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THE CARROLL FREE FRF t ' < t, CARROLLTON CARROL*. COTTNTY, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
!8. 1922,
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GEORGIA
MARBLE
Tjtt >m (umitt you in tho choot-
inp of an appropriate detipn.
Carrollton Marble Works
CARROLLTON, GA
No, 'tuberculosis- » not a visitation
oC divine Providence; it to here by'
r^sop of yotr iiMUtfereooe to.the lawn
of.hpplfb, *,
'BYSkh" alii U'6k4.' ’ ‘
PREVENT DISEASE
Tbe season for ni asles is approach
ing. They rage, flourish anti hold sway
from January to July, reaching their
height in April. In tiie period of ten
years 62,888 deaths occurred, 80% of
which occurred in the first six months
of these years. This is not guess
wottk; this 1b the record. One-half oi
all the-deaths ecbUr-before five years
of age. Measles rank next to croup
and diphtheria to producing death,
TJiere is no treatment for the dis
ease, but y.ou can prevent it, and such
change the clothing l.-Tore mixing with
the family or other people. No one
other than the one acting as nurse
should visit the sick room. The wln-
Tutarcuiosis rievuniabie Suictiy Business Proposition
truo statement,
The statement
'health Is
does not
MORE THAN 80> OF ALL DCATHS
FROM MEASLES OCCUR CURING
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF
EACH YEAR
If tuberculosis is preventable, why It is
dows of tho room should be darkened, then is it not. prevented? Arc the wealth. 1
as the light hurts tho eyes. A direct thousands who are to die during tho need argument How people can at-
draft on the patient should be avoided, com | ng year worth the saving? It we ford to let their capital stock bo
fuV!! 0 ..o Cr . feC .,^ knew th “t wo should be among the slowly absorbed and finally awake to
iptona'and 0 ?^”? t ^ epa k 1 ' !„! “umber, should we not think It a ter- Hnd themselves bankrupt Is pnsslng
ills r rlble thlng? lf the treatment is simply strange. Good business mon will not
keen fn ^nnoh hygiene, is it not strange that we are do so where finances are involved,
avnfdw 1 *' th by not wnilng t0 llve h y glenlcaUx untH Uley win look carefully after their
„„ , rnm ««•>■ we have contracted the disease? monthly, weekly and dally statement*;
7*1 « 200,000 people die annually of they will keep In close touch with
“ ' ^ tuberculosis in tho United States, and . the buying and selling ends; they Will
measles just a? long as possible, re- an oql|a] nuniber are cured 0 f the dls- see that the credit man does his part
I ease by sleeping and living in the , hnd that tho bills are promptly paid
j open air, why would It not have been | or know the reason why. Yet, It Is
| better for them to have lived and passing strange that theso same men,
' slept in the open air before they got j hnd in fact, ail men and women, neg-
1 sick, and thus have avoided the dls- ! I ect the greatest single asset in their
easo? If sleeping and living In the j businoss. it is strange that mon of
! open air is good for the sick, why | intelligence, men of common sense,
' is it not good for the well? Is it not men of judgment, will (or u day neg-
better to stay woll than to bo cured , I°ct their bodies and allow disease to
of tuberculosis? (gradually grow and undermine their
If typhoid fever is preventable, why ( Physical being. All business must nnd
thon is it not prevented? The pre- ilocs depend upon the people; without
vontion of typhoid is not a matter of , the people there would ho no business.
There would ho no sound businoss
without some healthy people. If the
country, the men and women who
piake up the world, are In poor health,
general business must suffer just that
much lf they are not well enough
to produce normally all things that
go towards thto world's needs, thon
DEATHS FROM MEASLES
U. S. CENSUS RECCSTS
medical science any longer; It is
only a question of public and per
sonal sanitation. Why swallow the
germ at all, and If It must be swal
lowed, why Is It not killed first by
boiling or otherwise?
