Every spring sees u crop of colds,
pneumonia, end other communicable
diseases. At the present time Ger
man measles, chicken pox, sere
throats an o’ chest colds arc' again
visitinb our community. Neither of
these illnesses is very serious in
itself, except to the very young or
very old, but each one could load
to rather unpleasant complications
seriously undermining the person's
V a 1th.
As Is true with nil diseases, the
best wry tc prevent tb se mentioned
and herd off n possible epidemic,
Is to break or prevent contact be
tween these r. Iron by afflicted r.nd
the well poople--young or old.
School children suspected of ill
ness should net be sent to school.
It is best to put such a child tc
bed so that his contact with the
rest of the family is also minim
ized. Let him sleep by himself,
keep his own towel and dishes.
Chances are the illness will end
ri^ht there.
Almost all communicable diseases
begin with what appears to be a
cold. The child seems out of sorts J
irritable, has a poor appetite.
Whenever a communicable digoase is
making the rounds, such symptoms
should make you suspect the beginn
ing cf it. Aft^r two or three days,
s'-'metimes earlier, eccasi na.lly lat
er, you will have no doubts whether
it is chicken pox, German measles,
'r just, a cold. In German measles,
the rash looks like very fine red
temples close under the skin, oc
e signally it looks like a rough,
v.,ry red blush. In chicken pox,
’.veil spaced fairly large, slightly
elevated red spots appear on the
body, particularly the covered
parts. In a short time each red.
spot is crowned with, a small blist
er. The spots are very itchy, the
blisters soon broken by scratching,
which results in a crust ?r scab.
In all cases, the safest thing
to do is to keep the child home ever
if he does net appear very ill. Not
ify the school if you have c.ny
school children, or send word to
the public health nurse. She will
be very glad to look your child
over and help you decide what is -
the best thing to under the cir
cumstances .
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The Inst Tuesday of this month,
April 27, is the day for the month
ly Infnnt and Prcschool .Clinic,
This is a nice tine to cr.tch up
with unfinished immunization, sur
vey the youngsters' health, and see
what can be ^no t< inprove :5t« It
will probably be easier to see the
little ones to town these warmer
a1 ays than It was In the winter.
This month, will be particularly
auspicious time to get protection
against diphtheria and whooping
cough - the y un^er children will
have m re and more contact with each
other as the weather gets warmer
and they spend more tine cut- f
do 'rs. This always means more chan
ces for Infection to spend nee it
starts.
As usual Dr, Heehn will b . in at
tendance for the physical era.',ina
tion and the "abets”. The fee is
a per chil^ examine3 includ
ing immunization.
Tire LOCAL WAR PRICE AND RAT ONING
BOARD informs us that a correction
should be made in regard to ti e
item published last week re^ arding
CeilinL Prices n use'-’ cars.
"The- ceiling . n up.'/' cars ■ •' lies
in V ■ ri\rrit rv f i lr.slia nly to
US*T COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OF TEN
P^ALENGER CAPACITY, OR OVER."
S'me of our farmers are shining
up pi'wsh.ares this week and Robins
are sizing up prospects for early
worms. Cats and ^ots are having,
the usual spring scratch feat t
e,-t ri * of the old winter coat.
Harry Rice was a visiter in the
Valley Saturday, he is new employed
bv the Alaskan Fire Contr 1, and
was trrnsp rting other workers to
vari us parts of Alaska for T ire
Control Work. A bisustr '-us fire
has already occured at Naknek this
sprin^ and it is time, to prepare
f-'r c -ntrol work.
It mi^ht be well to warn the new
farmers that have settled in the
i/alley this spring that there is
danger in setting fires to stump
rows and grass or old fields and
that it seems advisable to consult
the Fire C-'-ntrel Men before setting
fires- to old slashings, in c roost
ed districts.
Fishing parties arc beginning to
arrive from Anchorage, arid the'”
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