The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-11-30

able and cgreable in its incipieney is
the keynote Of the tuberculosis eN-
hibit
chart showing the following Stats
ties for one year in Indiana is most
startling Under the head of Indiana
killings it says:
KILLED
Murder ..-.--..--. -....--...-. 81
Typhoid 49,. Observation-Disclosures. 92s
Diphtheria ..-. $3.50. s2s
Scarlet fever ...-......--- 1873
Cerebro spinal meningitis .-.... $50
Smallpox Observation-Disclosures. %
Consumption ..-.. ...... 1872
An yet the public has a greater hor-
ror for smallpox than for tuberculosis
The great argument of the state board
Of health Is. is that conumption is
communicates It is usually carried by
the poison (germs) which exist in the
eonsumptives sputum. or spit The
poisonous sputum then dies. and goes
as dust into other peoples lungs. A
little spit Is enough when scattered in
dust to give The disease to dozens Of
people.
That tuberculosis is not hereditary
is proven by the fact that in ten years
not single child which has been tax
as they are known, children of tuber-
culor parents. has died of consumption.
when this child was taken ont of its
environment and made to live in a
clean, healthy place. Regular open air
schools are maintained in New York.
Chicago and in some Of the New Eng
land states. The question has been
asked what has Indiana done so far for
the prevention of consumption. The
fact is that it has done very little.
Few of the states have done anything.
New York which is in the lead for
prevention has combatted the disease
systematically for a period of only ten
years.
But because of this. New York last
year cut down the number of consump-
tive deaths to 81 per cent. compared
to ten years, and on this basis, DIR.
King says the lives of more than 2
600 people would have been saved in
Indiana.
The Indiana state board of health
brands the careless consumptive as a
menace to the public and therefore this
campaign Of education to point out
the careless consumptive. "A careless
xconsumptive." says the state board OF
I health lis a danger to the neighbor-
hood. He is a danger to his family
He viii poison the home he lives in
The state board of health is author
ity for the statement that climate does
not cure nor does it cause consumption
Consumption can be cured in Indiana
quite as we'll az elsewhere, according
to the same authority.
Among things good for weak lungs
the state board makes the following
recommendations
Fresh air in plenty strengthens the
| lungs. Sunshine kills all disease
| germs
Choose sunny rooms. Open the win
! dows and let the air in. Keep the
! house clean. If a consumptive has
moved out Of the room have the board
/ of health disinfect it.
Be in the open air as often and as
long as you can. Outdoor work is vast
| ly better than indoor work Keep the
feet dry.
Breathe with deep, long full
breaths, so as to carry the fresh all
to every corner of your lungs Do thi.
always for several minutes in tn.
morning and at night. Breathe through
! the nostrils and not through the oper
mouth.
Spend your money for simple anc
well cooked food-good fresh meat
eggs meal, rice. hominy. vegetables
bread, butter. fruit etc. Bacon and han
are good and fat meats. Always ca
temporarily and chew exceedingly well
DO not spend money for beer O.
other liquors, or for quack medicines O
cures
4 Live a regular life. and keep tn
bowels regular. Get plenty of SLEEP
Keep clean company and a c1ea
conscience
4 Courage is very important
The adultered food exhibit under tn
direction of Frank Tucker, the stat
pure food inspector, is no less inter
esting, and is not without its funn
sides It Is particularly noteworth
TO Hammond people that the stat
board of health has found more sam
pies of dirty unsanitary conditions i
! the Calumet region than anywhere els
in the state Before the pure food Lax
went into effect adultered foods in tn
! year 1905 cost the state $4,000. OOC
since then the law went into effect an,
| in 1907 the cost was reduced to $40,
| 900. saving of $4,000. 900 Now If tn
board of health could only make til
IQHSe W ~ cS-lOI tNcy 40 nine ISnlnS O
the buying-read the labels is anothe
| big step in advance would have bee
made. The goods on the Indiana mar
! ket today are sold according to tn
letter of the law. not all yet accordin
to the spirit If the housewife wer
TO read the label on the bottles an
canned goods she purchases she wouI
soon learn the difference between wha
she thinks she is getting and what sh
is actually getting. 1t is encourag
ing. however that the state board o
health has succeeded in driving nearl,
all real injurious articles off the mar
ker.
Mr.. Tucker this morning shove,
sample OF cotton seed oil. which nov
sells for 10 cents a bottle, but whicl
i formerly sold at 35 cents a bottle. A
the latter price it was sold under tn
name of pure olive oil. In those dav
the manufacturers sent the cotton Of
TO Italy. whore it was bottled and la
beled and then sent back to Americ