Prevent Disease Measles Warning and Remedies
Measles season rises from January to July with peak in April. Ten year record shows 62 888 deaths, 80 percent in first six months. half of deaths occur before age five. Emphasizes prevention, nurse-only visits, proper ventilation, avoid drafts, seek physician guidance, and isolation of patients for two weeks. Describes incubation nine to eleven days, rash around day thirteen or fourteen, Koplik spots, contagious spread, and post-illness infection risks. Calls for public health action, school precautions, and distribution of free health pamphlets from the State Board of Health.
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Cate
Meneles
Koplik
Prevention of Smallpox Vaccination and Quarantine
The health officer urges vaccination for all never vaccinated or not vaccinated in five years to prevent an outbreak. Vaccination within 1 to 4 days after exposure may protect some. quarantine should include contacts, not just the case. Unvaccinated students and teachers should not attend school to limit transmission.
Blindness from Birth Prophylaxis Debated in Statute Text
An old, OCR damaged piece discusses a proposed preventive for congenital blindness. It references the duty of birth attendants to apply prophylactic treatment mandated by a health board and reports confusion over reporting and enforcement timelines.
Diphtheria Immunization Debate and Toxin Antitoxin
Discussion on diphtheria prevention weighing passive antitoxin against toxin-antitoxin vaccines. Emphasizes early life days as best window, Schick testing, and current state guidance from health authorities. Notes high cost, variable immunity, and practical testing offered by the State Board of Health.
Why tuberculosis and other diseases go unprevented
The text argues that many illnesses are preventable through hygiene, sanitation, vaccination, and personal choices. It questions why people do not adopt open air living, sanitation, and preventive measures, urging responsibility to avoid disease and death and positing that prevention is a matter of public and personal action rather than only medical science.
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United States
Creation
What the People Must Know About Venereal Diseases
A warning on the prevalence and harm of venereal diseases stressing infection risk, latent states, and the danger of false cures. It cites societal impacts from miscarriages to blind infants, notes the role of prostitutes, and urges thorough treatment while urging readers to obtain free pamphlets from the Georgia State Board of Health.
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Georgia State Board of Health
Lime for the Teeth Mouthwash from Lump Lime
A short note extols lime water made from lump lime as a superior mouthwash. It claims repeated rinsing cleans teeth by dissolving mucin buildup between teeth. The advice urges brushing and flossing three times a day.
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Umea
Why Babies Die and Birth Causes in the U S
A Public Health Service report notes that over 160000 of 250000 yearly deaths of children under one year are linked to birth-related causes. It urges further study and investigation into these factors to prevent deaths and protect infant health.
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United States
United States Public Health Service
Health as a Business Asset and Community Vitality
The article argues that sound business depends on healthy people and a strong public health system. It urges regular personal health checks, responsible credit and payments, and government support for full-time health officers under the Ellis Health Law as the best long term investment.
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Ellis
Fits and Starts in Public Health Efforts Against Hookworm
Thos F Abercrombie urges continued action against hookworm and soil pollution. He recalls the 19th century surge in surveys and remedies, warns that the problem persists as barefoot children remain at risk, and calls for renewed attention and proper diagnosis. He frames tuberculosis as not a divine visitation but a consequence of indifference.
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South
America
State Board of Health
F. Abercrombie
Erleblyterian Church Service News and Christmas Boxes
The church reports unusual services this Sunday, with members visiting in Seneca. Miss Mattie Dozier sent a delivery letter read at Sunday school, thanking for three Christmas boxes for Matthew T. Scott Jr. Academy. A pageant titled They Sing was presented, and plans for the Christmas service were shared. Prayer topics cover Christian Education, Cuba mission, and home missions for orphan homes in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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Mattie Dozier
Sunday School
Christian Radnavor Society
Matthew T. Scott, Jn
Acadamy
Banday Evening Prayer and New Year Penling
A brief notice describes an event at 6 15 in the Banday evening schedule with Christian and fate themes tied to a New Year Penling. The readable fragments mention an occasion at an unspecified venue and reference 0 1 T as part of the garbled OCR.
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Christian Ane
Banday
Ounoin
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Clerk
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Mabama
Carrollton, Ga
Rui
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General Insurance
Wey
Georgia
Tata
Carolen Mablerks
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