Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-02-03
DISEASE Turks
IN BEF0ULED AIR
SUGGESTIONS AS TO METHOD OF
PREVENTING DREADED
TUBERCULOSIS
STORM WINDOWS ON SLEEPING
ROOMS ARE LITTLE LESS
THAN CRIME.

The time has come for the educa-
tional campaign against tuberculosis
for cities and towns to institute still
more aggressive measures in the COM
bat against this disease. Communities
should stir themselves to a thorough
! investigation of the best methods OF
combat, and all along the line there
should be a progressive movement TO-
ward efficient cooperation. The time
has come when an attack should be
made on the strongholds of the white
plague. 1t is essential that commit
tees be formed and money raised to be
used for this specific purpose.
AS the winter closed in many people
found it necessary to make their
houses warm by adding storm win
dows. On the living apartments the
storm window may not be so objec-
tionable, and yet to insure the highest
opportunity for health the house would
be better without them. But it is little
less than crime to put storm win
down on the sleeping apartments of
dwelling houses.
1t is believed that there can be no.
thing of greater Importance to the
health of the people and nothing more
detrimental than to enclose with
storm windows the rooms which are
occupied during the hours of sleep.
During sleep the processes of elimin-
alton are going on very rapidly in the
body Poisonous gases are being ex-
hailed from the lungs in great volume.
If, therefore, the air is not constantly
supplied with oxygen from the outside
it is impossible to keep the air of the
room pure; it soon becomes vitiated
and foul with the most disastrous poi
sons. In many houses the sleeping
apartments will be sweltering with
filth and foul air, and it is imperative
that especially the sleeping rooms of
children shall be supplied with abund-
ant ventilation. Colds and catarrhs
will be in order and Group, sore throat
and tonsilitis will be the bane of the
children in such cases. The parent
or caretaker of child who imagines
that the sleeping room should be
closed against cold fresh air makes
serious mistake. There is nothing
that can give such vitality to a child
as plenty of fresh air. Should any
fear of draft in the room, let them
follow that which is suggested here:
Lower the top half of the window its
full length. Tack piece of Indian
head muslin to the top of the window
sash and carry it to the top of the
window frame, lacking it firmly there.
Do not tack the sides SO that the win
dow may be shut in case of a driving
storm, thus letting the screen fall in
side. This will act as a protection
against drafts and OFFERS a very mex
|pensive mode of ventilation.
Persons who will follow the above
instructions will find their children
going through the winter without
sore throat or tonsilitis in almost every
instance, and in the event child
should take cold do not close the win
dows, but protect the child properly
and place his bed beside an open win
dow. He will rapidly recover. This
is only an imitation of what should
be done regarding the increased pro-
lection against cold sought during the
winter season. Do not put storm win
dows on your sleeping apartments.
The combat against tuberculosis
must be by strengthening the armies
of defense in the body In every hui
man body there are wonderful re-
sources and powers which, If normal,
will resist the invasion Of many vic
ious germs, not only Of the tuberole
bacilli, but other germs. Therefore the
increased resistance of the bodies of
children is a matter of supreme i'm
portance. Lack Of good nourishing
food, lack of ventilation in sleeping
apartments, adenoids in the air pas
sages of the throat, enlarged tonsils
and defective teeth are all to be reck-
oned with. There is need of medi-
cal inspection of all children who show
malnutrition, and parents might just
ly be charged with criminal neglect
who permit their children to make an
unequal race in life when by simple
precautionary measures in the early
age period these things might have
been corrected.