New Britain herald., 1925-09-30
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
By pR, HUGH S. CUMMING

Public Health Service Every parent should understand that no child should be allowed to go through an attack of ~hoopinE cough without intelligent care and attention by physician and this is very important, the older the child the better he will stand tho l disease and the younger the child the more apt the disease Is 10 be fatal, Whooping cough is A very serious disease indeed, and 1t Is unfortunate that custom has led many mothers who do not realize the dangers in the way of compli- cations and the after effects, to nurse the child through the attack without skilled medical advice and assistance.
 Under proper treatment the sut- fering of a child can he very much reduced, the course of the disease may be much shortened and the dangers of the disease from conn- plications greatly lessened.
 Not only Is 1t important that the child sufferer be under treatment but also 1t Is essential that parents should be instructed as to methods of preventing the spread of tho disease.
 In the absence of complications, children having whooping cough should be kept In the open air all day.
 If 1t Is practicable. they should sleep out of doors. If this cannot he done, they should sleep in . room with the windows open,
 They should be well clad. The clothing should be heavy enough to prevent chilling yet light enough to prevent the child becoming over heated or tired hv the weight of the clothing,
 As long as the child has fever or Is weak it should be kept In bed.
 If possible the bed should be placed on a porch or in a tent. The bed clothes should be so arranged that the comforters cannot be kicked off.
 Cool, Fresh Air Needed
 II should be remembered that pneumonia Is frequent and se- rious complication of whooping cough and that cases with ten- dencv to bronchitis should not bs unduly exposed
 Cool, not cold, fresh air is what is needed and in bad weather if there is any suspicion of bronchitis or pneumonia the patient should be kept in a well ventilated room heated to a temperature of about so to ss degrees Fahrenheit.
 The diet should be such as can be easily and quickly dgested. Soups. paateurized milk, eggs, and the like should be given frequently. The matter of treatment of the dis ease Is one to be left to the physi- elan attending the case.
 As we have said before, the germ of whooping cough Is found in the sputum of persons having the dis ease. During fits of coughing this infected sputum is thrown con- siderable distance.
 It Is important in the prevention of the spread of whoopins cough that steps he taken to prevent the sputun from the sick room from being taken into the system of the well.
 The sufferer should be provided with a quantity of soft paper nap kins. As soon as these are soiled they should be burned,
 Everything which has come in contact with the patient should be sterilized before it is allowed to come in contact with other people or things which may be handled or used by other people.
 Keep Patients Away from Others Children having whooping cough should not ride in street cars or other public conveyances.
 They should not attend school. , Sunday school, or places of amuse- ment.
 Well children should be taught that they must not come in con- tact with children who whoop. They should be taught also not to exchange gum, pencils, and other objects by means of which sputum may be transferred from one per- son to another, nor to play ball, , for example, with children who are . ill
 II Is important that when chil. dren having whooping cough 50 upon the street they should be ac- ompanied by some adult who will ) prevent them from playing with other children.
 , Some health authorities have re- quired that children suffering from , whooping cough should wear a , broad band of green ribbon on the arm that other children may De warned.
 Houses in which cases of whoop. ing cough exist should be marked with appropriate placards. , Keep your children away from whooping cough especially while r they are young. Half the deaths from whooping cough occur in } children under one year of age and 95 per cent of whooping cough deaths occur in children under five.