The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-01-24
U. S. HEALTH SERVICE
issues WARNING
Increase in al Respiratory Dis
eases After the influenza
Epidemic Probable.
Influenza Expected TO Lurk for Months
How to Guard Against Pneumonia.
Common Colds Highly catching--ln.-
portanoe Of Suitable clearinghouse
Save 100000 Lives.

save lOOOOO Lives.
Washington, u. C.-Wlth the subsld-
cnce of the epidemic Of influenza the
attention of health oniccvs is directed
10 pneumonia, bronchitis ana Other
diseases az the respiratory system
which regularly cause large number
Of deaths, especially during the winter
season. According 10 Rupert Blue.
Surgeon General of the United States
Public Health Service, these diseases
will be especially prevalent this Win
ter unless the people are particularly
careful 10 obey health Instructions.
"The present epidemic" said sur
gcon General Blue, has taught by hii
ter experience how readily condition
beginning apparently as Il slight cold
may go on TO pneumonia and death.
Although the worst Of the epidemic Is
over. there viii continue To Ice large
number of scattered cases, many 81
them mild and unrecognizcd, which
viii be danger spots to be guarded
against" The Surgeon General likcncd
the present situation 20 that after u
great fire, saying, NO fire chief who
understands his business stops playing
the hose on the chnrred debris ns soon
as the ilnmes and visible fire have dis
appeared. On the contrary, lac COZ.
tlnues the water for hours and even
days. for he knows that there IL dam
ger Of the fire reminding from smnl-
dcrlng emhers.
Then you fear another outbreak at
Influenza? ?" he was asked. "Not ncces-
sarily another large epidemic said
the Surgeon General but unless the
people learn to realize the seriousness
OF the danger they will he compelled iO
pay heavy death toll from pneumo-
MIA and other respiratory diseases
Common Colds Highly Catching.
at Is encouraging to observe that
people nre beginning TO lenrn TINT or
binary coughs aud colds are highly
catching and are spread from person
to person by means OF drOpletS ~
germ laden mucus. Such droplcts are
sprayed into the air when careless ar
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 ~
fresh air. In summer. when people
are largely out NJ doors, the reSpira.
vory diseases Coughs. colds, pneuino
MIA. etc.) nre infrequcnt; In the fall,
as people begin 10 remain indoors. the
respiratory diseases Increase, in the
winter. when people are prone to stay
In badly ventilated overfleued rooms,
the respiratory diseases become very
prevalent.
Suitable Clothing important
"Stlll another factor In. the produc-
lion OF colds, pneumonia and other re.
spiratory diseases is carelessness or H.
norance OF the people regarding suit
able clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes. Sitting !
IN warm rooms too heavily dressed or, 1
what Il even more common, especially /,
among women, dressing 50 lightly thnt
windows are kept closed In order 10 be
comfortably warm. This Is II very 10.
furious practice.
Could Save 100000 Lives.
81 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 sanatorin. There Is no,hln:
mysterious about lt--no specific mehi.
cine, no vaccine. The important thin.
is right living. good food and plenty "
fresh air.
Crepiet Infection Explained In Pictures.
"rhe Bureau OF Public Health,
Treasury Department has Just Issued
q striking poster drawn by Berryman,
the well-known Washington cartoonist.
The poster eJempllfes 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."
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