The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-30

IN one OF the puDilchttOuS VI lhS 4Na
tional Society for the Prevention
and Relief OF Tuberculosis there Ii
> this significant statement: "The
friends Of tuberculosis, or consump'
ton, are Dirt, Damp, Darkness and
Drink the enemies Of consumption
are Sunlight, Fresh Air, Good Food,
4 Rest"
Nov the thing that is worth think
ing about In those eight words Is the
fact that all but one of Lem, drink,
relate directly tos houses. and house
keeping. A while age everybody
thought that tuberculosis was heredi-
tory. Now we know that 1t Is a
house disease. thsiying because We
d9nt live enough In the open air and
sunshine, and becauseshye have chosen
10 live In cities So crowded that air
and sunshine hayola price set on them.
The worst Of 1t Is, more and more peo-
Die are going to live in cities because
Ii Is q necessity for them to do so,
and fortunately for 10 this does not
meaE that more and more are
10 die Of tuberculosis Statistics show
that IN New York, Philadelphia and
Boston the death rate has decreased
forty, fifty and even sixty per cent in
tie last twenty years, while in g.
great many rural communities 1t Is
rs hish a. ever. Doesn't this sound
IKE v contradiction?
Ii takes US back to the house and
Z the hOusekeeper. In great cities 1t
I u the municipality and It's important
delegafe, the Board of Health, who
are really the housekeepers. They
sdon'tgo into details, but they do say
that you must do thus and 30 with
y61r waste and garbage, and there
must be 2 certain standard for plumb
! Inc. and srtain rules about the least
amount l0f. light and air that win be
tolerated BIZ ID civilized community.
The municipality had to step In and
cay this, and 1t ought to say a good
deal more than it does, because 1t
learned BY bitter experience that pub
{ lie health was not matter to be
decided entirely by the house owner
and tenant. The reason, then, why
: we still have a high death rate from
consumption ia rural communities is
because there II no public house
keeper to watch over drainage and
water and the kinds of plumbing we
should have. il the country every
woman's house is her castle and she
does as sho pleases. The windows are
nailed down in winter and the feather
beds are drawn up, the drinking water
often comes from contaminated wells,
and cesspools are not emptied often
enough. You see living In cities has
good many advantages; you see also
that in the suburbs great deal re-
mains to be done by the individual
h0usekeeper, and on her must fall
most OF the responsibility for q house
disease. like tuberculosis.
Water, light and air are natures
great disinfectants. II the house
keeper bears this In mind she need
not fear tuberculosis or many other
diseases that love dark and unsanitary
.Btrrolndings. First of all, remember
that while no one can live without air,
anyone can get used to bad, stale
air, and living In 1t viii SO lower the
vitality that we are likely to catch
anything 'het is floating around,
{, ventIlate.
A properly yetIlated house Is essen
tial To good health, and proper ventila-
ton means windows open at bottom
and top, 30 that the air In all the halls
,anA rooms is stirred and changed at
least once day. There should always
be window open IN the bedroom sum-
mer and winter. Begin With q few
inches at time, Il you are not used
70 4 but by all means have somo pure
afr 10 the room at night. Night air
Is purer than day aair because there
II less dust in II. end during or after
Z rain the afr Is psirer because II has
been washed. roi need sunshine in
our rooms, all We can gel Of It, and
especially in the rcpms that are nsed
BY old people, inyalids and children.
lt Il the 0ef, AID cheapest tonic IN