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No child should be allowed to visit the infected house.
Domestic animals should not be kept in infected households.
Notice should be sent to the Public Health Department if
there are any Public Library books in the house, and no book must
be borrowed until the house is free from infection.
Personal cleanliness must be strictly insured both in the
patient and in those looking after the patient. The hands should
be thoroughly washed after contact with the eyes or person of the
patient.
It is of the utmost importance that medical attention should
be obtained whenever the disease shows itself.
COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.
CHILDREN'S TEETH.
1. The Teeth must be kept clean.
2. Use a small tooth-brush Use a little soap and some
tated chalk. Rinse the mouth several times with cold
water.
3. Brush all the teeth thoroughly, especially the back ones.
Brush the top and both sides of the teeth. Brush up and
down as well as across the teeth.
4. Clean the teeth immediately before going to bed. Take no
food of any sort afterwards. Clean the teeth again in
the morning.
5. Clean teeth do not decay.
6. If the food is too soft it is apt to cling about the teeth where it
decays and damages the teeth. Chewing not only helps
to digest the food but keeps the teeth clean.
7. Decayed teeth should receive attention as they give rise to
indigestion and other troubles. Decayed temporary teeth
may injure the permanent set.
8. Improperly fed infants are apt to have bad teeth. Study the
handbill on infant feeding.