The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-28
HOME HEALTH CLUB
Cwritten by pr. David H. Reeder. Chi


 time the Home Health Club has been called upon to make sanitary surveys | for farm buildings, factories and even Villages Not long ago one of these requests came from a rural home | where there had been a great deal of | sickness without apparent cause and l it was a most instructive study to seek out the underlying cause and a very | gratifying thing to be able to remove ] that cause. The sclimate in that To- 1 ca1ty is typical of the central states and the soil is that rich black loam
 which delights the heart of a prac- ] tfcal stock and grain farmer. As
 usual wherein is black sotl is found, l the surface of the land is almost level i When the heavy rains come in the spring the water remains in pools or runs off so slowly that the ground is kept moist for long periods. Filling is necessary to successful farming and
 all of the farm had been successfully | titled. except about the ten acres. inn mediateIy surrounding the house and barns.
 1 In the barn yard I found the Milch
 COWS and other cattle wading in a 1 s1inny mud that was partly made up of l rotting straw stock with horse, hog | and cattle manure mixed in. The land l seemed to be so rich that the manure had not been hauled to the fields where it should be and the cattle and hogs l wallowed in the acounulations of sev- 1 eral years At one side of the barn l yard was the well. Not very deep, as
 it was dug when they first settled l there and an abundance of splendid
 clear soft water had been found with | out the expense of digging very deep l I did not drink any of it. I have a
 good nose and it would have given me
 timely warning, even if my powers of
 observation had not already done so. | Not over 80 feet away I found also where the privy> had been built over an open vault or pit, that was dug at | the same time as the we'll The vault was six feet deep and had never been 1 cleaned. The well was 36 feet dep and made a very natural drainage for the l vault as well as for barn yard l ordered all water from the well to- be boiled before using and even then | the well must be filled up just as
 quickly as new one could be driven | and properly Safeguarded. The new we'll for the stock only to be 100 feet | away from the old one and 50 feet | from the barn yard fence. Chloride of | lime in liberal quantities was thrown l into the privy vault and it was then l filled up.
 An acceptic tank or recepta,b1e was
 built for the privy and another we'll | driven on that side of the house op-
 postte from the barn and the pump
 installed in the kitchen. The women
 were delighted with this part of my
 plans as they had always been com 1 peI1ed to carry most of the water 1S0l feet for domestic purposes.
 Other improvements were inauguFat7 l ed and in less than three months a sfckly family was changed into 8. heal | thy family and the cattle we'll asl
 other live stock aE began to show theI result.
 CLUB NOTES.
 Dear Doctor: My son, who is 19l years old, seems to have an accumu- Lation of ph1egm in his throat. He 1 does not spit up, but has to clear his 1 throat, and when he gets g, cold or cough, the cough seems to stay by him; l for some time. What would you rec oInmend? would like a cough rem edy that would relieve him when he gets a cold. One of my boys had Ec-
 zema, and he got so bad he had to gol l to a specialist. The trouble disap- peared, but in week it was back. II I then tried your home treatment and it
 cured him I spent $1o0 with the other l doctor and $1Gby your method and got more good.
 i Your son is evidently suffering from chronic Bronchitis which is of a per 1 sistent nature, owing to his vitality
 being to low to entirely overcome the l disease. The rational method of treat ment is not simply to take cough rem edies for the cough, but to build up his system so that the natural defen- l sive forces of the body will be able to 1 overcome the weakened state of ths| mucous membrane. He should be out doors practically all the time and l should sleep either in a, tent or in an
 unusually well ventilated room His
 diet should be of particularly nu-
 tritious nature of which milk and eggs l should form a substantial part. A l glass of the former Or an eggnog with | out alcohol should be taken half way l between regular meals and at bed l time. Milk stripp1ings taken night and
 morning, fresh and warm to the amount of one to two pints are very
 nutritious. Sufficient coarse foods, such
 as whole wheat bread, coarse vegeta- l bIes Of all kinds, fruits, etc, should be taken to keep his bowels active. Have | him drink three to five piIlts of water I daily between meals. A quick cold l sponge bath each morning, followed 1 by a brisk dry rub is an excellent gen. heraI tonic and 1essens congestion of the internal surfaces of the body by at l tracting the circulation to the outer l parts. Many simple home m ethods for treatment of such conditions will be found in the Home Health Club books, | and they should be studied and fol- 1 lowed in those all suEceptible to it. =I. Your experience with the simple rem i edy for Bczema is only one among a large number who have obtained sim l liar good results from its use
 I would like to add to the ss1gges- l tions of L. M. in regard to poultices l of scraped beet There is nothing bet 1 ter for spinal trouble in children and T others. Apply to back of head and I spine. When warm renew with fresh. l A READER. I If A. G. L. will write and give her 1 or his name and address in full her I or his inquiry will be given attention. One Of the unbreakable rules of the i Home Health Club Is not to answer l anonymous or unsigned letters
 l HOUSEHOLD NOTES