Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-15


berculoss mother should not nurse or
kiss her infant. and in the selection OF
a wet nurse a certificate of health
should be demanded,
70. Isolation Of tuberculous pa
tents should be insisted upon in hos
pitfalls, asyiums and public institutions.
In private life the patient should oc-
eupy at east a separate bed, use sep
arate eating and drinking utensils,
and neither receive nor give kisses
Careless and unteachahle cases should
be cared Tor In hospitals"
The child was the theme of the dis
eussion at tonights session of the adj
Vlsory council of the National Associa-
ton for the study and Prevention of
tuberculosis. One of the papers sub
mitted was by DR. George NJ. Kober,
tn president Of the association, who
said:
When we remember that about
one-third Of the population consists
OF children up to the age of Is years,
and that the physical and mental
vigor OF the nation depends on the en-
vironment of childhood and youth
when the whole organism is ina state
of Elasticity and susceptibility, we
cannot fail to appreciate the impor-
lance Of laying the foundation for a
strong and vigorous race at the ear
Hest period possible.
Since an Inherited predlsposition
plays an important role in the spread
Of tuberculosis, q rational prophylaxis
suggested that parents must be
healthy, and that marriage with tu-
berculous persons should be prohibit
ed
Prenatal care should include
proper instruction of the mother In
personal hygiene, rational food, i'm
proved housing and factory condi-
tlons. Excessive work and insufficient
or improper food are most important
causes Of premature and delicate
babies.
"A healthful home is essential.
Preference should be given TO individ
ual homes or apartments in tenements
not exceeding two stories. Dark,
gloomy and damp houses should be
avoided where the death rate Is often
double or treble that OF healthful
homes. Damp houses favor the de-
velopment of catarrhal conditions
which render the system more vulner-
able and allow bacteria to retain their
vitality indefinitely.
"Overcrowding favors contact infec-
tons and should be avoided by afford
inc at least 500 cubic feet OF air space
for each person. Night air is not UNI
and sleeping porches prop |
perly screened will do much to de- |
velop delicate infants into healthy !
children, provided proper clothing is
Dust should Not Accumulate.
Household dust should not ac-
as it may contain micro |
orga nisms OF disease brought into the l
house on clothing. All unnecessary !
ornamentatlons and furniture serving 7
As dust traps should be discarded in |
favor of simplicity of furniture, and !
non-absorbent walls.
Or Schenker has urged the es-
of compulsory continual
ton schools for girls between the ages
Of 16 and 20 years whore instruction
relative to the duties and right OF a
wife and mother should be given. The
suggestion is a timely one provided
thorough training in domestic science
ID given in the public schools, since
well selected. properly cooked food
and housekeeping is of the utmost inn
nortance The continuation schools
should not only impart instruction in
prenatal and infant welfare work, but
also in house sanitation, the food,
exercise and general hygiene
Of the child
Twenty million school children in
the United States spend 100000, 900
hours or 1,415 years. each school
day in school houses in the United
States, said Sherman c. Kingsley, of
Chicago, in a paper read before the
advisory council of the National Assoc
eiation for the Prevention of Tuber
eulosis tonight, to emphasize the need
IF proper ventilation of schools
Inspection of schools.
Medical inspection in public
schools he said. has disclosed the
fact that more than go per cent of
he school children have physical de-
fects Of one kind or another, serious
enough to interfere with school work
It is our theory in America that every
ehild should have at least that modi-
cum OF education eomprehended in
he grammar school. We know now
hat less than half the children ever
lttain this standard. We also know
hat much Of the failure is due to
physical conditions. Children are in
)ur school seats who cannot see the
or hear the teachers
voice, who, because OF nose and throatl
cannot breathe properly
even such air as is usual in school
'ooms. Such children are constantly
dropping out Of school because of dis
and lack of interest, Of {
-en taking with them the handicaps
hat spoiled their school experience, to i
become I'M turn the cause Of failure in II
after life. Ii
Managers of factories hold men
md women operatives, and even chill Il
iren, responsible for keeping ma
'hlnes working at full capacity. 1t is
lot quite as important to see that boys
md girls do not sit listless, stupid.
1alf asphyxiated, or with sense in
operative, because of defects, through
iix or eight Of the most precious years /,
If their lives, and all the time under
he supervision and control of duly
lppointed representatives of organized
ociety. the school teacher?
More than 500 open air and open
window classes in the United States
ire getting results with such children.
First OF all the open air school tries ,
o understand the child physically and
1t gives him a regime, in ,
'luding medical and nursing care,
est, food, sunshine. fresh air, inter-
sting and diversified work, comrade-
hip, 1t undertakes TO weave all these !,
dement's into a process Of education
md a hygienic way of life
The Child and the Community.
In a paper on THE Child and the
read at t0night's meet
ng of the advisory council of the Ma
ional Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tuherr1iloSie Dr Ed