If smallpox to preventable, why then
is It not completely prevented? It Is ,
only a matter of universal vaccination | there muBt needs be a lack. If any
and is no longer a question of medical i Part of a community is sick, not only
sclonco; It Is one of personal suicide
if you die of smallpox.
If syhpllls and other venereal dis
eases aro preventable, why then aro
they not prevented. They are caused
by specific germs, and no one need
the one who is sick to affected, but
his neighbors are not In as good
shape ns they would bo lf he were
well, if in the course of business
someone falls to meet his obligations
»nd his creditor has to take this in-
cafe can be taken as to avoid compli
cations, chief of which is pneumonia.
First of all, call your physician and
let him tell you bow to avoid tho com
plications.
The disease is highly contagious, and
is passed from one person to another.
It has been transmitted by th-- blood,
but the most likely sourco of Infection
is the secretions from tho nose, mouth,
throat. Tho poHod of incubation, that
is, from tho time one is exposed until
, the illness comes on, Is from nine to
eleven days. The rash is quite con
stant, appearing about the thirteenth
or fourteenth day. One peculiar thing
about measles is. that it reappears
about every third year.' in thickly set
tled localities. In moro sparsely settled
sections they are farther apart. It is
highly coptaglous before the eruption.
The eruption can be seen In the mouth
-several days beforti It “breaks out.”
Koplik- spots should be' looked for in
all children who have been exposed,
and If . the mouth, shows signs or they
seem to have a fresh cold, the eyes
red and fever develops, they should be
at once isolated. ' 1 Isolation of the pa
tient for two weeks to considered safe.
An attack of measles seems to lower
the resistance for Other diseases, per
haps more so than any other of our
. infectious diseases. It Is owing to this
'cause that, we have tuberculosis and
pneumonia following ; the disease. Ev
ery article used by the ( patient or that
comes in contact with the patient
should bo burned, boiled or sterilized in
some way.. The attendant should be
' sure to wash the hands carefully and,
member that fatalities from this dls
ease Increase In proportion to tho de-
crease in age.
become Infected with these germs un-1 dividual loss, he subtracts just that
less they wnnt to. Tho prevention of | much from the balance of profit. It
this class of diseases is no longer a * 3 Just so lf one, whether he be a
question of medical science; it is one Producer or not, subtracts from, the
of personal cholco. | health of the community;. the profit
The Lord of creation has given man is a whole has been lowered.
l-RLSRYTERIAN CHURCH.
(Too lato for glassification.)
All services us usual Sunday. Our
pastor and liis wfio have been absent
this week, visiting in Seneca, S, C. t
but will return beforo tho end of the
week.
A special delivery letter was re
ceived from Miss Mattio Dozier last
Sunday and road nt Sunday school, ac
knowledging tho rccoipt of tho throe
Christmas .boxes scut by tho Sunday
school and Christian Endeavor Society
to tho students at Matthew T. Scott,
Jr., Academy. The boxes furnished a
gift for each child and made a happy
Christmas.
We believe that the presentation of
our simple pageant. “Together Shnll
They Sing,’’ last Sunday evening will
lie productive of good. Tho Cliristmas
service this year curried a special ap
peal for tho cousocration to Christ of
life servico and possessions and pray
ers were offered that the program might
bo blosBc.d of God, Tho Decombor
prayer topic, “Christian Education,”
tails for special prayer that God will
bring forth from onch congfegatlou ft
volunteer for life servico. ! ‘ ' '
■■ 't. !
Tho Foreign Mission prayer subject
for December is “Cuba” and pray or if
asked tbday that tho true religion may
bo established in all the West Indian
islands. Home Mission prayer today
tor the Synodical Orphans homes of
Alabama,"Kentucky nnd Louisiana.
