HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
13
Notes on Health and Sanitation
GET KID OV FLIES.
NOW Is the time to begin the fly
campaign. Just because the
house fly disappeared with the ad
Teut of cold leather, do not consider
klin .gone for good.
Maggots hatched late In the season
may hibernate in manure, and the
adult fly may hide in crevices. All
possible breeding places, such as man
ure piles, garbage and refuse dumps
should, therefore, be eliminated at all
times of the year, while a thorough
house-cleaning and fumigation is as
necessary In the Fall as in the Spring,
so as to kill the fly In his hiding
place, whether crevice, attic or base
ment. Big flies show a preference
for undisturbed warm places during
the cold weather.
The more files sheltered during the
Winter, the more you will have to
start with in the Spring. Don't think
you are exempt, for no house or stable
Is now entirely free from flies.
Don't forget that the common
house, fly lays over 100 eggs at a
time, during the laying season In the
Spring; these eggs hatch in about
eight hours into larvae ( maggots)
and In about 10 days into full-fledged
files.
Don't fall to do your share toward
this ereaf U'nrb nf nrevemline uearlv
all forms of contagious and Infectious)
dieas, vii: diphtheria, smallpox,
scarlet fever, tuberculosis (consuinp-
ton), typhoid fever, all forms of dys-(
?ntery and other intestinal diseases.
Wrapped Bread Hotter.
The Kansas Slate Board of Health
has recently made some interesting
experiments-Ill testing bread wrapped
and unwrapped. The te3ta were
made for the purpose of ascertaining
the correctness of claims made by
bakers that the wrapped bread did
not keep, soured sooner, became
mouldy, lost moisture, and finally
cost too much. Summarizing the re
sults obtained, the report sas, "We
found that the loss in weight for the
unwrapped lonf was about twice as
great as for the wrapped loaf; the
acidity (or souring quallty remained
practically the same; the salablliiy
was prolonged to twice the ordinary
period. Wrapping improves the
flavor."
Tlio Cancer Problem.
Cancer Is one of the chief causes
of death. It. claims about 75,000
lives every year in the United States.
At ages over 40 the disease causae
one death in eight among women,
and one death In 14 among men. At
ages over 40 it is a greater menace
than tuberculosis or pneumonia.
Much Is known about cancer, but,
the present knowledge is not suffi
ciently utilized. Cancer Is not a con
stitutional or blood disease, but is at
first a local growth which enn, at
that time, be easily removed by!
prompt Biirgical operation.
HotiftiiiK Facts.
Some Interesting figures have
been prepared by Dr. Buchnn, the
Medical Officer of Health for Brad
ford, England. The death rato last
year in one and two-roomed homes
was about 25 per 1000, three-roomed
houses 20, four-roomed houses 12. 4.
and In houses of more than four
rooms only 8.6 per 1000.
Thus the mortality rate where peo
ple are crowded together is throe
times what it Is In other places.
"Common Cold" Hints.
Prevention Is easier than cure.
Keep away from those who have
colds.
If you havo a cold keep away from
others. ,
Frequently enter the outside, air
during the day.
Compel yourself to breRthe plenty
of fresh air at night.
Clothe yourself properly; lightly
indoors, and more heavily when out
doors. ....
It perspiring don t go into the out
side air.
If mother has a cold she should
cover her nose and mouth when nurs
ing baby.
pinir utensils of one afflicted
with a cold should be sterilized be
fore being used by another member
of the family.
Avoid draughts.
Tweniy-fnur hours in bod breath
ing pure, fresh air is the best treat
ment for a cold.
FIRST-AID PACKETS.
FIRST aid packets, in the present
European conflict, as In the Spanish-American
and Kusso-Japanese
wars, have played a very Important
part. German' physicians writing
from the front, comment very favor
ably on first aid packets with which
the German soldiers are provided. The
packets are fastened on the front of
the coat instead of being carried In
au inner pocket, as the French sol
diers carry theirs, so that they are
quickly and easily accessible to the
ikrman bearers of these packets. The
United States soldier carries his fas
tened to his cartridge belt or walet
belt, which too, Is very handy for
quick use. The first aid packet is
surpassing all expectations. One phy
sician mentioned a typical Instance of
peritonitis In a case of abdominal
wound with protrusion of the liver.
These or similar packets should be
ready at all times In every household.
Under Penalty of Disease.
Spitting on sidewalks, streetcars
and other public conveyances as well
as the floors not only Is prohibited
by law, under penalty of fine and im
prisonment, but also under penalty
of disease.
Consumption cerms left in public
places are almost sure to be carried
on shoes and trailing skirts Into
private buildings and homes; they
may be carried by flies, blown about
in the air, In dust and In many other
ways spread where they may cause
sickness and death.
Not many people who have tuber
cle bacilli (consumption germs! In
their mouths know It. ou may have
them in your own mouth, hence do
not. endanger your fellowraan by the
vicious and filthy habit of pernicious
expectoration.
Health Xotes.
War's greatest ally is disease.
Public health is purchasable and
it Is the best bargain ever offered.
The kcynolc of the present oam
palgn for public health is education.
More than 150 cities in the United
States now have bacterial standards
of milk.
New York City is sending 2,000,000
units of tetanus antitoxin a month to
the warring nations of Europe.
Venereal diweases constitute prob
ably the most important factor in the
degeneration and depopulation of the
world.
There are 4,000,000, or four out of
evefy 100, In the United States, who
are victims of morphine, opium on
cocaine.
The aggregate cost of illness, due
to occupations alone, in the United
States amounts to ?772,S92,860 and
this Is for the most part preventable.
In New York City It was found
that 30 per cent of the children liv
ing with tuberculous parents were
also affected with the disease.
The people of the United States
and Canada spend over $110,000,000
on patent medicine every year. Most
of this patent medicine contains nar
cotic drugs and many contain alcohol
to develop the liquor habit.
Inspection of housing conditions
should never be neglected by a wide
awake health department; this should
be done no matter what siie the city
Is; it Is one of the greatest oppor
tunities a health officer has at his
command to bring better health to
the community.
The following is a warning from
Buffalo, N. Y.; A state law should he
passed compelling parents to consent
to the use of antitoxin for their chil
dren even though thy doat wish It
used upon themselves. If the chil
dren were of age they would prob
ably demand it. If a child commits
a crime the parents non t nave any
thing to say about Its punishment;
the courts take charge.
Planning for Home Garden
fOratlnued Front Pag .)
selves. Here they are likely to re
ceive better culture and more fer
tiliser and to correspondingly
larger crops of finer blossoms.
the hardy perennials as a class
arc far easier to manage than the
annuals and are cheaper and more
natural In the effects they Rive. Once
planted they are always planted and
in most cases need little or no fur
ther care. Their ability to take $ re
of themselves year after year makes
them very cheap and the busy house
holder Is assured of splendid results
without the time and trouble of an
nual planting and the necessary care
connected therewith.
They may be grown in almost any
location where plants are wanted,
under trees, among shrubs, along
borders, by themselves, in shade or
sun. During recent years there has
been a greatly Increasing tendency
toward the more general use of these
materials, which should be commend
ed and encouraged. .
(Concluded Jext eek.)
Spending your time calling atten
tion to other people's mistakes is a
bigger mistake than any of theirs.
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A
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wo r kins day and
night rebuilding the
Edison factories.
They are making
talking machines
and records again.
"REAL MUSIC
AT LAST"
This was Thomas
A. Edison's first re
mark when ha heard this lateet Instru
ment, that be had spent four years to
perfect
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