Milford chronicle., 1925-06-19
Get Examined When 40

I'm 1920 there were IL deaths from
tuberculosis" said DR.. Davis. "Now
because of the campaign being wag-
ed against the disease the fatalities
last year were cut to in this state.
1t is the progressive ways of treat
ing citizens and the care taken by
themselves that aids in prolonging
life now.
when a man or woman reaches
40 or As years, it is the degenerative
ills that are most dangerous and in
sidiOus. By these 1 mean heart af-
fections, Bright's diseases, apopIexy
and cancer. No one knows, unless
he has been examined by his physi-
clan. whether some ill he had in his
youth or his mode of living has de-
veloped some of these ailments and
weaknesses.
Some idea of the toll these de-
generative ills have taken in Della
ware may be obtained from reading
the vital statistics for the past year
when 1,178 Delawareans died from
them. Possibly some of them might
still be living if they had been ex-
amined and followed this with ad-
vice and treatment given them by
their family physician. During the
past year there were 382 persons
who died of heart affections, 1913
with Bright's disease, 275 from ap-
oplexy and 1873 from cancer.
ct do not wish to be misunder-
stood in this matter of yearly ex-
animation" said DR.. Davis.
"The examination should be made
by the family physician and it should
not be a cursory affair, either. It
ought to be thorough and must be
careful and exacting examination if
it is to be of any value"
DR.. Davis commented on the fact
that if citizens would attend to this
matter of yearly physical eXamina-
ton combined with the attention
children receive now in their first
year, that the span of life even with
all the hustle and hustle of present
mode of living would be consider
ably extended. He pointed out that
the fatalities in the first month of
the baby's life and during the first
year is being checked through the
care taken to prevent the child from
contracting the ills of infancy, and
which were paid little or no atten-
ton years ago. Child hygiene and the
protection from scarlet fever and
diphtheria and other ailments have
done their part in checking the death
rate
DR.. Davis returned last week from
Montreal where he attended the an
nual conferences of the State and
Provincial Health Authorities of the
United States. Although many hun
dreds of miles farther north than
Dover, DR.. Davis said the mercury
reached the 80 mark and it was hot
enough.
One Of the chief discussions revolt
we'd about rabies. 1t appears that in
the Southern states there has been a
resumption of this sickness among
and in the State of South
Carolina it has become a matter of
much concern for the authorities.
The reason for such a situation eff
fecting Delaware is very simple
when the motor travel of today is
South Carolinians and
of other states are daily
passing through Delaware and dog
with the rabies and brought |
along because it is the pet when the |
family leaves for vacation, might |
attack Delaware dogs and cause per-
sons in turn to be attacked and bit
ten.
So far there has been no general |
quarantine or regulations forbidding |
dogs to be carried in motor cars, but |
should an epidemic break out, the
health officials have plans which |
could be put into effect quickly. The
fact that in England where rabies
ragged for a time was effectually
when the ban was put up
against CANNES being carried about,
mas given the medical men of the
world a new insight into the ways
IN which the disease may be carried
and how it can be prevented.-Sun-
lay Star.