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Common Cold Major
Medical Cause of ‘ '
Va. School Absences
The common cold continues to be the largest single factor contributing to the 18.1 days per school year the average Virginia student is absent from school, according to a study by Schering Corporation, a leading pharmaceutical company. Using statistics from the National Education Association, the study reveals that Virginia ranks 26th in days attended per pupil. The best attendance record for the 1962-63 school year was set by the state of Washington with an average of 10.5 days missed. Utah was second with 1112. The national average of school absences was 18.9 Medical surveys indicate that children of elementary I school age have five times : as many colds as do adults. According to a 1963 U. S. Public Health Service report, respiratory illnesses were responsible for about twothirds of school days lost because of acute illnesses or injuries during the 1961-62 school year. The first onslaught of colds strikes the schools almost as soon as children reassemble for the new year. One contributing factor to this, according to research scientists, is that spread of colds like other virus-caused infections is accelerated by the mixing of .populations. Infixed stable groups which are not exposed to strangers, coldlike infections tend to die out, and do not reappear until there is contact outside the group. The best defense against the common cold is prevention. Warm clothing should be worn, and good diets planned. Whenever possible avoid contact with a person suffering from a cold. Medicines, of course, are important. A recent survey by a drug industry publication revealed that only one out of eight home medicine cabinets is fully equipped with products needed in common types of health situations arising in the home, such as the cold. The list of 11 “basic” supplies recommended includes: gargle, antihistamine-aspirin (such as Coricidip), cotton swabs, stomach settler, laxative, cough syrup, eye drops, decongestant, fever thermometer, bandages and an analgesic.
Most farm animals are comfortable in a temperature range of 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Ohio State University Extension specialists.
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