Christian Endeavor topic for Sunday
evening nt 6:1,1: “Lessons from a
New Year’s Psalm,” Psalm 90:1-17.
dominion over tho world and the full
ness thereof, which Includes the choice
Whon measles occur, in a community of good and evil, and incidentally the
it is not necessary to close the school means of life nnd doath.
hut no child should be permitted In
school who Is not well. The teachers
should examine the children each morn
ing and send all suspected cases home.
All children from homes where they
have uioasles should bs kept at home
WHAT THE PEOPLE MUST KNOW.
They must know the widespread
prevalence of the venereal disease*;
tho far-reaching havoc wrought by
until two weeks alter exposure, then if them.
they are well they cab return to That they are infectious and corn-
school. j munlcable.
Some day someoiie will Isolate the That gonorrhoea and syphilis often
germ or causative substance, and we remain in a latent state for years after
will have a remedy as wo now have : * supposed cure,
for smallpox, typhoid, diphtheria, etc. That the cessation -of the discharge
In the meantime, let ue c|o what we does nqt mea na cure of gonorrhoea
can and save the loss of life, the suf-
ferring, loss of time and money due
to this disease of childhood.
Write your State Doard of Health
at any time that we can be of service
to your community. Wo have folders
on—
No, 1—Diphtheria.' ...
No. 2—Dysentery (Bacillary).
No. 3—Hookworm Infection,
No. 4—Malaria.
No. 6—Measles.
No. 6—Rabies,
No. 7—Scarlet Fever.
No. 8—Smallpox.
No. 9—Tetanus,
No. 10—Tuberculosis.
No. 11—Typhoid Fever. " v -
No. 12—Whooping Cough.
These, as well as many other pam
phlets, are free tor tbe asking.
nor does the disappearance of visible
symptoms mean the cure of syphllto.
They must know that they are fre
quently carried into the home and
family after a supposed cure.
That to tbe female gonorrhoea hns
such a wide range of manifestations
that there may be no Indications what
ever of disease, or there may be any 1
and every symptom of female trouble
Up to the most' severe and critical ill
ness. i-
That a large part of So-called female
trouble of married women is due to K)8S *° bu - v futures
PREVENTION OF SMALLPOX.
f The key to the prevention of small-
Ipox is vaccination. If all people in
m community have . be.cn vaccinated
'|wlthin five years, no epidemic of
smallpox will occur in that commun-
DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN.
gonorrheal Infection from-the old lat
ent cases in their husbandB.
That thousands of good women die
or undergo serious mutilating opera
tions from tho same cause.
That most of the persons who are
blind from Infancy are victims of gon
orrheal infection of the parents.
They must know that all syphilitics
are not horrible looking specimens
with scree and ulcers; that: only - for
(a short; period are there skin erup-
The individual should have at leaBt
une complete examination a year, and
he should scrupulously observe the or-
iers of his physician. The community
needs constant care for the reason
It •*> made up of many individuals.
The public health is the most essen
tial of all thlugs to the progress of
tho people, tho community, the coun
ty, the stato, the nation, it matters nht
what it costs in money; It cannot be
sstlmated in dollars and cents, yet it
:an be cheaply bought.
A full-time boulth officer under the
Ellis Health Law can bo employed at
* most reasonable figure. Tho health
■nit can be made extensive or limited
*s you wish, hut in any size it 1b
well worth while. It is perhaps tho
)ost form of hoalth work known. The
very best financial investment. The
greatest trouble ut the present time
Is to get men who are adapted and
luallfied for the work. Tho field of
preventive medicine to so different
jiyun the care pf. the disease that it is
uutd to find men qualifier and adopt
ed tp tho care of the community as a
whole; men who are fitted for the
work aro . in demand.
It 1ft Indeed and in truth flno busi-
in fine, robust
loaltli.
FITS AND STARTS.
The question of the immunization ol Hons, and that superficial sores and
«•»««— v*r~rsss z
the greatest that we have to eonsldei , erowd unnoticed; that there are thou-
ln tho preventive lino. It offers the op i-nnds of these.
