The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-21

beset over-induIgence. Hunger is the
great stimulus Of action but when I'll
is satisfied. sudden inactivity follows.
If the natural appetite is allowed to
dominate, 1t leads to over-indulgence
and the unwary victim suddenly finds
himself in trap from which he can
not escape.
One Of the great elements in main
tanning health Is the regulation of the
bodily intake to meet the appetite The
man who works with his hands re-
quircs more food than the brain work
er. The man who labors in the open
air needs more nouriShment than he
who sits cooped in an office all day
long Give the sedentary WORKER tho
appetite OF the day Iaborer and II that
appetite be uncontrolled the body will
become cloggcd with the poisonous
products OF it's own manufacture and
physical deterioration will surely fol-
low It is just as bad to cat too much
as it is to eat too little. To indulge
the appetite to too great an extent Is
equally as pernicious as its constant
repression. The best is to be found in
an average course. neither over nor
undcr-indulgencc, neither the follow
ing of the inelastic dietary nor the
foods. Many so-called case OF
dyspepsia is nothing in the world but
the rebellion of an over-worked stom-
ach, the remonstrance Of body which
has been stuffed TO repletion. A great
deal has been accomplished to control
what infants may eat Adults must for
themselves exercise this as self con-
troll II this is done there will be a
decline in our adult mortality rates
land an increasein health and efficiency.
Attention has also been given TO the
| health OF the children OF the nation,
more especially to rural school chill
dren. Over $4,000 children attending
| the public schools were examined dur
ling the year in order to determine their
mental status and the causes and per-
/ centage OF mental retardation and de-
fciency In addition 1000 physical
/ examinations we're completed for the
determination or physical defects.
The health or Industrial workers has
been safeguarded to greater extent
than at any time in tho past. Studies
have been made OF the occupational
hazards of steel workers in many Of
the leading Industrial establishments
OF the country and insanitary and
harmful conditions corrected. In the
| zinc mines OF Missouri methods have
lJGtl tIubIltu WHICH SllJulNl 80 ltLl W
/ ward Graduating tuberculosis from
that district. Investigations OF child
| labor and of health insurance have
| also been made.
What is regarded as the largest and
most important single undertaking Of
this nature yet inaugurated. the inves-
tfgation of the pollution of the Ohio
river. is still in progress. Surveys OF
the Atlantic coast and New England
watersheds have, however. been COM
pleted and the extent and effects OF
their pollution is now known; this
knowledge demonstrates that federal
Legislation TO prevent the contamina-
ton Of water sources is a necessity.
Better provision for the health OF
IetrayeIers has been obtained by safe
guarding the water supplies OF common
carriers and through the promulga-
tton Of regulations governing the
transportation of persons suffering
from communicable diseases.
Energetic efforts have been made to
| prevent the introduction of all com
municable diseases and to control
those already with us. Typhus fever
| has been combated at all points on tho
Mexican border and disiDfecton plants
established where the clothing anc
persons ofallincoming aliens have beer
! disinfected AT one station alone, II
Paso, Tex, $4,000 persons were in
! .spected and treated in such manner
as to insure their freedom from this
Highly fatal infection.
Plague eradicative measures at New
Orleans have been continued Over
81 900 rodents, the carriers ofplague
infection. were either trapped or killed
and more than 100000 were carefully
examined. No human case of the dis
ease has occurred during the year.
Measures for the control OF typhoid
fever. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
malaria and other infections have been
continued as heretofore and the results
obtained have been most gratifying.
In only a single field. the medica
inspection of Immigrants. has the
| work of the public health service
shown any diminution during the year
but this has been compensated for b!
the more thorough examination ac
corded Four hundred and eighty-ont
thousand two hundred and sevent!
aliens were examined for the purpos,
OF determining physical and menta
/ defects. OF these. 16,327 were certi
fed for deportation. proportionately
greater number than has ever beel
recorded. The percentage OF menta
detectives certified is also steadily in
creasing.
AZ the Marine hospitals and relic
stations of the service approximate
$4,000 beueticiaries received medica