The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-21
rNDIANA'S DISEASE
 PREVENTION DAY

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 Health administration in Indiana has for long time past been vigorous and energetic, as it is in many of our oth- CT states. It has also been unique, peculiarly up-to-date and popular in it's methods of attracting attention and affording instruction. The latest ac- tivity of the health forces of the state is thoroughly characteristic. Governor Ralston has issued proclamation des. ignating Friday, Oct. ?, 1914, as Dis. ease Prevention Day. He urges the cities and towns throughout the state % make special arrangements for ap- propriate exercises, emphasizing the importance of public health, and the joint responsibility of all citizens therefore in order to inspire in them Q desire to cooperate in all sane ef- forts for the prevention of physical diseases. The state board of health has prepared special bulletin con- aiming copy of the governors proc lamatlon and suggestions for the cele- 5ratlon of Disease Prevention Day in the towns of Indiana. Some of these suggestions are terse and apt and de- serve to be circulated.
 "Get up a public.hcalth procession. in cities the mayor should head the procession; in towns the town board of trustees, the town board of health, under the law, should lead. There should be brass band; drums and trumpetg should be used; music is necessary for a procession; school girls dressed white bearing banners with health notices, boys in white or otherwise neatly dressed carrying tanners with health notices. Where there are high schools, the pupils should try to present some original idea representing the importance of disease prevention"
 The advice to business men is equal ly emphatic,
 Business men should be represent ed in the procession. The most i'm portart business before the business man today is the business of public health. Retail stores should dress their windows in articles that deal in, belong to or hint at cleanliness and health. Hardware stores can show garbage cans, garden hose, fly traps, and rat traps. Dry goods merchants can show a pile of towels and soap arranged around a tathtub. Grccers can make pure food displays and so can restaurants"
 The advice to individual citizens is equally direct, so that no one can feel that he is being omitted or has no part in the celebration.
 Let every home. each front yard and back yard, the rears of stores and all streets and alleys be made espec- ially clean for Disease Prevention Day. Let each person wear clean clothes on that day, take bath, put on clean shirt, clean socks and clean collars and get his shoes shined. Get hair cut and a shave, wash your hands and face, clean your finger nails and don't spit on the sidewalk. Let everybody be clean and tall of cleanliness anC health"
 Suggested notices for Disease Pre- vention Day are also contained in thu bulletin. Some of these are:
 "The only good fly Is the dead fly
 ''Well-kept alleys pay better divi dends than well-kept cemeteries"
 Public health is public wealth"
 Bat the rat and swat the fly"
 Don't take patent-medicines."
 All the time is cleanup time"
 Dust dirt, dampness, darkness drink, will always kill"
 That the state board of health doe not hesitate to follow it's own sug