278 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY 



greater in the non-registration area, which includes 

 the Southern States viz., 234.5 per 100,000 infants 

 in cities. The death-rate among coloured infants was 

 far in excess of that among whites in the registra- 

 tion area: 77.6 whites, 1233.4 coloured, per 100,000 

 children under one year of age. 



The facts stated indicate the proper preventive 

 measures in this infectious disease : the thorough 

 cleansing of all wounds and especially of penetrating 

 and lacerated wounds and the use of antiseptic dress- 

 ings by which the multiplication of the tetanus ba- 

 cillus will be prevented, if by chance it has been 

 introduced ; the banishment of the deadly toy pistol ; 

 cleanliness and antiseptic dressings of the navels of 

 new-born children ; and last, but not least, the educa- 

 tion of the public generally as to the manner in which 

 wounds become infected with the tetanus bacillus and 

 the great danger attending such infection. 



