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HEALH DAY EXTRA!
Kennecott, Alaska, Sunday May 1, 1938.
HEALTH DAr EXTRA!
DAY SET FOR HEALTH
Science In Control
Of Dreaded Disease
SMALL EFFORT PREVENTS
UNTOLD MISERY
(Territorial Dept, of Health)
Smallpox has been the most
terrible disease for many, many
hundreds of years. It used to
kill many thousands of people
each year. This disease is very
catching, and spreads rapidly.
The wounds on the skin are
only a part of the disease. Siuii
Jar wounds cover o.lso the lining
of our food canal. The poisons
thrown out by this terrible dis
ease cause damage to the liver,
kidney, spleen, and even to the
bone marrow.
In 1798, an English doctor by
the name of Edward Jenner
found a way to fight this disease.
He vaccinated the people with
cowpox, and found that this pro
tected them from taking small
pox. Vaccination is now; prac
ticed by all civilized nations.
The material used for vacci
nation is very carefully tested,
and cannot be sold unless the
manufacturer has a permit, from
the United States Public Health
Service
One person sick with smallpox
can infect a whole community,
and children are the most help
less in this disease.
Everyone should be protected
against smallpox.
Remember: THERE TS NO
CURE FOR- S M ALLPOX. THE
ONLY WAY TO PROTECTION
IS THROUGH VACCINATION.
Diptheria Prevention
Very Simple Matter
DISEASE’S TOLL ENTIRELY
UNNECESARY
(Territorial Dept, of Health)
Diptheria is a very serious
and catching disease of the nose,
throat and upper air passages.
It is caused by a definite germ
which produces this disease and
no other! The place where the
germ is lodged becomes inflamed
and covered with a membrane;
a thin grayish*white, skin like
covering. The membrane grows
rapidly.
The danger of diptheria is not
from the jnflamation. The poi
son, called toxin, which the
germs make, goes all through
the system of the patient; weak
ens the heart, damages the kid
neys, and causes paralysis of
many nerves and muscles.
One attack of diptheria does
not safeguard a person from
another attack. Some people
have many attacks of diptheria.
Children are very defenseless
against this disease, and many
children die from diptheria each
year. No child need become ill
with diptheria. It can easily be
prevented by a very simple and
harmless method. The injec
tion of a small amount, 10 to 15
drops of a mixture called toxoid,
under the skin will immunize
the child against diptheria.
This mixture is slowly taken
up by the body, and stimulates
the individual to manufacture a
substance of his own to resist
and withstand the effects of the
diptheria germ.
Nation Observes Health
Needs of Young People
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
COOPERATE IN NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION
OF CHILD HEALTH DRIVE
MAY DAY PROCLAMATION
JUNEAU, May 1 —WHEREAS thd Congress, by joint, reso
lution, on May 18, 1928, has authorized and requested the Pres
ident of the United States to proclaim annually May 1st as Child
Health Day, and
WHEREAS this humanitarian challenge has gained great
impetus also as a patriotic responsibility because “on the feet
of its children marches the Nation”, and
WHEREAS the safeguarding of the health of the children
can be accomplished only through the intelligent cooperation of
the parents;
NOW, therefore, the Territorial Department of Health calls
upon all parents in the Territory for their interest in securing
an appraisal of the health of their children, and upon all citizens
to promote such measures by which the health of the children
may be protected and advanced.
—W. W. Council, M. D., Commissioner of Health,
MESSAGE TO PARENTS
JUNEAU, May 1 —Parents! Help to speed your children on the
ROAD TO HEALTH! To maintain good health:
Eat three meals a day including milk, vegetables and fruit;
Do not drink tea or coffee;
Eat nothing between meals except fruit;
Drink at least four glasses of water;
Wash your hands before each meal;
Take a bath at least once a week;
Sleep ten hours a day;
Have your rooms well ventilated;
Have a health examination at least once a year;
Become protected against diptheria and smallpox;
Visit your dentist twice each year;
and thus speed along without danger of any avoidable accident.
—Anthony E. Karnes, Commissioner of Education.
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