The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-28
HEALTH SURVEY
FINDS OKLAHOMA
ATHENS DIRTY
Commissioner Inyades Seat OF
University and Scores Sani-
tary Conditions
CONTAMINATED WELLS,
BAD MILK, HE REPORTS
Scores "Model City" and Citi-
zens Who Wear Ear-Muffs
and Specs ANNOYED

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.--"People
would be saved a, great deal OF un'
necessary anxiety II they could be
brought TO realize that tuberculosis Is
not a disease which one rs more haoie
to catch In the winter than at any
other time of the year" says Dr.
Sigismund S. Goldwater, health onicer
OF New York.
"The fact Is that tuberculosis al
ways takes comparatively long time
10 establish itself in the system, ana
IL is often months and sometimes
years before 1t reaches stage where
it can be recognized merely by It's
outward symptoms.
"The winter months have no parttc-
ular significance in relation TO the
number OF deaths from tuberculosis,
and protection from this scourge Is TO
be found chiefly in following correct
habits OF life over long period, and
has very little to do with the heat OF
summer or with.the cold Of winter. II
il important, however. since the
health of the body is often greatly
affected by the state OF the mind, that
people should not suffer from dis
tressing and unreasonable fear of win
ter as a dangerous period in relation
10 tuberculosis.
Pneumonia.
Zone of the few diseases which give
us marked increase OF deaths dur
ing the winter months is pneumonia,
and may say that during the course
OF the year there are more deaths
from pneumonia than from any other
single cause.
ut is one Of the peculiarities OF
pneumonia that the germ which pro-
duces IL Is usually present at all times
in the throats of healthy individuals.
The significance of this is that when
the germ develops to such an extent
that condition OF acute disease is set
up 1t can only mean one OF two things
either that an additional supply or
the germs has been taken into the
system or that the resisting power OF
the body cells and fluids has fallen
below the point at which the increase
OF the germs already in the body can
be kept down belowOthe danger point.
"Of the latter cause of the disease
shall speak when / discuss some OF
the general rules Of good health. The
former cause, that OF increased infec-
ton from outside, Is one which has an
important influence on the spread Of
all infectious diseases. The most
common ways In which the germ of
pneumonia Is taken into the system
are by kissing, by using common drink
irg cups, and by inhaling air which
has been contaminated by splitting.
sneezing or coughing.
Human health may be said broadly
to depend upon the results from day
TO day OF the perpetual conflict be-
tween two sets OF forces--those which
aid Infection and poisoning. and those
which either reduce the risk OF infec-
ton and poisoning or increase the
natural powers of the body to resist
the spread OF infection once 1t has en-
tered. AS the requirement OF disease
Is largely dependent on the three i'm.
portant elements of food. ventilation
and clothing, ! may say few words
about each.
Our Food.
The modern conditions of life, and
especially those which prevail in
cities. have practically done away
with any enforced differences between
the kind OF food we eat in summer and
the kind We eat In winter. Bread,
meat, fish and vegetables are the
staple articles of our diet throughout
the year, and IL we eat less meat In
the summer II Is chiefly because we
eat less OF everything during that sea-
son.
In winter as in summer the most
important thing 10 do is TO see that