The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-18

for harm exceeding those of any other
food. One further fact must be con
siGered in reference 10 milk BY rea-
son Of the place and manner OF It's PRO
ducton. milk j. exposed 20 filth and
Infection far beyond that OF any other
food. Generally speaking food Is
exposed 20 NTH IN proportion as 10 Is
handled BY human hands II Is eN-
posed To NTH IN proportion 10 the NTH
mess OF the environment in which b.
- produced. Milk is produced in a
stable and handled with hands more
intimately than any other food
In addition the dairy business can
De begun with small capital and
ineager equipment. and for this rcas-
on Is apt. in the absence OF proper
regulation. TO be carried on under con
ditions which render adequate clean
liness difficult and impossible A. a
result OF this combination of ,ircum
stances, inherent IN the nature Of the
FOOD itself. the production OF clear
and safe milk is more difficult than
the production OF any other class of
food The milk supply OF a city IL
usually for the most part dirty and
exposed To serious infections This IS
not the fault Of the milkmen Ills
business Is 10 produce what he PEG
pie want to buy and they usually want
cheap milk which can't BE- producad
al profit II IL Is 10 be kept clean
and Tree from infection. The hrst
step IN securing a good milk supply
is the demand for good milk. with the
consequent Willingness 10 pay the one
OF TWO cents quart difference IN the
cost of producing good milk over the
cost OF producing poor milk
10 provide safe and clean milk
supply. city must provide an ade-
quate machinery for inspecting diaries
and instrucunS dairymen IN proper
AMI safe methods OF milk production.
This brings us TO the next step in buy
ing community health.
The organization OF an efficient
health department goes long way
towards getting the remaining steps
IN health protection.
The results of medical inspection
Of school children. while not as strik-
Ing as some other results to be eN-
pected from improved sanitation. are
OF the greatest Importance IN the
health of the next generation.
IT must not be considered that ALI
the benefits either To the individual
or the community. which modern san
itatlon can offer are TO be bought with
money. There Is much in modern
health protection which We must build
for ourselves.
Building Health.
when one buys an auto or some
other machinery the first thing he
wants is an instruction book and he
studies the construction and opera
ton of the various parts. The human
body is by far the most beautiful and
wonderful of all meChanisms IL would
seem obvious. therefore. that the first
: care Of the wise parent would be 20
. teach the growing child the wonder
iul story Of the body, its cons truction
and care, and that the first care OF an
would be 10 assure ourselves that We
know what is good for Us. and al least
Try 70 do II.
To meet the fast changing condi.
tlons Of life as IL Is lived today We
must live by something other than the
habits Of life and the instructions
/ which We Inherited from our ancestors
whose lives were very different than
our own. There are those Who let
their fear OF disease germ and uusaui.
I tary conditions make life a burden 90
/ them and this Is what We should seek
/ 10 avoid We must rid ourselves OF
the idea that there Is anything myster
| lOu- about germs. They are no more
mysterious than the weeds which grow
along The Wayside II We have &C.
curate knowledge OF the habits and
methods Of transmission OF germs. the
way 10 protect ourselves Will be Der.
tectly evident and the act Of protect.
lng ourselyDa will cause little or no
change in The ordinary routine OF our
& daily lives
The be- food for man Is normal
mixed diet sun lar 20 what most o.,
us eat every DAY. The principal fault
with the diet OF the American people
is with is digestibllity. and secondly
that We nearly all cat TOO much. The
abolition OF the American frying pan
D viii do more for the American -fou
ach than any other single measure
CITY people should take more ex
7 ercise Manual labor i- the most
B beneficial OF all exercise 10 may Dol
: said u IS the environment .n which
. work Is performed rather than OBJ.
work Itself which affects our Fc.Ifh
D There ara nOuble exceptions such "a.
in the lead industries but even hero
I conditions can by proper supervision
3 be much improved II We work fnr
I period propOrtioned 20 the charaefa.
I ~ tho work. with good light and Won
iilauon. our work will be beneficial
/ rather than harmful"