Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-02
PROMINENT TODAY
is PUBLIC AND
PERSONAL HEALTH

public and personal health are GER
ialnly prominent IN the public mind
oday and they well may be- II rs
plain that the future belongs TO the
alton which has the greatest proper
lion ~ healthy. strong citizens, hence
he national and state governments
ARE deeply interested IN preserving
and Improving the public health. The
individual also, h now keenly alive
TO the fact that only through health
may efficiency with success be attain.
ed. therefore, he too, H. deeply in
terceted
Hygiene ~ the science, through the
practical application OF which public
and personal health may be secured.
and all eyes are turned toward hy-
glcne. Sanitary science Is a branch
or department of hygiene. It's part
~ TO secure, in a thorough and eco
nomical manner. ventilation, water
supply. sewage disposal, drainage
WASTE disposal and all the conditions
which hygiene requires for health
Personal hygiene tcaches the care Of
the body which is necessary ~ order
20 keep well and 20 strengthen the
constitution. II has been found
through experience that u II not
enough simply 10 teach hygiene. but
in some degree "A must be forced ana
therefore, laws requiring hyglenlc
conditions are necessary nnd have
been enacted IN all advanced states
The more progressive states have very
comprehensive laws which relate 20
every phase of public health protec-
ton. ana make liberal appropriations
for their execution and enforcement.
Such states are rcaping the good
fruits OF their wisdom.
The United states public service Is
doing a great work In the cause Of
public health throughout the country.
Already, la quite all The states Il hns
been active Ia the matter of applied
hygiene. In California, and other
Pacific coast rtat.e Il has strangled
and put our lrubonic plague IN
Washington and other atatus IL has
successfully cuinhated typhoid fever
II has fought OF yellow fever from
the gulf statea. Il has done aud Is
now doing mighty service against
hookworm aud trnehmora IN the
southern states IN SENSE. II may
be- truly said that hygiene Is building
the Panamn canal for Il a certain
that had SHE not been evoked to fight
yellow fever and other diseases. the
United states would have been driven
away az was France IN her day. a
list of the states would be long. which
are now through efficient boards Of
health conducting successful cam
paigns for the public health.
Consumption Is slowly retreutlnF
before the onslaught Of hygiene. ana
diphtheria and typhoid fever are IN
rapid retreat. Smallpox has been re-
duecd 10 negligible quantity, and
the attack Of hygiene, through rnedl-
cal inspection OF school children. upon
the defects and Ills which beset them.
will. without doubt bring large re-
turns in health and efficiency.
The foundation OF an intelligent
hygiene work is vital statistics. vital
statistics 1.-The bookkeeping OF hui
manity furnish the only means of
knowing the whereabouts of disease
aud the extent OF the losses caused by
Il. They also toll our social latitude
and longitude on the sea OF time,
which the nation must Know II It IS 20
endure. From these facts We learn
that We must know the location and
the strength Of the cnemy--discase
before We can hope to combat II sue
ceskfully The first step Tor the sue
ccssful conduct of u movement for
the betlerment Of the pubic health Is
the collection ~ 9orruct vital ntatis-
tics, and therefore lei every person
do his part and see 20 II that the
births. deaths and contagious dis
cases which occur Ia his family are
reported From Practical Sanitation
bv Gardner