Sty." 'Smallpox In a pereon"vaccinated portunity alBO of giving the most satis j They must know that a largo percen-
(twice Is uncommon i facotry results. tage of the inmates of the insane asy-
■ Secondary in prevention is the quar-' The age period that is most likely lums aro there because of syphilis,
antine of the smallpox case and oi all to contract the disease Is trom * .
unvaccinated persons who have come months to three years. The grea> deformed children pay the penalty for j the hookworm was discovered and the
in contact with the case Quarantine problem of prevention then, is very their parents’ infections. j causo of much of the disability of our
early in life. Very few infants unde) They must know that nature seldom j people was brought to light. Surveys
3 months aro susceptible—from S effects a cure of these diseases, but : were made, almost every county in the
months of 6 months 30 per cent will that they can bo cured by thorough State was visited, the hoavlly infected
So often wo soo things done by “fits
ind starts.” We see surveys mndo for
certain diseases and a great hue and
cry for a short time, then slowly the
dramatic ondoavor dies, not because
thq work was not needod; nqt becaueu
» reform was not necessary; not, be-,
cause a festering sure did not need u
severe curotment; not because a dis
ease did not need curing and a cause
ruitoved- for ailing people, but the
“nthuslanm just died and the great
movement slowly passes Into tho for
gotten.
I have just been thinking that it was
i not so many years ago when the whole
That many diseased, defective and South, evon America, was startled whon
of the case alone is not sufficient, as
pt would not prevent infection from
those who might be still in the incu
bation period of the disease.
On the appearance of smallpox the
ihealth officer urges all who have never
he positive. al, d persistent treatment.
Passive immunity can he obtained That if not cured the penally is
by giving a small dose of Antitoxin certain and tho infection will most
■been vaccinated or wh 0 "hIve“nol“be’en The immunity so induced is very in likely be communicated to many others,
vaccinated within five years to be vac- definite and short, possibly 3 to < That every really cured case breaks
Cinated, knowing that if the people fol- weeks. It is not the best Procedure* a link in this chain of infection and
low out this common sense procedure, though it to often used The State lessens the danger to all
they will he immune to the disease. Hoard of Health does not advise it ex- That ninety-five per cent of all pros-
.The result to that if all arc. vaccinated cept under exceptional circumstances titutes have one or both of these dls-
the health officer knows that he has ( Perhaps It would be well for us tc eases.
no smallpox to fear, other than those ray further along the line of the^m-l That the female prostitute Is the
few persons Infected before they were munizing doze of Antitoxin that Anti source of infection; tbe male proatl-
Vaccinated toxic immunity cannot be depended tule is the carrier of the diseases.
‘ Persons vaccinated from 1 to 4 days upon to stamp out the infection II That the Georgia State Board of
after- exposure to a case of smallpox bas several disadvantages that should Health furnishes pamphlets on these
rarely have the disease, the vaccina- uot be disregarded; the baclUH re diseases free for the asking.
main in the throats of those immun-,
ized and the disease continues to crop I LIME FOR THE TEETH.
out from time to time as the Anti-1
toxin disappears, it is very expensive. Lime water made of common lump
time consuming and the resulting n rae h^q masons use to make mortar
serum reactions often disturbing j g perhaps the very beat mouth wash;
tion, protecting them,
Uhvaccinated school children or
teachers should not be allowed to at
tend school, as they form a group sus-
foptiblo to smallpox.
fif.VL)!-;
; . BLINDNESS frqm birth.
