New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1923, Page 16

period 1o the toxin-antitexin te pre- - ‘.‘, NsuAlly ineffective as the infant tis- 0 sues do not respond well during this BAR 70 DIPHTHERIA Dr, Pullen Explains Process in His Weekly Health Talk By RICHARD €, PULLEN Supt, of Heaith Dept. There are in general two methods of preventing diphtheria, The first method is to aveld contaet with per. sons who have diphtheria or who have diphtheria germs in their throats, The second method is by having your doctor give toxin-anti toxin, The first method is enforeed as well as ean be by quarantining the persons Infected, This, however, can- not be a totally satisfactory method In the first place all cases are not re ported to the authorities, One rea for this Is that sometimes no doc s called and then, of course health department has no knowles of the case. Tn the second plu there are & great many people whom we have previously discussed, namely diphtheria carriers, who while they are perfectly well In appearance have the diphtheria germs In their throats, ‘These germs can only be found by taking cultures from the nose and throat, It is plain to bhe seen that in order to determine how many carriers there are and who they are would make it necessary to fake nose and throat cultures from every person in the city of New Britain, There are without doubt some diphtheria cur- riers In this city who are not quar- antined, This has been found by tak ing cultures from children who wished to enter institutions where they wonld be in contaet with a number of othor children. Before they were admittod they required a permit from howil of health and before this permit w given nose and throat cultures «taken. Where the diphtheria germ was found the persons were not allow- ed to enter the institutions but were quarantined at home. This undonbt edly helps to prevent the spread of diphtherfa. But when we realize thet there must be carrlers whom we do not know we become certain that some additional method of prevention must be used. This brings us to the consideration of toxin-antitoxin, Now, as has pre viously been said, certain pers e immune to dfphtheria. It is possilil for the doctor to determine who is immune by the use of what is called the Schick test. When this test shows that a person is not immune, toxin- antitoxin can be given to make that person immune. Perhaps the planation of it ail is given hricfly accurately in the following excerpt from the report issued by the Con- nectlcut state department of health: “The deaths from diphtheria in Connecticut, as elsewhere, can I greatly diminished, as can the num- ber of cases, by the use of diphtheria toxin-antitoxin. Conneeticut js one of the states where ci g are anx fous to save their childven from com municable diseases, “No child or adult need suffer from diphtheria. today. “Pr. Park of the New York City Department of Health concludes from his study that immunization by toxin- antitoxin is not necessary hefore the age of. six months. His conclusion in the Journal of Am an Medical a ,Sociation is as follow fhe to antitoxin thjections arc inadvisahle before the age of six months, Dur- ing this time most of the infants r tain the antitoxin received from th mothers. Up to the age of three months immunizing injections are duee antitoxin, Under usual conditions it Is probably safe to walt until the infant is nine months or a year old NORE POLISH IN CHICAGO THAN THERE ARE IN WARSAW srants travgling alene to join their relatives here that Miss Masurkiewics believes that the Felish government may consider giving fnancial suppel 1o the werk, hey While here she make will and then te give the injections at the |Sophic Masurkiowics Says Place 0 | headquarters at the American offices oceasion. During the| s there 18 almost no an As the from first suitable first three ¥ noyance from the injections, ehild grows older, the danger diphtheria gradually lessens and he pereentage of these developing local and constitutional reaotions slowly in- ercases, The immunization of sehoel children in acting te prevent their contracting diphtheria also lessens the exposure to infection of the younger en of pre-sehool age in thelr diphtheria prophylactic is given in three doses, seven days apart as is typhold vaceine, and immunizes nearly all of those who recelve it by this method The Rehick test enahles physielans to test persons who have recelved the thrae doses, fo be sure that the im- munity of the individual has heen raised to & sufficlent point to protect | against diphtheria infeetion, Oeen sionally It 1s found that the immun ity has not heen ralsed 1o that peint which wil! pre to glve thre diphtherin prophylactic this ecenrs in only a small percontage et, and it I necessary 1ditional doses of the Fortunately, of persons immunized “Hundreds of thousands of persons have been immunized in Conneetient und adjoining states against diph therin within the pust twe or n....1 vears by toxin-antitexin, which s helping reduce the nnmber of cases and deaths from diphtheria, Protee- tion by this means suves doctors’ hilln, saves the sehooling of the ehild, just W vaeel aguinst smallpox docs and, ineldentully, protects the com munity by having a population in it which is immune to diphtherin Al physiel enn obtain | diphtheria toxin-antitoxin from their Joen! healtl s, who are supe plied direct by the state departme nt of health with this prophylactic pgninst diphtherin,” This report of the state department of health explains itself, Tt is worthy of considerable thought, CONSTRUCTIVE WORK IS scandinayian Country Spends Thirly Million in Belief Work and Still Many Are Unemployed. Stockholm, Oct, 5.