Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-15
WARNS Of SORE THROAT
Health Department Issues Bulle-
tin About autumn Colds
SMOTHER coucHs URGED


II you have a cold in any form or
lsore throat. keep reasonable distance
from others. and be most careful mot
to talk. laugh or sigh explosively."
This is the advice the Health De-
partment gives in d sore throat and
cold bulletin Saturday. The bulletin
follows: .
Every autumn lin large cities the
number OF cases az sore throat in
Icreases. This is due. of course, to
many causes, but the chief underlying
factor is close contact of one individ-
ual with another Persons live in
more crowded condition in the cooler
seasons of the year. than in the warm
Ter seasons, and deprive themselves
very often of the Exquisite amount of
ventilation.
children going I'd school and play
ing with each other come in very close
contact In this way; the healthy i'm
Emune carriers of diwase, who show no
external or internal evidence of dis.
ease, inoculate or transmit disease to.
the nose and throat of a child who is
not immune, ana this. child very
promptly develops disease. This con-
dition is true in all Oh the better known
Infectious diseases. such as diphtheria,
scarlet fever. measles. whooping
cough. pneumonia and the common
colds, and 1t is this method of passing
disease from one person to another
that causes great epidemics.
Colds Are Contagious
"This practice. Oh, habit, as it may
be termed, not only exists among chill
dren, but also amvng adults When
a person is suffering from any form of
cold, sore throat Of any discharge or
slight running from the nose and eyes,
he should keep a reasonable distance
from others, shoulG be most particu-
lar not to talk. laugh or sigh explos-
lively, and always should bear in mind
the fact that coughs and sneezes
should be smotherecs6 handkerchief.
Mothers should lay ciai stress upon
this latter point structins their
children, and. in eon should in
struct their charg$LW avoid contacs
with other childr$ who frequently
sneeze. cough or who have discharges
from the nose or eyes. Many mild
cases of contagious diseases land colds
are contagious /diseases) are trans
ferred frequently to other individuals
by carelessness on the part of those
who are suffering from such condi-
tons, or carelessness of those who are
exposed to such conditions in not OBJ
serving simple, common-sense proven
tion"
tion.''
Colds are prevalent in the city, and
there are several cases of diphtheria
in the county. The City Health
officer reported for last month two
cases of scarlet fever in the city.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses
have been issued from the Office of
Clerk of the Court within the past
few days:
BRODINE-FISHER- Ernest L. Bro
dine, 81, u. S. Navy; Ruth r. Fisher,
81, Annapolis. Applicant, John H.
Fisher.
BURNER CASEY-Bernard W. Dur
ner, 81, Glenburnie; Florence j. Casey,
1S, Annapolis. Applicant, George S.
Jones'
s SYMMETRY FOLEY Michael N.
%, Camp Meade; Eliza
beth Foley, II, Pittsburgh. Pa. APP
plicant, Lieutenant-C Chaplain John c.
Moore. u. s. Army.
KELBAUGH :. PARRISH - Howard
A Kelbaugh, Is; Elizabeth Parrish, |
10; both of EIlicott City, Md. Appli-
cant, Howard A. Kelbaugh.