Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-30
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DIPHTHERIA IS CHECKED
IN STATE SINCE OCT

IN STATE SINCE OCT. 15
 Since Oct. Is diphtheria has been p-ac- tioaily at asstandstill in Connecticut as result of the activities Of physicians. public health nurses and health officers in seeking the cause of diphtheria cases, says the state board of health. Hundreds of persons have been found to be tempo rary carriers of the germs of diphtheria. These persons have been temporarily kept at home for few days until no germs of dlphtheria were found on two successive laboratory examination of ma terial from the nose and throat. Com munities supporting their health officer will not have epidemics Of diphtheria due to contact with diphtheria cases and car riers.
 Measles and scarlet fever are showing an increasing tendency to spread. Measles is present particularly in Holland county, whereas scarlet fever is present in all counties
 whooping cough and typhoid fever have shown a steady decrease since Sep tember.
 Recently milk handler living. at home in a Connecticut community where a child was i'll with diptheria broke quaran- tine and worked, thereby exposing the public who purchased milk from him 10 ! diphtheria.
 During the past few months there have been many cases of disease among milk handlers and their families al the farm | or at the home of milk employe who works at milk depot or pasteurization plant.
 Typhoid fever, diphtheria. scarlet fever. ] septic sore throat and measles may be i spread by milk infected with the germs or | virus of these diseases.
 As far as known. there have been no | secondary cases due to milk from these | farms to date this year where the health ! officer has been notified of the existeuce ! of such disease. It speaks well for the | manner in which the control of disease 1 is carried out by the health officers oi | Connecticut. It also shows that the know. ledge We have about miik-borne disease, is sufficient to cope with this particular problem. Health officers should be par l ticularly careful in requiring the thor
 ough washing of the collected milk bottlei by the milk dealers; and when, on inspec
 tion trips, see for themselves this part O
 the milk handling problem.
 There are certain cases of contagiou
 disease. however, wheer the disease is s
 mild that no physician is in attendance i Consequently milk bottles are returne
 to the dealer from such houses. It i
 these cases particularly that are apt | prove a menace to public health becaus
 of the absence of necessary knowledge | prevent the milk from being infected ,I All persons living on premises wher milk IS handled for public consumptio
 are required by the sanitary code of Cor
 nectcut to report to the local health oi
 ficer suspected cases or known cases
 infectious disease. It is hoped by a mol complete cooperation by milk handler
 that milk-borne diseases will soon . abolished from Connecticut. MIX dealel
 can assist by bringing this regulation
 the attention of their employees.
 Many organizations-such as psren ]. teachers clubs, granges, local communi ii societies and similar groups-are tskir
 advantage of the illustrated health le - lures given to such organizations by il . Connecticut department of health. d These lectures are given with the a
 of an electric or gas lantern, dependil N whether a. community has electricity \ not. They cover many phases of | \ health problem such as Prevention of 1 \ fectious Diseases, Insect-Borne Diseas, \ School Medical Inspection, Prevention \ Disease by Vaccines and Antitoxins, Mi \ and Its Relation to Disease, Foods a Their Relation to Health. Public Heal Nursing. Tuberculosis, Personal Hygiel E Water Supplies. Cancer.
 Information concerning these lectur ' will be gladly furnished to such groups | their secretary will write to the state ( { partment of health, state capitol, Hs1 $ ford.