The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-12-12

How to Guard ApainCt Pneumonia. |
Common Colds Highly catehin,--im.
rortanee OF Suitable c,othing-ceuid
Save 100000 Livea y
Washington, d. C.-With the subsld.
chce Of the epidemic Of Influenza the
attention of health officers Is directed
to pneumonia, bronchitis and other
diseases Of the respiratory system
whici, regularly cause large number.
Of deaths, especially during the winter
season. According to Rupert Blue,
Surgeon General Of the United states
Public Health Service, these diseases
will be especially prevalent this win
ter unless tie people are particularly l
careful to obey health Instructions.
( "The present epidemic" SAL Sur
geon General Blue, 'ias taught By bit
ter experience how readily condition
beginning apparently as slight cold
may 60 on to pneumonia ard death.
Although the worst OF the Epidemic Is
over. there will continue to be large
number Of scattered cases. many OF
them mild and rnrecngnized, which
VIII be danger spots to he guarded
against" The Surgeon General likenei
the present situation to that after
great FIRE, saying, "No fire chief who
understands his business stops playing
the hose on the charred Debris as soon
as the flames all visible Are have dis
appeared. On the contrary, he con.
tlnues the water for hours and even
days, for he knows that there Ia dan.
ger Of the FIRE rekindling from snol-
derlny cnibers."
I "Then you fear another outbreak Of
inflenza?" he was asked. "Not neces-
sar.!y 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 heavy death toll from pneumo.
mia and other respiratory diseases.
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Common Colds Highly Catching.
ait is encouraging to observe that
people are beginning tn learn that or
binary coughs and colds are highly
catching and are spread from person
to person by means Of droplcts of
germ laden mucus. Such droplcts are
sprayed into the air when careless or
Ignorant people cough or sneeze with.
out covering their mouth and nose. II
Is also good to know that people have
learned something about the value Of
fresh air. In sumner. when people
are largely out of doors, the respira-
tory diseases Coughs, colds, pneumo-
mia, etc.) are infrcquent; In the fall,
las people begin TO remain indoors, 81,
Respiratory diseases Increase: In the
winter. when people are prone to stay
In badly ventilated, overheated rooms,
the respiratory diseases become very
prevalent.
Suitable Clothing Important.
"Still another factor In the produc-
ition Of colds, pneumonia and other re-
lsplratory diseases is carelessness or ig-
,norance of the people regarding suit
able clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
IN warm rooms too heavily dressed or.
what Is even more common, especially
among women, dressing so lightly that
windows are Kept closed In order to be
comfortably warm. This is a very In
curious practice.
Could Save 1oo, 900 Lives.
NJ believe we could easily save one
hundred thousand lives annually in
the United States II all the people
would adopt the, system Of fresh air
living followed, for example. In tuber.
culosis sanatorIa. There Is nothing
mysterious about it--no specific medl.
cine, no vaccine. The important thing
Is right living. good food and plenty ~
fresh air.
oroplet Infection Explained In Pictures.
'The Bureau of Public Health,
Treasury Department, has Just issued
striking poster drawn by Bergman,
the well.knOwn Washington cartoonist
The poster exempllfles the modern
method. Of health education. A few
years ago, under similar circumstances,
the health authorities would have Is
sued an official dry but scientifically
accurate, bulletin teaching the role of
droplet Infection In the spread of re.
spiratory diseases. The only ones who
would have understood the bulletin
would have been those who already
knew all about the subject The man
in the street, the plain citizen and the
many millions who toll for their living
would have had no time and no desire
to wade through the technical phrase
Ology." ,3