dressed or,
what Is even more commctl, especially
among women, dressing so lightly TINT
windows are kept closed in order to bo
Comfortably warm. This is a very in
furious practice
Could Save 100000 Lives.
Il believe we could easily save one
hundred thousand lives annually in
the United States If all the people
would adopt the system of fresh air
living followed, FOR example, in tuber-
culosis sanatorta. There is nothing
mysterious about it--no specific medl-
cine, no vaccine The important thing
Is right living, good food and plenty of
fresh air.
Dropiet Infection Explained in Pictured.
'The Bureau OF Public Health.
Treasury department, has just issued +
striking poster drawn by Berrymxn,
the well-known Washington cart0onist.
The poster eXemplifies the modern
method Of health elucpdon A few
years ago, undersiml6f circumstances,
the health authorizes would have Is
sued an oiflcin dry but scientifically (
accurate bulletin teaching the role Of
droplet infection In The spread Of re-
spiratory diseases. The only ones who
would hare understood the bulletin
would kave been these who already
knewall about the subject. The man
In tae street, the plain citizen ana the
many millions who toll for their living
would have had no time and no desire
o wade through the technical Phrase
,Iogy"
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