+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | CIRCULAR ISSUED BY | | | | The Committee of Sanitation of the Central Federated Union of | | New York | | | | The Committee on the Prevention of Tuberculosis of the Charity | | Organization Society | | | | 105 East 22d Street, New York City | | | | * * * * * | | | | Don't Give Consumption to Others | | | | Don't Let Others Give It to You | | | | * * * * * | | | | =How to Prevent Consumption= | | | | =The spit and the small particles coughed up and sneezed out by | | consumptives, and by many who do not know that they have | | consumption, are full of living germs too small to be seen. THESE | | GERMS ARE THE CAUSE OF CONSUMPTION.= | | | | | | =DON'T SPIT on the sidewalks--it spreads disease, and it is | | against the law.= | | | | =DON'T SPIT on the floors of your rooms or hallways.= | | | | =DON'T SPIT on the floors of your shop.= | | | | =WHEN YOU SPIT, spit in the gutters or into a spittoon.= | | | | =Have your own spittoons half full of water, and clean them | | out at least once a day with hot water.= | | | | =DON'T cough without holding a handkerchief or your hand | | over your mouth.= | | |