Hickory daily record., 1922-09-14
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT SCARLET FEVER
CONTINUED from page three)


or private school, Sunday school, or
Other. cnurch meeting, ths:,tre, par1y
picnic, CT other public assemblage, or
to g near public park, Or upon 4 |
public street, within seven days from
! tn tine OF exposure.
hdie ). Each parent, guardian,
! householder, and adult shall notify +,
in some way the teacher, if a person
! living il his or her house has scarlet |
| fever.
iute G. Each parent, guardian.
householder, and adult must, upon
request by the quarantine officer, IN
! fem, HIN Of his name and address
Of ;22s person who has taan exposed
20 scarlet fever in his Or her home.
Rule Z. No parent, guardian. house
holder c. adult shall either sell, give
away. CT receive in containers, that
arc to be returned, any milk, butter,
or other dairy product while the house
IS placardcd, until personal inter
view has been had with the auaran-
tine officer, SO as to learn how lc
prevent contaminating these products;
in order not to spread the disease,
Rule s. No person, adult or miner,
who has scarlet fever or has been
exposed TO scarlet fever, snail attend
any public or private school. Sunday
school, church meeting, theatre, party
picnic, Or other public assemblage, go
near 4 public park, or appear upon a
public street until permitted to do So
by the quarantine officer.
Rule 8. Each parent, guardian.
householder, and adult shall observe
during and at the termination of the
disease. the following precautions
adopted by the North Carolina State
Board Of Health for the prevention Of
the spread Of scarlet fever.
(a)) Those having scarlet fever
must be kept in rooms to themselves
as well as housing conditions Will
| permit
(b) AS few people as possible arc
to be permitted to act as a nurse,
and IN no instance person Whcse
duty will make it necessary for that
rarity TO leave the premises prior to
the termination of the quarantine;
and those nursing the sick must be
encouraged to wash their hands after
each assistance
(c) The room must be ventilated
and the sun permitted to enter as
Instructed by the doctor
(d) AS far as possible. the dis
chsrges from the nose and throat
must be properly disposed Of by sup
plying the sick with paper napkins.
rags, etc. to cover up the cough and
sneeze and such rags, etc. must be
burned after use.
(e) The feeding Utensils and drink
ing vessels. hanled tv M,erson
who has scarlet fever must not be
used by any other nerson until they
have been thoroughly Boiled.
1,ol o+o io1
sheets, pillowcases, towels, etc, which
contact with the person having scarlet
fever, must be either boiled on the
premises or soaked for three hours
in a solution 81 carbolic acid in the
proportion of tablespoonful to a
pint of water, or a solution of that
proportion of preparation equiyal-
e1t in antiseptic power.
To rrevent the infection Of the
room and house during the disease is
i far better than to attempt to disin-
:, feet the room and house after the
= disease. All the terminal fumigation
= in the world will not atone for care
= lessness and unc1eanliness in the care
: of the sick. p"
1t is good to give room thorough
8 cleaning after any case Of sickness
s Such material as can be boiled should
e he so treated; otherwise, EXPOSE it to
d the sunshine for several days. The
q room should be thoroughly aired and
n summed. The floors and woodwork car
= be scrubbed with hot water and soap
These measures are safe. and more
z economical than fumigation.
Rules Governing Teachers
Rule 1. When a teacher has reason
= 4n,E
! III his or her school district has scarlet
Z fever. or when any child is absent
] from school because Of what may be
scarlet fever, he or she must make
= a written report to the quarantine
! officer within twenty-four hours, Civ
= ing the name Of the person or child
= the name and address of the house,
i holder with whom the person or chile
= lives. and the name Of his or hel
= school district.
Rule 2. No teacher shall reside il
a home where there is person sicl
with scarlet fever, and conduct Or at
Etend public or private school. unless
housing conditions are such that the
=. patient and attendants can be an6
y are completely isolated at all times.
Rule 8. The PRINCIPAL of each schoo
: must keep copy of the posters anG
= = literature which point out the signs
= and SYMPTOMS Of scarlet fever as
i furnished to him or her upon appiica
y tion to the North Carolina State!
=. Board of Health, Bureau of Epidenoi
y ology. Rtleigh, N. C.
= Rule. 4. When the principal Of tn,
= school receives official notice from the
+ quarantine officer that scarlet fe7el
: exists in a family residing in Il,
school district, he or she is required
= to strictly obey and enforce the fo;
lowing rules.
(a) He or she must exclude from
his or her school each child livirs
in the house, apartment, or rom
! where scarlet fever exists.
III (b) He or she must have observed
y daily the children in his or her schoo
! for signs and symptoms Of the disease
= and is ordered and empowered to ex
= clude Immediately from school an.
= pupil showing indications of scarle
- fever for seven days or until til.
vn1DtOn1S have Sl1hSided or 2 salts