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Battersea Borough Council.
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HOW TO PREVENT DIARRHŒA.
Diarrhœa is caused by eating food which has been contaminated
by germs. The germs are carried by dust and dirt,
and the way to prevent Diarrhœa is to keep your house and
everything in it scrupulously clean. Do not allow dirt and dust
to accumulate in the yard. Put the dust in the dust-bin, and
see that the dust-bin is kept covered. Burn all animal and
vegetable refuse.
Boil all your milk as soon as it comes into the house. This
will kill any germs that may be in the milk. Then keep it
covered so as to prevent other germs from getting in.
Do not eat tainted meat. Keep your cistern clean, and
boil your drinking water.
Thousands of hand-fed babies die from Diarrhœa every
summer, but breast-fed babies are seldom attacked. It is,
therefore, particularly important that babies should be fed
from the mother's breast during the hot weather.
By Order of the Health Committee,
G. F. McCLEARY, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Municipal Buildings, Lavender Hill.
July, 1904.
Tuberculosis.
The following table shows the death-rate from Phthisis
and other Tubercular Diseases per 100,000 persons in each
year since 1892.