The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-01-16
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
Warming by the Idaho State Board OF
Health.

Blightsome Mrs Foul-Air and her
death-dealing offsprings are about to
pay US their annual, unwelcome visit
They will take up their abode in the
unventilated homes, street cars, work
places, schools, theaters and other
places of public assemblage.
Closed windows are invitations to
them to enter.
To avoid their visitations, keep your
windows open.
These thieves of health never come
in through an open window.
\, The open window in the sleeping
room at night means pure air and rest
full, refreshing sleep.
1t is not the number of babies that
are born that counts, but the ones
who grow up into healthy men and
women.
See that your child is protected by
vaccination. An unvaccinated child is
always in danger.
Practically all the flies that are to
furnish the next summers crop are
now in the houses, driven in by the
cold air. Destroy all the flies you
find in the house.
Good habits are just as easy to
form as bad ones; so choose the good
ones.
Wash your hands thoroughly every
time before you eat
See that what you eat is washed
clean, unless it is thoroughly cooked.
Fresh Air.
An abundant supply of fresh air is
necessary at all times. Clean air is
absolutely essential to keeping the
brain and body in a healthy condition
OF the predisposing causes of sick
ness, impure air is perhaps the most
frequent. AS air is breathed into the
lungs, the oxygen is consumed and is
replaced by carbon dioxide, which is a
poisonous gas. If person consumed
all the oxygen in room he would die
at once.
We must keep breathing the air into
and out of the lungs in order that the
carbon dioxide may be carried out OF
the body; otherwise the body would
die. Each of us breathes from Is tC
10 cubic feet of air every hour. Each
cubic foot of air which passes through
the lungs is SO impure when eXhaled
that it makes nearly 200 cubic of all
unfit for our use. In houses and schoo
1OOlIo WHClC tHC lHoIdC OH StiAlAo
mix freely with the outside air, the
= air soon becomes unfit for breathing
unless we can get great quantities o.
fresh air from the outside. Each per
son in a building needs about 30O(
cubic feet of fresh air every hour, ant
how to get this air in without causing
cold draughts is the problem OF venti
lation
TINA uyh an mod frnCI
air is when you are sleeping. Thi'
can be accomplished by opening th'
windows from the top. The hot, mois
air can thus be gotten rid of withou
causing cold draughts. School rooms
should be filled with fresh air whil
they are empty; and at moons and re
cesses the windows should be raise'
and the fresh air allowed to pour in
for no one can be expected either t
learn his lessons or to keep hi
health in room that is stuffy an
close and filled with air that has al
ready been breathed
The air in dwellings and schools !
never as pure as the outer air be
cause it is polluted by the products Q
respiration, perspiration and decom
position. The presence Of individual
also tends to vitiate the air with dus
germs and organic matter from tn
skin, mouth, lungs and soiled clothing
Unless proper provision is made TO
the discharge of foul air from tn
homes and buildings and the introdue
tion of pure air, the impurities OF tn
foul air are sure to decrease the eff
cheney of workers and students.
There is condition physicians teri
'"erowd poisoning" where numbe
of people gather in place that is nc
we'll ventilated and breathe the sam
air over and over. In the acute tori
this condition is shown by symptom
of oppression, headache, dizziness an
faintness. The chronic effects {
crowd poisoning are, deficient oxyge1
alton and lack of publication of tn
blood; these are plainly shown by tt
pallor of the skin, loss of appetite an
general lowering of physical and mel
tai vigor.
To protect yourself against diseas
and decrease of mental activity, kee
your body in good physical condition
Fresh air is tonic to tired nerves,
natural stimulant to mind and boo
and large contributor to health an
happiness.