The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-29
WHEN JOHNNY HAS SCARLET
FEVER
From state Dept. of Health.

From State Dept. of Health.
Johnny has scarlet fever" was
the sign that greeted the eyes at the
entrance to one of the bed rooms in
the model cottage at the Better
Homes exhibit at Bel Air, last
week. Johnny, who was apparently
convalescing, was represented by a
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
Johnny the best care possible, and of
preventing the spread of the disease
to the other members OF the family
and to the community. Just in
side the door, hung 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 its
own explaining. Every idea that
was illustrated was based upon the
rules of the State Department OF
Health for the control of communi
cable diseases, and was capable 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 OF 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 washcloth and towel
and his bath supplies, soap, tooth
brush and tooth paste, were on
little tray-a bright new pie plate
near by.
On table at the foot OF the bed
there was a small hand basin, with
handbrush, soap and a bottle of
lysol disinfectant, and Mothers
towels near by, so THAT Mothers
hands can be scrubbed and sterilizet
before she leaves Johnny's room
A place was also reserved on tn,
table fora glass holding johnny
mouth wash, made of equal parts o.
lemon juice, glycerine 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
waste basket, lined with a paper
bag so that the remnants OF food
left from Johnny's dinner could be
gathered up and burned in the
kitchen stove without coming in
contact with any of the belongings
of the rest of the family.
End. Many of the devices that
added to the comfort OF the
patient were homemade and at little
or no expense. The bed table on
which the food tray rested was made
of the top and ends of a 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, Mary
lands pioneer woman legislator, in
cidentally one of its well known
farmers, is chairman. Furniture
and dainty belongings, and all sorts
of labor saving devices for the up
to-date housekeeper, were lent by
local concerns, and the result was as
attractive as it was capable OF
practical application.