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"Persons waiting upon consumptives should wash their hands frequently, 

 always before eating. They should abstain from sharing with them articles 

 of food sent to their room. 



"The tuberculous patient should have his own toilet articles, tableware 

 and linen, and no one else should use them. In cleansing them they should 

 be boiled, or at least washed with boiling water. 



"His underclothes, night-clothes and bed linen should never be mixed with 

 the linen of the family, but immediately upon removal be dropped into a 

 tub of water and kept wet until they can be boiled and washed. 



"His room should be as airy and bright with sunshine as possible, having 

 a southern exposure when feasible. It should be kept thoroughly ventilated, 

 with at least one window open day and night, winter and summer. 



"No one, if it can be avoided, should sleep in the same room with a con- 

 sumptive, never in the same or another bed very close to his. Besides the 

 risk of catching the disease, the second person would consume a large part 

 of the oxygen of the air which he so much needs." 



It should be the duty of every person having consumption in their house- 

 hold or neighborhood to write to the North Carolina Board of Health. Raleigh, 

 N. C, and obtain free of charge their leaflet concerning causes and preven- 

 tion of consumption. Likewise, application may be made for their leaflet 

 concerning typhoid fever and the leaflet concerning hookworm. 



