Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-03-08
The COUNTY NURSE DEPT.

Inasmuch as there are many cases
of Scarlet Fever in the county at the
present time the following reminder
concerning the diseaseis again printed.
Signs or symptoms of Scarlet Few
err:
/ Vomiting, high fever, headache
and sore throat.
These symptoms in a child during
scarlet fever epidemic are always re-
garded with suspicion. Children hav-
ing these symptoms are to be prompt
ly excluded from school.
2 Length of quarantine, twenty
eight days, or longer if necessary.
3 Child having had the disease is
excluded from school for six weeks or
longer if necessary.
If a child in same home is not
i'll and wishes to attend school, he
must first disinfect body and chothing,
take up residence elsewhere and must
remain excluded in said home for ten
days before returning to school.
5 The disease is communicable
from the first appearance of disease
to its final termination.
6 If a man or woman living in a
home where there is scarlet fever
wishes to continue his or her occupa-
ton, he or she must change place Of
residence.
z Many an epidemic began with
"a light case"
Scabies or the Itch
The itch is found among the chill
dren in the schools, and is a eommun-
icable and highly Objectionable skin
disease. If its appearance on the
hands is noted and treated at ONCE,
prolonged and tiresome treatments are
avoided. 1t is not necessary for whole
districts or communities to be afflicted
with the itch, when the treatment and
prevention of this disease is so simple
1t is not right that child having
the itch should be allowed to come to
school and pass the disease on, to
dozens of other school children. Ac-
cording to the State Board of Health
Rules, children afflicted with the itch
are excluded from school,
The itch" is a communicable skin
disease caused by an animal parasite.
The parasite burrows through the skin
head first, and eggs are deposited usu-
ally about fifty, in the deep layers
of the skin. These hatch in about ten
days and the itch mite begins to bur-
row in other directions and so the
disease progresses. The burrow is
darkish spot and the contents can
often be picked out on the point of
needle. The presence of the parasite
causes an inflammation of the skin, and
little sores are formed. The itch is
usually found, especially in the be-
ginning of the disease between the fin
gers, wrist, elbow, behind the ears, in
fact no part of the body is protected
from the inroads of the disease.
Scratching causes eXcoriation and
the formation of crusts. There is also
what is known as grain itch, barley
itch and Norwegian itch But it does
not make much difference whether the
itch is Dutch or Norwegian it is an
itch just the same, and one needs as
much scratching as the other, and the
disease is an adomination in the school
room
The first thing to do is to take a
good hot bath using strong soap quite
literally and scrub the affected parts
thoroughly with a brush. This is to
remove the crust and scales. Then
dry well and apply sulphur ointment
or an ointment that a doctor may
can be made by using thirty grains of
sulphur W ali VI waste
line or lard. Apply twice day for
three day, in severe cases oftener.
Before applying the ointment the
skin should be washed with hot water
and soap. There must be a complete
change of Undertaking, and the used
ones should be boiled for one half hour
The bed sheets should also be boiled.
Repeat this process for three nights.
II the disease has been noted nearly
this treatment usually suffices, if not
repeat. Six days of ardurous treat
ment is of more value than six months
or so of intermittant treatment.
PALMA II. GRAIN, Co.Health Nurse
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