The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-16
DR.. BEATTY GIVES
TEACHERS ADVICE
Tells Them What They Should
Do to Secure Good Health
Conditions.

Or. T. 3. Beatty. secretary Of the state
board of health, gave an interesting talk
yesterday before the local board and a
number of persons connected with Og-
denis educational system. According TO
DIR. Beatty, Ogden's health condition is
better per capita than any community
in the state. He also spoke with much
appreciation of the health regulations in
its schools. 1888
According to the figures and facts sub
mitted to the meeting the scare of an
epidemic from contagious diseases in this
place is wholly unfounded. 1t developed
that the worst thing the board of health
had to combat at this time was the
measles, and that even this disease was
not being felt as much here as in other
Utah towns. Apparently DR.. Beatty has
satisfied himself that contagious diseases
are spread through the schools. II was at
his suggestion that the teachers and 9TH
ers connected with the public schools
were invited to yesterdays meeting, and
he devoted a greater portion of his re-
marks toward sanitation in The schools.
More light and fresh air is what you
need in your schools he said. Every
teacher should be watchfui of the health
of the pupils. They should be medical
inspectors in the school and. if necessary.
they should be paid more for this part
of the work. | know that already they
are paid sufficiently little for the good
they are doing in this line but they will
be paid more as the people become en-
lghtened to it.
Light and air are the great disinfect-
ants that save human life. Disease or
ga1ism has but a slight chance of living
in good air and light | would suggest
that you have talks in your schools on
fresh air. ! consider the teacher the most
important factor I'm fighting contagious
diseases. Contagious diseases do not pre-
vail wnen the schools are not in session.
Light and Air Temperature.
s1.,4s Ia.
school room and said that in most cases
too little attention is paid 10 this impOr-
tant factor of health, and that the time
would come when they would have plenty
of fresh air in the school room, even if
they had to smash the windows out He
stated that moisture, darkness and i'm
pure air are the things that aid disease
germs to prosper, and that Il is more easy
10 prevent cOntagiOn than TO combat the
disease la susceptible individuals. He
also said that he believed the majority
of contagious diseases were transmitted
in the early stages and before it was con-
Sidered or diagnosed as a conta giOus dis
ease.
Dr. Beatty advocated the excluding OF
children from the public schools when
they were suffering from minor ills
Especially did ne request this with re-
saTd to children suffering from colds. He
held that teachers should become ac-
quainted with petty diseases and that the
question should be asked each morning
whether or not any pupils present were
III with sore throat or such ailments. anC
whether ur not they We're indiSpOSed in
any way, and in all cases send the pupi
home until the disease had time TO de
veiOp so that it could be determined what
il was
Danger From Pneumonia.
or much Importance were the remark.
of Or. Beatty with regard To pneumonia
lie held THAT IL was infectious and con
taeious and said that more than 10000
people were destroyed in this country by
this disease alone eacn year He made
thc statement that there were NOR,
deaths from this disease ia Utah las
month than in any previous month. He
said that the greatest danger of con
taglOH i'm pneumonia cases lay in the eN
pectOratiOn of infected persons. as il
cases of tuberculosis.
lie then said that many children WeT,
released from quarantine while still har
boring disease germs. and talked agains
permitting children to expectOrate on tn,
floors. also against their placing pencils
etc. in their mouths. lie recommended
the disinfecting of the floors and tn
opening of the windows of the building:
during the night. I'm dealing with tn,
subject of persons who concealed conta
gloHS diseases from the health officers
he characterized their conduct as Grim
mai In character. lie insisted that quar-
aptine should be insisted on in cases O
sore throat and said that measles Wer,
only contagious from person to person.
and not through a third person. He helC
that u was not necessary to exclude from
the schools children other than those af
fected with The disease.