Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-05-30
HEALTH OFFICIALS
WARN AGAINST
SCARLET FEVER
State Department Of Health
Tells How To Care For
Disease In Exhibit


sign that greeted the eyes at the en-
trance to one of the bed rooms in the
model cottage at the Better Homes
exhibit at Bel Air, last week. Johnny,
who was apparently convaiescing, was
represented by life size doll, sitting
up in bed propped up with pillows,
ready for his midday meal.
Everything in the room was ar
ranged with the idea of giving John
ny the best care possible, and of pre-
venting the spread of the disease to
the other members of the family and
to the community. Just inside the
door, hung a clean white gown, such
as surgeons use, for the doctor to
wear while in the room. On another
peg hung the washable gown for
Mother, with the soiled side hanging
outside.
The two Hartford county public
health nurses who arranged the eX
hibit, took turns in being on duty to
answer questions. But they had also
labelled the exhibit in such a way that
it could do much of it's own explain
ing. Every idea that was illustrated
was based upon the rules of the State
Department of Health for the control
of communicable diseases, and was ca
pable of being put into practice in any
home where there is sickness from
any sort of infectious disease. Some
Of the most noticeable features were
LIST. Everything in the room could
be boiled or washed with a steriliz-
ing solution, or could be burned. The
floors were bare and were covered
with washable rugs. A pillow case
opened out and hanging over the
back of chair served as a laundry
bag. A paper bag pinned to the bed
received the pieces of cheese cloth or
the paper napkins that were used as
handkerchiefs. The child's own wash.
cloth and towel and his BATH supplies,
soap, toothbrush, and tooth paste,
were on a little tray-a bright new
pie pate-near by.
On table at the foot of the bed
there was a small hand basin, with
handbrush, soap and bottle of ly-
sol disinfectant, and Mothers towels
near by, so that Mothers hands can
be scrubbed and sterilized before she
leaves Johnny's room. A place was
also reserved on the table for a glass
holding Johnny's mouth wash, made
of equal parts of lemon juice, glyccr-
inc and water, and also for the small
dish pan, the soap and towels for
Johnny's dishes, which of course must
be sterilized and washed in the room.
On the floor, stood the covered tin
pals for the wash water, and likewise
Il tin waste basket, lined with paper
bag so that the remnants Of food left
from Johnny's dinner could be gath
cred up and burned in the kitchen
stove without coming in contact with
any of the belongings of therest of
the family.
I'd. Many of the devices that adj
ded to the comfort of the patients
were homemade and at little or no
expense. The table on which the food
tray rested was made Of the top and
ends of canned goods packing case,
painted white. An old bread board
scrubbed white, and covered with a
folded sheet, served as the back rest.
The Bel Air Better Homes exhibit
was the work Of the Hartford County
Federation of Women's Clubs, of
which Miss Mary Risteau, Maryland's
pioneer woman legislator, incidentally
one of its well known farmers, is
chairman. Furniture and dainty be-
longings, and all sorts of labor saw
ing devices for the up-to-date house.
keeper, were lent by local concerns,
and the result was as attractive as it
was capable of practical application.
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