The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-02
], s. HEALTH SERVICE
ISSUES WARNING
Increase In An Respiratory Dis.
eases After the Influenza
/. Epidemic Probable.
lR00enxa Expected to Turk Tor Months.
HoH 20 Guard Against Pneumonia.
Common Colds Highly catehIno-In,-
psrtancs Of Suitable clearinghouse
Saw 10000 Llvea

Warrington. d. C.-With the subsld-
0nes Of the epidemic Of influenza the
attention Of health officers 10 directed
q pnsumonia. bronchitis and other
Diseases Of the respiratory system
which regularly cause large number
. deaths, especially during the winter
season. According to Rupert Blue,
Surgeon General Of the United States
Public Health Service, these diseases
Nh bs especially prevalent this win.
~ unless the people are particularly
careful to obey health instructions.
The present epidemic" said Sur
aeeo General Blue, has taught BY bit.
II experience how readily condition
Ssg1nning apparently % . slight cold
NY 70 on to pneumonia and death.
Although the worst Of the epidemic 10
0voE, there will continue to be large
humber Of scattered cases, many of
ehom mild and unrecognized, which
Vim b danger spots to be guarded
against" The Surgeon General lil;ened
De present situation to that after q
great Ore, saying, mo IRE chief who
undsrstands his business stops playing
IL hose on the charred debris 40 soon
% the flames and visible IRE have dis
appeared. On the contrary, he con.
dnues the water for hours and even
days, for he knows that there is dan
ger Of the fire rekindling' from smol.
1ering embers."
Then you fear another outbreak OF
lpduenxa1" he was asked. "Not neces.
earily another large epidemic" said
ne surgeon General, "but unless the
ooople learn I'd realize the seriousness
Df the danger they will be compelled to
pay q heavy death toll from pneumo-
ME and other respiratory diseases.
.cema,on Colds Highly Catching.
1T q encouraging 70 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 droplets of
gCrn laden mucous. Such droplsts are
Qfayed Into the air when careless or
ignorant people cough or sneeze With
cut covering their mouth and nose. Il
q also good to know that people have
loarned something about the value Of
heah air. n summer, when people
~ largely out Of doors, the respira'
/ ~ diseases Coughs. colds. pneunso'
MD, stc.) are infreQuent; In the fall,
@ people begin to remain indoors, the
rsaplratory diseases increase; In the
wiater. when people are prone to stay
q badly ventilated. overheated rooms.
ths respiratory diseases become very
.Dssvaient.
suitable Clothing Important
sStill another factor In the produc'
tloo Of colds, pneumonia. and other 70
spiratory dlseasesJis carelessness or Is
norance Of the people regarding suit
able clothing during the seasons wheu
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
b warn, rooms too heavily dressed or
what 10 even more common, especially
among women. dressing 20 lightly thn'
windows are kept closed In order to b
eomtortably warm. This 10 . very In
juEteus practice.
csuid save 100000 Lives.
= believe We could easily save enl
hundred thousand lives annually ID
the United States II Ill the people
would adopt the system Of fresh all
living followed. for example, II tubcr
culesis sanatoria. There 10 nothing
mysterious about lt-no specific medi
cine, no vaccine. The important thina
10 right living. good food and plenty OF
frseh Dir.
Dsepiss infection Explained In P'etures
tho Bureau Of Public l-ealth
TREASURY Department has Just issued
a striking poster drawn By Bergman
-lhs wsll-known Washington cartoonist