The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-20

.rN cne cf tie publications Of the Na.
tional Society fol- tie Prevention
aud Relief 81 Tuberculosis there Is
= this Significant statement TIE
friends Of tuberculosis, "a eonsnItp-
tion, are Dirt, Damp, Darkness ana
+ Drink, the enemies Of consumption
are Sunlight, Fresh All, Good Food,
Rest
Now the thing that Is worth think.
ine about In those eight VIZ. ds Is the
fsot that all but ono OF item, drink,
relate directly 10 houses ord house
keeping. A while age cyerys~dy
.thoukht that tuberculosis was seredi-'
tary. Now we knew that 4 Is a
house disease, thriving besar-' Ne
don't live enough in tho cpen AZ and
sunshine, and lecausc'wo Nav chosen
to live In cities 50 crOwce| hat air
and sunshine hayea rlicN sci or them.
1 The worst Of & is more and more .eo-
!. Die are going 10 live In cites becauss
! II Is q necessity for ihom 70 do SC,
1 and fortunately for us this does nc
mean that moro and more are
7 10 die Of tuberculosis Statistics saow
!, that ii New losk, Philadelphia aud
! Boston the death rate las decreased
forty. lfts and even sixty per cent IN
the ixs: twenty years, while IN a
RroAf many rural communities II Is
IS hirs rs ever Doesn't this sound
Ikea contradiction?
II takes 10 lark 70 the hoLss anu
4 the holseheOper. ID great cities u
y the municipality and It's important
!. dele&atc. tie Board Of Health, who
are really the Aousekeepers. They
don't 80 into details, pnt they do sas
that YOU must do 'ls and SO with
your waste snd garbage. and there
must be a certain standard for plumb
!. f,lg. aud certain rules about the least
amount " light and air that will be
! tolerated by civilized community.
The Municipality had 10 step in and
say this, and ii ought TO say q good
deal more than ii does, because IT
harmed by bitter expsriepce tina pub
/ Nc health was not matter TO be
j decided entirely by the house owner
j. and tenant. The reason. then, why
!, We sfsll have high death rate from
a:onsum p.scn in rural communities Is
I oeoause there Is no public house
keeper to watch o7er drainage and
sat<r and the klnCs OF plumbing ye
should have. In the country every
1Umzns house Is her castle and she
dl as sho pleases. The windows are
ilai.sd down In winter and the feather
! beds are drawn up, the drinking water
bften 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
kcusakeeper, and on her pest fall
most Of the responsibility for house
disease like tuberculosis.
Water, light and air are natures
, kre1f disinfectsnts. II the house
] kee2sr bears this Ia mind she need
NJ tear tuberculosis or many ether
I d7uf ses that love dark and unsah..s.y
! sssssundinss First of all, remember
j q fTaile no one can live vithou. air,
/ a-ycL< can get used TO bad. sss.e
| tir, fLd living In II will SO love- tho
! vitality zaat We are likely 10 cstc;s
| snF1hins that IL floating arcurd.
II ventiiste.
4 peopsrly vetilated house is essen
3isi 70 good health, and proper yentila-
!, .tioh means windows open at bottom
| and top, 90 that the air In all the halls
ana rooms is stirred and changed at
| ie6st once day. There should always
be 4 window open in the bedroom sum
msr and winter Begin with a few
inches at time, II YOU are not used
~ It, but by all means have some pure
llair In the room at night. Night air
|, Is purer than day air because there
Il less dust In IT, and during or after
"a rain the afr Is purer because II has
fbeen washed We. need sunshine in
our rooms all We can get OF II, and
/ especially in the rooms that are used
4 by old people, inyalids and children
| II 10 the best and cheapes. .9a.c in