The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-15
YOUR CHILDREN
Rv Olirs Robsrts Dssten

It 10 grip time and uu timel An though we didn't have troubles enough without sicknessl The
 worst part of such illnesses is that they 20 right through families. The first thing you know Johnny is down with 1t, then he's scarcely back to school until Fanny gets 1t, and she isn't out before Charlie starts to sneeze and stops eating.
 There is only one cure I know for either of these things, and that is not to get them at all.
 There year with people living in crowded quarters, doubling up and tripllng up or even quadrupling up flor there's Tom out of Q job, Ralph on a commission. David with no work, and they've all had to como home with their families it looks as though Old Man Grip was going to do Q land-0fiice busi- ness.
 Get That Therznometer Did you ever get that clinical thermometer I advised? At the drug store for dollar or a dollar and a half? knowI It loks as big as a dish-pan these days, that dol- lar does. But if some one said to you, q can keep grip or flu from spreading through your family for a dollar" what would you say? Or even a feverish cold? Fevefish colds, after all, are 1ow-grade germ diseases and can cause as much trouble as other things with higher sounding names.
 When johnny begins to cough or sneeze and looks tired, has a headache doesn't eat, is chilly, perhaps flushed of face, the wisest thing to do is to shake down that thermometers, until 1t is at 90 de- gPees or below (watch you don't break it), and put the silver end under his tongue. Let 1t stay there for a full minute, with his lips closed, and then take it to the light and read it. If 1t goes over the place marked "Y" or .X' or other wise designated, 9S 3-5 degrees to be exact, keep an eye on him. Never let him go to school with a temperature even of 99 degrees. He may not be sick, but other chill dren must be guarded. Moreover, if he has a temperature, even a low one. he should not be out of the house. He is better in bed. Call in Q Doctor
 It is best to call a doctor when- ever there is a temperature, espe- cially if 1t goes to a hundred or over. This is the best advic I can give, for when child has a tenn perature 1t may be something sim- pie and again 1t may not.
 At any rate, get him to bed, keep all the other children abso- lutely away from him and grown ups, too, except those looking after him; see that he is warm and quiet, that, he has 9 very light, diet and a simple physic. Castor oil has always been my panacea.
 All his dishes should be kept by themselves; he should have his own towel and wash rag These should be kept away from the bathroom as well as his tooth brush. Never carry his glass to the bath room and leave it there, either.
 His handkerchiefs should be put away by themselves, too, and boil- ed in the wash. No one should handle them.
 And when he is better, air and sun his room well. Do not allow another child to sleep with him | until he is entirely well and the bedclothes and blankets laundered. Fanny and Charlie probably,
 won't get sick if this Is done un-
 less they did so when their brother was first infected. The early stage
 of any infectious disease are very contagious.
 However--1et us hope that even poor Johnny vii escape this year.