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Do you ':noT.' that each ye r there are •asos
of T7hooping cough and Diphtheria in the
Territory of Alaska?
Do you realize that in this day of air
travel a ease of communicable disease nny
uhero in the Territory is a menace to your
child?
DIPHJTHftIA IS a disease* resulting from
neglect. Tf all parents would take thoir
babies; v;hcn they arc from 6 to 9 months
of age, to a doctor or to a clinic and have
them protectod against diphtheria, there
would be no more infant deaths from this
disease. Successful treatment with two or
three doses of a protective substance
known as toxoid rill keep ft. child from
having the discaso, Therefore, any ease
of diphtheria that occurs during’infancy
is largely the result of neglect.
DIPHTUZRIA is essentially a disease of
early childhood. It i3 caused by the diph
theria germ which grows in the nose and
throat and pours out a powerful toxin or
poison into the blood stream. This poison
may attack the heart muscle and damage it
severely. It may also inflame the nerves
aftd cause a type of'paralysis known as
Peripheral neuritis. DIPHTHZRIA. IS DAJTGHR*
OU.S and CATCHIIfQ:. .Children are'most de
fenseless against this disease, especially
those under 5 ycyrs of age. The very
yoi\ng child is not only more likely to take
diphtheria, but also more apt to die of it
than arc older children.
UKO OPING COUGH is a serious, highly conta.-;
giOujs disease. Persons at any ago nay have
it, hut most of the eases occur among
children less than 5 years of ago. It is
especially dangerous for babies. Statistics
show \that out of every 100 children who die
from whooping cough 80 a to 1 yea.r of age or
younger. Uhoopir.g- cough is dangerous
chiefly because tiering an atta'ck the very
young *,or delicate child becomes so weak'
that h'c may got‘pneumonia, tuberculosis,or
seme other disease. In aged persons p4r.-r
si stent coughing may overtax -t-he"heart,
or pneumonia may develop.
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Ask your family doctor about T7H00PING ,
COUGH VACCINATION. Most doctors believe It
to I be effective. It is considered best -
to protect children from r;hooping cough
rhen th6y ore from 6 to 12 months old.
Hanover,1 any young child „rho has riot, bad '
uhooping icougn maybe vaccinated agdivst
it. It tlpkes about four months for protec*
tion to develop t;hon the Vaccination is
successful. The protoctddSf lasts several
years. Vhon the ‘child enter’s school the
physician ^nay rish to., give■ a""single
"booster" injection to continue protection.
If a balpy or youndj child is oxposod. to
whooping epugh before he lias been vaccinat
ed against ,it’, tho doctor yiay Wish to pro
tect him .immediately against that particu
lar exposure. Several different sub.ot oecs
arc available for giving such temporary>
immodiatc protection and also for making
Cor.t. on page 9.