--The bhalancing of accounts at the end of the worst period of unemployment which Swed- en has ever weathered shows the fol- towing debit and eredit: a total pub- e ontlay of $30,000,000 to provide jobless, about 1,600 ind improved rouds, new bridges, new telephone forty-six new athletic fields, new (wviation fields, new barracks, exten- forest improvements, 1 tion and opening up of large new d. i jon is the result of re- | ~earches made by two leading Stock- | oceasion of amount of wun- two und a haif | o Deing only | 00 in IPebru- the werk for the o el holm newspapers reporting the low mployment du years, the fig 00 as 1922, tics all of while stead- | 8 ave been set e for dircct subconvention, At ent only about 130 persons arc re- BIG TASK FOR SWEDEN|: Mudy Her Countrymen s the Unbed States If you want te study Polish people the hest place is Chicage, not War saw. Ho says Miss Sophie Magzur klewiex, who has come all the way from Poland to visit Chieage, From her personal experience as migration scoretary of the Young Women's Ie nalssanee Movement whieh is co- operating with the Young Women's | ssociation, desling with irls and children, mi- eriea from Warsaw, she sayn that th are 5o many of her fellow citigens in Ameriea or on their wuy that she has come to study them an they arrive and settle in this coun try Christian women an grating 1o A “1 want te visit Detpoit and Chis | for %0 many of our people go there,” she said yesterday at the Na tiona! Board, Y. W. €', A, ¢+ "Chicaygo has the largest Polish population of any ety in the world, not exeepting Warsan "I know our people an they leuve home for we help them in the process X and pass Lnow them new in their homes, & ey have gotien here, how they look, and how they have fared. 1 hope to visit Elis Is Iand and learn at fiesthand all its re quirements and regnlations us they upply to the Polish immigrant.” Miss Muzurklewiez reeently rived on the “Lithoania,” represent. ing the Polish government for the two hundred Polivh pussengers, including Polish ehildeen, coming under her eare 1o Join relatives already settled CHgn, of gotting vises, ports, 1 war here The Polish government's vighanee stent in behulf of ix The treatment, d given them in the age by the steamship company Is Aully inspeeted by thedr representative during the voyage, the visitor said. I Warkaw she iy scerotary of the 'olish b representing one of the international chain of the Interna- tional Migration gervice hurcan reach= i most every country in the world, and by letter i interchange cases, help- ing and safegnarding women, girls and ehildren often separated and be- wildered by internatic egulations during the journey, unaware of the dangers and pitfalls, In Warsaw the work has proven so o these often’ elpless mi- 1y by cal valuable FOR SALE | Two family house of twelve| rooms and six car garage on Stanley street, Pays 10%. (0X & DUNN 272 MAIN ST. SUNDAY NIGHT MON.—TUES.—WED. of the Migration bureau, 600 Lexing ton avenue. She will spead three months' leave of absvnce studying American methoads. HEARSE HAS CRIMES Also Plays Sacred Musie On Talking Machine Autachment New York, Oet. 6&.—A $20,000 hearse, decorated with 85 weeden angels, and equipped with ehimes to peal sacred musie, appeared on the lower Kast Bide yesterday, The hearse also is equipped with a talking ma- ehine and radie amplifier to carry the pusie to the grave side, NOURISHMENT AT DAWN The morning should bring to your home a supply of Seibert’s milk and cream. Ask us to supply you with “"‘fi( sealed-for-safety milk, "MAKE SURE TS SEIBERTS' ) E SEIBERT:SON! Your Milloman'L: gDAR ST. DPHONE:1220% NEW BRITAIN,.CONN. Stromherg Carturetor A. G. 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In addition, the 1924 Buicks embody further advancements in power, in construction and in beauty that make Buick more than ever “the Standard of Comparison®’. NEW BRITAIN BUICK CO. 225 ARCH STREET FOR SALE! INTRALLY LOCATER, 2-FAMILY HOUSE OF 18 ROOMS SUITABLE FOR A ROOMING HOUSE OR BOARDING HO FOR PARTICULARS SEE H. DAYTON HUMPHREY “have been for| S | 573 MAIN STREBT 0DD FELLOWS’ BUILDING, 144 Arch St., City Accommodations for Lodges, Fairs, Banquets and Entertainments W. W. Bullen, Treas. —DRINK — AYERS’ SODA WATER Take home a bottle of cream sods ~—Something you will like—it's deli- clous, Three size bottles—3c, 10c, 15c. 199 WEST ST, i NATIONAL BANE BLDG CINDERS FOR SALE A. H. Harris —General Trucking— TEL. 1233-3 PHONE 2701 High Grade Furniture RUGS AND FLOOR COVERINGS Sole Agent for PREMIER RANGES A. D. LIPMAN 32-34 Lafayettc St. Tel. 1329-3 CROWLEY BROS, INC. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS 267 Chapman Street TEL. 2018. 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