Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1913-06-05

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in the evening before going to
bed. The brush should be soft,
and must not be applied SO Wig
orously as to make the gums
bleed The teeth should be
brushed up and down and not
crossways. We must be care
full to clean the teeth after eat
ing confections. We should be
careful not to pick our teeth
with metal toothpicks, for they
are injurious. Cracking nuts
with the teeth often breaks the
enamel on them, and then they
begin to decay. Every person
ought to have his teeth examin-
ed twice year by a dentist, and
any cavities promptly filled.
The house and surroundings
should be kept clean, so that no
disease germs may create. The
cellar especially requires most
watchful care, and should be
kept not only dry by windows
or other ventilating devices,
open wide in favorable weather
| (and never wholly shut) but
also clean and free FROM rub
bish, decaying vegetables, or
anything tending to dirt, damp
ness or uncleanliness. No rub
bish should be left around the
house, especially in the back
yard, for flies are bad to carry
the germs that may be created.
If everyone would do his part
toward personal hygiene we
certainly would enjoy life much
better.
In conclusion of personal hy-
giene we can say, a clean per-
son, clean clothing, clean house,
clean premises, clean streets
and a clean town are many
forms of that habit of cleanli-
ness which is one of the char
acteristics of high civilization,
one of the fundamental ele-
ments of self-respect and prop
er living.
Next to our great subject of
personal hygiene comes school
room hygiene. Schoolroom hy-
giene is the knowledge of keep
ing the room so that the pupils
attending will have as good
health as possible. Formerly
the term included little more
than the proper heating, light
ing and ventilation of school
buildings, but now it includes
all the factors with which it is
practicable for the school to
deal concerning the health of
the pupils,i such as the preven-
tion of contagious diseases, ad-
enoid growths, selection of
proper seats, and in some
schools dentists examine the
teeth.
School buildings should nev-
er be located on low fiat ground
near a marsh or a swamp, but
should be built on a knoll or
rise of ground, where perfect
drainage may be had. 1t is best
to have the playground sodded,
because there is so much dust
If the ground is not sodded, and
of course breathing dust is very
harmful to the lungs.
The schoolroom should be
we'll ventilated and heated.
Fireplaces are very desirable,
because there is then a roaring
draft up the chimney, making
perfect ventilation. When a
schoolroom is heated by stove
it should have a sheet-iron
shield or jacket about it. AS air
about the stove becomes heated
it rrises, and cold air rushes in
under the jacket to take it's
place. Such an arrangement
heats the room more evenly
and prevents the pupils near
the stove from being overheat-
ed.
A perfect system of ventila-
ton provides an inlet for fresh
air as we'll as an outlet for i'm
pure air. To insure perfect
health there should be for each
person more than a cubic foot
Of fresh air every minute. In
schoolrooms where there is not
plenty of fresh air the pupils
become drOWSv. 1angl1id and he