The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-12
HEAL l H GREAT TEST
 ASSET OF WORKER SAYS DAR ING TON
Former Health Officer of New York City Speaks Before
 Local Factory FOremen.

Only healthy men can be efficient workrnen. Dr. Thomas Darlington of. New Yo York told a gathering of several
 hundred men at a forennan's meeting
 held in Colonial hall last night by the Manufacturerss association Work is the essence of longevity he told his hearers and when a man stops work he must take regular exercise or he does not live long. pr. Darlington is former Health commissioned of New
 ork city and at present professor of sanitary sciences at Fordham s11ai aiver-# sity- Dr. Darlington has also been health expert in the employ Of the United States Steel Corporation and under his direction hospitals have been established and many reforms to s=feguard the health of the employees
 of the corporation have been intro duced One of the seven wonders Of the world is modern medicine;' said Dr. Darlington. The discovery of the
 germ theory of disease and the strict enforcement of rules OF sanitation have so reduced the death rate that in New York city where up to 1904 29 persons out Of every 1000 died each year, now the rate has been re- duced to per ,080 per year. Under the old system under which we were working with the increase in popuIa-= tica there. we would have had 148. .0oo
 more deaths per year and eight times as much sickness
 While we have taken steps to pre- vent disease by enforced rules of sanf- tation 1t Is only within the last four or five years that anytI1ifles has been done in misunderstanding circles to safe- guard the lives and the health of e1n- p1oyes. But manufacturers are at last awake to the fact that the effictency Of the workman depends on his health. A man can't work if he is not we'll. If he is healthy he wants to work. and if he is in perfect health he is 9 good workman. But he cant be healthy and in condition to do
 good work if he drinks alcohol or if he stays up half the night when he ought to be in bed.''
 Regular meals and good food, prop erIy cooked and properly masticated, Dr. Darlington said were required to insure good health.
 Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water each time before you eat,'ss he said ssDisease is spread by germs and the hands are the greatest other one is the mouth. Cleanse your mouth and brush your teeth thorough ly before eating. our mouth is con-
 stantly filling up with bacteria, Get rid of it before you eat. Don't chew ! it up and swallow it with your food. Take care Of your teeth. Some au- thorities claim that bad teeth are
 more harmful than alcohol.
 Drink plenty Of water with your
 meals. Y our intestines are not full of hoies like Swiss cheese. You must
 have plenty Of water to soften and
 digest your food. Water also diiutes the poisons which form in your body
 Water 1essens fatigue by di1utinsg and
 disso1ying the poisons in your body
 Dr Darlington then described what causes fatigue and how. fatigue among workingmen is relieved by having plenty of drinking water. He said the
 hl1n1an body was like an engine and
 that the work. a, man was able to do
 depended on how well he was nour- ished and whether or not he had plenty of pure water to drink.
 tsGive a man plenty of pure water to wrink while he is at work during the day. he said, land he won't want to drink whiskey or beer when his work is over.y
 Dr. Darlington then described DOT tions of his work as health expert in various parts of the country This
 part of the lecture which was illus trated by numerous stereoptfcon views was very interesting. After the
 lecture a buffet lunch was served