Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-17
VENTILATION IMPORTANT.
State Board of Health Issues Warning
for This Season.

State BoAF0 OF rfedttn ISSUES w Sfnin9
for This Season.
With the coming of the winter
months, there is tendency to neglect
the important subject of ventilation,
says the state board of health in the
October report. Windows and doors
are kept tightly closed, and in. these
closed rooms there may be hot fires
which soon exhaust the oxygen in the
air, and as a result 1t becomes foul
and impure Infection, if introduced
into such a home, is liable to remain.
| 1t has been subject of frequent COM
nnent that as soon as it is necessary to
close the windows and start fires, sore
threats and colds become prevalent
These may be due to irritation Of the
mucous membrane by dust and gases,
or from sudden changes of tempera-
ture to which those living in over
heated and unventilated houses are
/ constantly exposed.
! The purpose of this article is to urge
upon everyone the Importance and ne
cessity of frequent ventilation for all
| the rooms in each and every home.
/ Abundance of fresh, outdoor air should
| be admitted at frequent intervals; low
4 eringt windows at the top to allow the
hot air at the upper part of the room
to escape and opening them also at
/ the bottom to let the fresh air rush in
is one way to venti1ate a room. Do one
room at a time, then the members of
4 the family will not be exposed to
| drafts. If only one room comprises
| the home, put on wraps and exercise
I while the air is being changed. Ven
4 tilation at night is quite as necessary
| as ventilation by day. Because your
| sleeping room may be cold with the
| windows closed. do not make the mis-
take of thinking the air therein is
fresh. 1t can never be fresh unless the
| window ia Apnugfnn0 unr1faalf
and your children to sleeping in rooms
with wide-open windows; it makes for
better health for you. and better
health for your children.
1t is very important that the public
at large learn the necessity of ventila-
ton, for when it does it will demand
fresh aid in the places where the peo-
pie congregate, churches, schools. lee
4 ture halls, theatres and moving picture
| houses. Good Ventilation Guaran-
| teed" would be a drawing card for any
of the above places, not excepting the
church. By observing the simple
rules of ventilation in your home both
day and night, many illnesses may be
avoided and better health result for
all the family.
/ Pure Water.
The important part that water plays
in the welfare of the human race
makes it imperative that all supplies
should be pure. In large towns and
cities, water companies are more and
more realizing this necessity and are
putting forth much effort and going te
great expense in order to maintain the
purity of their water supplies. 1t is
in the rural community that there still
turks a danger and too little attention
is paid to the family well. In many
instances the great age of the well
which has punched the thirst of hon
orable ancestors, is told of with great
pride. We cannot see with the eye
alone that in water which makes il
harmful. Water of perfect clearness
and seeming purity may contain the
deadly germ of typhoid fever the
most common of our water borne dis
eases. Country wells are often located
close to houses. sometimes between
house and barn, So that water may be
carried easily to either place, or both
veniently near the back door. In the
location of these old wells drainage
was not considered and contamination
was possible from either of these
sources by surface wash or under
J ground currents. In the small COM
munities, where to some extent every
family is a law unto themselves, they
should see, for their own sake at least
that the well is properly located where
the water is pure and should protect ii
Z from surface water which may run II
under the well curb. In riding through
| the country this past summer 1 fire.
uuently saw the housewife doing the
family washing beside the well. This
no doubt, was one form of efficiency
as she drew the water direct into hel
tubs, bat it Is to be supposed that she
was equally efficient when it came tt
emptying the tubs, with the result thai
the dirty suds percolated directly intS
the we'll
Water supplies at picnic resorts ara
always an unknown quantity, and II
rests with the public to furnish tf1eil
own supply when visiting such places
Drinking from brook or stream Is {
dangerous practice, unless the sur
roundings along its course are known
to be clean and free from injection
Some Of the greens used as salads
such as watercress. should be avoided
unless convinced that it is grown
where the water is not contaminated
by sewage. Lettuce. even though
grown in clean soil, may carry thu
germs OF disease II washed in polluted
water. and this Is also true of fruit.
that are washed before serving.
Each individual of community
should see that his well is above re-
proach, FOR with the many methods b,
(which infection is spread one bad wei
, may infect the community. The healtl
oaleer of Grand Rapids, Mich, says
4 Typhoid fever is a disease too .littl
reared, but that claims annually eigh
ftimeS as many victims in America a.
in any other country in the world. .Thi
! Id true chiefly because the shallow wei
for drinking water is the Yankee hob
. by. The first settlers. intending we'll
but for temporary use, dug them shall
!, low, yet the same wells are stifl in us
: with dozen-fold sources of contami
"A nation"
!. II in doubt about the water, one cas-
method by which you can insure safet,
4 lis to. boil ali water used for househot
] purposes This is only a makeshifi
as the source of contamination shout
be sought out and removed. or q ney
source of supply obtained. OF wla
: use are bubbling fountains and the in
! dividual drinking cup unless the waite
i within is pure?
I'll Leaktnu Schooner Needs Aid.