Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-10-06
DR.. Louis Foulks Urges
Drastic Threatment to
! Teach Them
HITS FOOD HANDLING
viii Present Ordinance to City Couh-
Gil PrOhibiting Unwrapped breaa De
ing Sold in City

This is the time of the year when
people take cold more easily than
during normal cold weather, but the
reason. however, is very simple. The
early fall cold snaps catch US as DIG
the great war, that is in a condition
of unpreparedness. The summer
sun has luled US into state of fan
cied security, but it is now time to
wake up, says Dr.. Louis Z. Foulks,
city health officer.
A sudden cold snap in the fall,
generally finds the family unprepar
ed to start fire in order to take
off the chill and dampness of the
rooms. They are still wearing their
thin summer clothing and try to
make it do little longer. hoping
| the lowered temperature will only
last a day or so. Under such con-
ditions the body becomes chilled and
the normal registing powers against
diseases is greatly lowered. That
/ is why so many people, at this time
Of the year, develop the various nose
and throat affections generally
termed colds, and which in turn
| may lead to more serious diseases.
A man told me the other day that
he never made any chance from sum-
MGR clothing until the first of No
vember. Well, that may be all
right for him, but long experience
has taught me that 1t is far safer
/ to change according to the weather,
than it is to 20 by the almanac.
Common sense is a powerful factor
in keeping well. Eat and drink
when hungry or thirsty. Go to bed
when tired and sleepy, even though
It be eleven and one half minutes
before your regular time. | had a
friend who used to say he never got
tired or hungry and when asked how
that was, he would answer, "Well,
| always eat before | get hungry
and rest before l get tired" There
| is somc little reason in that, when
you come to think OF 1t!
Have little fire in the house these
cool NIGHTS and dress according to
the weather, without regard to the
calendar. And if you are sitting
down trying to keep warm and COM
Portable, don't let some fresh-air
fiend raise the window on you.
Fresh air is all right in its place.
bit there is suca thing being too
blamed fresh with it!
If man coughs in your face. rap
him over the head. he ought to know
better. That is the way most nose
and throat diseases are directly
transmitted. And by the same tok-
en-, don't you cough in some other
persons face, keep your troubles to
yourself.
Why 10 children contract such
diseases more readily than .adults? :?
First, because they come into closer
contact with other children at school
and at play. Second, because they
put their fingers to the mouth and
and nose more frequently than
adults, and also often use the mouth
as sort of holder for coins, PEN
/ ellis, pens, etc. Third, because being
vet in the process Of development,
they are more susceptible to acute
diseases than an adult, hence they
should be more careful, but they are
not.
Foods that are not to be cooked
and that cannot be carefully washed
before eating. should be looked upon
with suspicion, unless they have been
handled and received by you in a
strictly sanitary condition.
Practically all disease germs are
destroyed by proper cooking of fish,
meats and other foodstuffs. But
many forms Of our daily food is
| either eaten raw or has been cooked
by the manufacturers: such as but
ter, cheese. cakes and bread. And
| speaking of bread. no baker should
be permitted to distribute it to the
stores. and houses of any city, unless
it has been wrapped in wax or othe'
raper at the bakery. To that end
\ am now at work upon an ordinance
which 7 will soon present to Council
, prohibiting any unwrapped bread
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