About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1923)
RIDAYAFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923 DANGER IS SEEN JUST AHEAD OF US Diphtheria, Measles, Whooping Cough—Opening of Schools ' Spreads Disease. Within a short time our schools will open, and with the opening will come c.ose cpntact and the assembling of many children in close quarters. Colds, typhoid, pneumonia, diphtheria, meas les, whooping cough and other like diseases are spread by contact or the direct transmission of the germs from one person to another. We must have schools, and under present conditions the childrep must be congregated in close rooms, and in many places the sanitary conditions are not good; the common drinking cup is still in use in many places; it is a great danger. The common privy is in use in many places, a great menace, and the drink ing water is in many cases taken from polluted wells and springs. The State Board of Health statistics go to prove that all such diseases as those men tioned above always increase for the first month of six weeks after schools open. Parents should do their part towards avoiding Illness by seeing to it that their child has been given pro tection by vaccination where vaccines are of value, as for instance small pox, typhoid, diphtheria and the like. Every child should be vaccinated now against smallpox. This is the only vaccination that produces a sore. There is little inconvenience from ty phoid vaccination and none from tox in-antitoxin. The protection offered by these vaccines is definite —sure. The toxin-antitoxin should be given to the babies; all babies at the breast should be given this remedy. It is absolutely harmless, gives no unpleas ant after effect and is a reliable rem edy. A ’baby given the three doses of this, vaccine is for its life protected against diphtheria. The State Board of Health has not as yet secured a fund for furnishing this remedy free. The State Board of Health has made a contract to get the rem edy at a government contract price that makes it very inex pensive. It is to be given just as ty phoid vaccine by your family physic ian. You cannot allow your baby to be without it, and you can render a great service by discussing this with your neighbor. Every mother should know about it, and this paper surely hopes that you will be a missionary tp spread the information. Let every reader of this paper make himself or herself into a committee of one to see school houses and premises are made more sanitary; that especially our school houses and premises are made clean and are kept that way Why, did you know that you might save some child’s life by doing this? BILLS ARE RETURNED MARKED “NO FUNDS” The State Board of Health was greatly disappointed that they did not get an increase in appropriation from the recent Legislature. The Board was exceedingly anxious to be given enough money to furnish free to the citizens of our state Toxin-antitoxin to eradicate diphtheria and put on a Department of Life Extension, this service to aid the physicians in our state in making early diagnoses of Cancer and Bright’s Disease. It is thought by conservative physicians that these things properly handled and with the co-operation of the peo ple would in a very short while lengthen human life 5 years. All theory says so and we have confi dence to believe that with say $15,- 000 a year this work would save hun dreds of lives in our state. hTe cry of “No Money” defeated these worthy causes. If you should have a mad dog scare, do not kill the dog if it can be cap tured and put in confinement. This is the safe way, the best way. If the dog is mad it will die of rabies within a week, then all who were bitten or scratched should immediately take the treatment; it is time enough. Os course if the suspected animal is kill ed or cannot be safely taken and kept in captivity, then the brain should be sent to the State Board of Health. Do not beat the head up or shoot it through the head, but preserve the head as best you can that it may be packed in ice and reach the Labora tory in good condition. The span of human life has been considerably lengthened within the past few years. It can be greatly lengthened if the people will only give heed to the advice of the phy sician and the State Board of Health. Every county should have a commis sioner of health whose duty it would be to see that the people remained well. Good sound advice of the physician and the health officer is So often ig nored by our people. Continence is entirely .compatible with good health and proper growth and development. Every baby born into this world has the right to be born healthy and well. You should know that you are physi cally fit to be a parent. 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