The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-05-27
Four year ODDS Found to Be
Snuff -dippers, Smokers and
CheWerS
ADVISED By PHYSICIANS!
Facts Gathered by Poo
lie Health Service From
South Atlantic States ard
Appalachian Region.

Washington. h G.. Nav "a
SnaT dipping. smoking and che wing
tobacco by boys AMI siFis a. yoaaK
ss four years ola and the prevalence
of tAe HABIT among rural cA.iSrea ~
the Soath Atlantic States aud the
Appalachian region are $. common
tAai remarkable figures gathered bv
pablo health of6cials ana published
ia i recent baliet4n have admittedly
made bat Et,le imp r-xaion on The ia
Ses. gate rs. The were
mad by DIR. &. w. Stiles and x. Z.
Altman. of the public health service.
aad the facts were gathered in con
nection with investigations u the
hook worm disease
Out OF IS boys and SO girls. a total
81 t7s children. the most OF thea,
attending seven sch ools III i rertxiw
county ia a South Atlantic STATE. IS
boys and l2 gigls admit the USE OF
tobacco ia one fern or another. la
some OF the cases the use Of tobacco
hy children was advised BY fsnai,v
Dh ysicians. They and the chldren's
parents believed sHuf and tobacco
Heald prevent ahesn;A. paleness the.
tersaed il. The pAleness was found
by the gasernfne nt Investigators I"
be q ma nifestAtion Of hook
A case is described in the bailetin
a> follows:
One OF the eases given in tn.
foregoing table presents a clue 10 at
least one such case. This girl is l3.
years old. She dips snuf and chewS
~aiacro. She is only 4 feet :. "a
inches in height. standing ,barefoot !
weighs "a - pounds (b~arefoot. IA
coat). has 2 ~h~moglobin OF z, per
cent OF normal. y red blood ~oan,
of 3.44S.V90. aR eoSinoph,fia Of :.
per cent, and is a very typical cas-"
OF hoekworm disease Of long stand
issg. Her apparent age is about .
, years. She does not remember when
she began TO dip and chew. but a.
.. nearly as eve approximately correc,
: deductions could be drawn from hes
, statements she probably began tn
!. habi when she was about 4 I" !
, wears old. Now. at the age Of *
years. she il distinctly a heav,
! chewer. as are also her fa.he ane
lie year old brother. According I,
her definite st&temcOt she heEaN TIM
aSe Of ssna aud upon TIA
advice OF her family physician As
preventive against growing Da1'
namely. in t3aie instance Mudesu biedA,
hook diseASP and apparenti'
+ his advice was given not later tina,
1915. namely 7 years ago.
e One Cause Of II.
The insanitary life Of masy rurA
people is bla 4 Tor a sreaf deal -
s this use OF tobacco among 'haidrea
!; The following quotation from the ~
!: vestigators' report sums up the con
: clusieas Of the experts:
Snuff dipping and tobacco chcW
ing 10y children are. however. sue
everyday observations with us n ou
work that they make it'll. inpres
n sion upon as. We view the haO1t
as based .4f.on n thoroughly Iatiohs
: ~xpianAuoA. 1rAcea5le to condition
!" that existed years ago and n Or
pendant FOR their decrease upon "A SO
ciai evolution which involves an i'm
= ~bfoxeucst ia The "a nitsry life ~ han
draas Of tn.ttsA nas OF people
wiz AXE nj least y school B<A-rAtO
- (. eradicate these widespread ii~bi,
from among the rural school chilAre
- Of the South. and until the Liver {
thes- children are MADE hApp.eT b
better sanitary Surroundings We -.
not Inclined L. begraak@ them II
little ha ppiAeae they seem 10 and
- the use OF snan and tobacco. or
eritieis- Them IN the slightest I.
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