Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-20

SHOuiQ Inspect lows
THE state should not allow the sale
of milk or the making of butter or
cheese for sale from any COW that has
not passed an inspection by a compe-
tent and reliable veterinarian who
shall also certify that she is kept in
good sanitary condition. Neither
should food of any kind, especially
meats, be allowed to be sold without
inspection. The character of food not
infrequently furnished to the poorer
classes is often ominable-damnable
comes nearer expressing the correct
idea. We have known hogs to be fed
and partially fattened on animals that
have died from disease to be butch
cred and sold in meat shops and ped
died out among the poor people, as
well as meats that were undergoing
putrefaction OF course such In
stances may not be common and may
not always produce tubercular disease,
yet they prepare the way, by enfeeb
bling the system, for it's development
To these conditions among the poor
and even among those who are not
SO poor should be added poor cooking
and the establishing by them Of irreg-
ular hours for eating, rest and work.
Every thing which tends to lower the
physical condition directly increases
the susceptibility to the disease. Hence
it becomes necessary first of all to
improve the sanitary condition Of the
homes of the poor, and the quality Of
their food and cooking and to give
them complete information on taking
care of themselves so that they may
ox III %1,A too HI
Filth Is Dangerous.
Each child within our state should
be taught that filth, expectorated mat
ter, and the discharges of all animals,
whether we'll or i'll, but especially
when diseased, contain more danger
GUS highwaymen than all the Robin
Hoods the world has ever seen OF
will produce. They must be taught
to protect themselves from the attacks
Of these insidious and invisible enc
mics by which they are constantly sur
rounded. They should be instructed as
! far as is known of their natural habi-
tat, the manner in which they get into
drinking water, air and food; and the
ton, and also the earliest known symp-
4 toms which they produce when
they have gained foothold in the
body. When the children have once
acquired this information and 1t be-
comes working principle in their
lives we will be able to successfully
treat the few isolaed cases of tubercu-
losis that may occur or find their way
into our state"
School Ventilation.
School ventilation Is the topic of an
article prepared by one who has been
for years in the school room and who
is closely identified with the school in
terests of the city. The article treats
of practical topic in practical man
ner and is worthy careful considera
ton.
: The article is as follows:
THE discussion OF. the health of the
school children and the best methods
of school sanitation Is a move in the
right direction" said a friend Of the
. school recently. "It is more necessary
! to see that the health Of the scholars
4 is properly guarded than OF the other
people. They are more susceptible tc
disease, their physical growth is In
, great activity and is easily attacked
by injurious Influences.
while thinking of the proper ven
, tilation of the school room it is neces
sary to see to it that the temperature
is kept at normal and even standard
1t will not do to allow a spasmodic OF
even periodical rise and fall Of the
heat Of the room. The temperature
should be brought to standard before
school opens for the day and kept nor
nal for the session. This may re
quire little coal and more constant
attention of the janitor but both are
of little cost in comparison with the
development of weak hearts and lungs
and the consequent weakening Of the
constitution.
During the winter see to 1t that the
fires are kept up every Saturday anG
Sunday to prevent the rooms ant
desks becoming thoroughly chilled. I'm
less this is done the building will be nc
better than an ice chest and the desks
veritable ice bergs on Monday morn
ing. Then relieve the teachers of the
: care of hampers, registers and the
Hight. Do not allow the feelings of any
individual to be the thermom eter OF
the school room. 1t is a serious mat
ter to have cold rooms but it is equally
) serious to have them overheated
Some individuals are so cold bleodet
there are few school teachers II
the company-that a temperature O
so to 80 degrees is necessary to prop
erly adjust their feelings and conse
quently the natures of the children arr
weakened by the dependence upo1
this rarified air and as soon as they &
! out from the school room the chang
is so great they can not resist the ex
: posture. This is frequently the caus,
of the winter-long colds of school chill
dren. 1t is undoubtedly true that WI
!. keep our homes too warm. A constan
. attention to this matter at school ant
the greater vivacity coming from ,
room full of pure cir at normal con
slant temperature will be so enjoyabl,
, that the children will want it at home
While you are thinking of the car,
of the school room II occurs that som,
, attention should be given the cloal
rooms. But the pupils hang thei
wraps in the same room and the con
dition asked for above will do for both
4 Well, they will do for both children
and wraps but not in the same rooms
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