“Born blind" means neglect, pure and
simple: We have & bumle-m pre von
There Isn’t any question that It should n cleanses tho teeth perhaps better
be replaced by Toxin-Antitoxin. ; than anything. It should be held in
The State Board of Health furnish-'the mouth and forcefully made to go
es the Schick test free, but does not j n and out between the teeth until
tive for this • kind oi blindness; in furnish the Toxin-Antitoxin. We fur, R 'froths. The lime dissolves and re-
facL. wo have d law on our statute nish culture tubes and make tests for moves tho mucin that accumulates on
bookB tbht requires' tho -physician or Diphtheria without charge when sub- the teeth. Brush and floss tho teeth
midwife to use this, preventive. It mitted by your physician. 'throe times a day.
reads:- All children ovor 18 months old
“That It shall 'be the duty of any should ho given a Scblck tent, and
person who shall be ltf attendance on all positives should bo given Toxin-
any<• childbirth to apnly to the child Antitoxin. It would bo hc:it to give
such prophylactic rrentment na may be Toxin-Antitoxin to all babie- under 18
.proscribed by. th^ Sta'b'Hoard of Health ! months. Recent views uy Dr. Clerk
WHY BABIE8 DIE.
Moro than 100,000 of the 260,000 chil
dren less than one year old who die
. _ every year In the United States die
to prevent'"bllndittsa from gonococcus show that 1/30 of tne a°so or oxln '' f,-o m causes connected with tbelr birth,
itfMtfto* v*tS*4 bmieq ' 5 • j Antitoxin first used to sufficient to ; payg united Staten Public Health Serv-
“TlMIt hay perfeii'*hb shall nurse j give permanent immunity against the, fcw The noedi tt for furthor
o'r'au4mt» *ny InfcnV shall report any ! dread disease. This small dose will
InfMtotAaMMuaF'tBe »-yes of SaM child ! not produce a reaction but will pro:
that shall * wAthlh ' fwq vveoke > vent the ^dtoease^-'pfrhtherjla.. WJtoi
after birth «^:tM»1ocfal'-healtl^i
1**yHiein*;’
Sui)«hinl»‘»W*r.fi«4*:
study and Investigation of these, causes
to urgent.
: No matter bow - big, your- bdUrcotn
may be, if to. not large enough for you
to eievp in with the windows aO ploaed,
vaut air supply.
areas thoroughly worked und much
remedial work done. The worm was
studied, its mode of entrance to the
body shown beyond all question, and
the remedies, simple and easy to ad
minister. were given publicity; yet we
have not eliminated thto one of the
greatest drawbacks to the progress of
the South. Thousands of our people are
Infected today; wo havo almost quit
talking about hookworm, comparatively
speaking, yet the problem Is the same;
soil pollution still goes on, children still
go barefoot and have ground itch ;
many, very many, are "puny," anaemic
and poorly nourished, lazy and good
for nothing, when it is all duo to the
loss of blood from hookworm.
Whon one is ill, not doing well, fee
ble, “poorly" and has “that tired feel
ing,” -you had better send a little
of the bowel movement to the State
Board of Health and see if. the trou
ble to not hookworm.
If you have been diagnosed as tu
bercular and do not improve as you
should, you had better find out
if you are not feeding worms. The
diagnosis is easy; we furnish tbe prop
er container and your physician can
cure you, oh, so quickly! Rocently
a new remedy has been discovered
for the cure' of the hookworm; it Is
almost harmless and your doctor can
put the bloom of health In sallow
cheeks and fat on your skinny form
wjth Just a dose or so.
THOS. F. ABERCROMBIE,
State Commissioner of Health.
SEND IT TO THE
LAUNDRY
And send it well tied. DON’T send articles in a
LOOSE MANNER. They may cause trouble in
straightening out, to keep them from getting lost or
misplaced. . b
just TIE ’EM up well and send them to
Mandeville Mills Laundry
Telephone 577
Carrollton, Ga.
The cost of insurance is so small you do not T9*
alize you have pa’id it.
After the loss its benefits are so great you mar
vel that anyone would even consider being with
out it.
The spectre of possible and sudden rum never
bothers the man who has his possessions adequately
protected by insurance.
HOW ABOUT YOU 7
| S. J. BOYKIN & SONS,
GENERAL INSURANCE
I CARROLLTON, GA.
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