New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-18
State Officers
Plan Campaign
HOPE TO HAVE "HEALTH WEEK.
OBSERVED ALL OVER
MINNESOTA
IDEA is TO CONCENTRATE
PUBLIC ATTENTION ON
HEALTH NEEDS.

Last summer while DR.. L. A. Fritsche
was attending the international congress
Of physicians in London, England, the
subject of public health wasS discussed
at length and one means advocated for
arousing public sentiment in matters OF
municipal welfare was the plan of In
augurating Health Week. during
which time the attention of the citizens
should be directed to subjects dealing
with the preservation Of the physical
health. It was stated that the plan
had been tried out with great success in
England. That physicians, teachers and
public speakers addressed public gather
ings on Health topics, nurses went about
instructing the mothers of the poorer
classes in sanitary measures and the care
of children and schools impressed upon
the minds of the pupils the need of care
of the body. By concentrating the
NIuOS VI Vie puDllS AoA al CAIAS "CSn
upon the one subject it was possible to
make lasting impression and the medi-
cal gentlemen felt that the plan was a
very good one. DR.. Fritsche in writing
to the "Review" from London mentioned
the plan and again at the Commercial
Club banquet spoke of the good accom-
plished in London by concentrated
campaign against flies and filth.
It would now seem that the idea has
spread rapidly in America and the Min
nesota Public Health Association has
taken it up. Communications have been
received the past week by the Board of
Health, the Mayor, the ministers Of the
city, the Women's Clubs, teachers, edi-
tors, superintendent of schools and other
advocating establishment of the week of
November 29th to December 5th as
Health Week and urging all to do their
part to make the observance of it note
worthy. The Mayor is asked to appoint
representative committee with power to
act in the matter. Whether this will
be done or not is not yet decided but
the Review wishes to do its part by
giving publicity to the movement which
has the public good at heart.
The State Health Association suggests
a program for the week which is to be
varied according to the ideas of the COM
nittee in charge. In general it is as
fellows:
Tuberculosis Sunday Nov. 20
Everybody should know why tuber-
eulosis is bad;
/. Sermon ON tuberculosis. in all
churches.
2. Union services where they can be
arranged.
2. Addresses by physicians or tuber-
culosis specialists where possible.
Collections may go to LOCAL church
q community anti-tuberculosis work
Measles Monday-Nov. 80.
To show the prevalence of measles,
aehool-classes are asked to prepare
ms" (M) and "Zero's" (0) in their busy
work during the previous week. These
are to be about three inches square and
are to be distributed at book stores,
drug stores, etc., 50 that EVERYONE
may procure them Free THE IN"
) IS TO BE WORN BY THOSE WHO
HAVE HAD MEASLES, the Zero, by
those who have escaped.
ALL school children to wear them es-
pecially.
German measles doens't count. Real
measles, the kind that is so often fol-
lowed by weak lungs, and even by
tuberculosis is the disease whose pre-
valence we wish to bring out.
On this and the following days, Sc
CURE BRIEF TALKS BY PHYSI-
CLANS in the schools, on the subject
Of the day.
Typhoid-Tuesday- December 1.
Although typhoid fever is carried by
milk, flies, food and fingers, as we'll as
by water, yet water-supplies are still a
large factor in typhoid in Minnesota,
carrying one-third of the total. This
day should be devoted to investigation
Of the WATER-SUPPLY; the Board of
Health should prepare and publish the
present conditions and the needs of the
community.
S4aNhooping Cough-Wednesday- Dec. 2
Like Measles Monday, this day should
be devoted to showing everybody how
much there is of whooping cough-that
serious and often fatal disease, which is
tso often considered almost a Joke
The ''busy-work' in the schools may
be devoted during Tuesday to making