Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-01-25

Dangerous Diseases.
The diseases which take the h"a"-
lest toll are not the highly cnnthE-
iuus ones which occasionally SWr'D |
through community and cauS" ap
prchrIsiou, but ~" NOR" common
ones which do thcir WOrk steadily.
day Ivy day. year in and year ud'
! rhr three which ar~ rc-p"n~ihl" Jos
! 'hc most deaths in tn" United stat
/ are respectively. h"drt -di.""H'. ~
/ bcrculusis, and pneumonia. T"r"th
+ ,r. these tire" ruu~' n'AiIN one
! third of az the deaths IN IL" 'ptu
; :rv Recent statistics ON these I'll
( .rdScS are interesting as sho"i"i
! htc changes which ha," occurred IN
! the las, three decades, 'haliS'5
Which ON ih rNhol' ar" "nrnu,AI
( ing ~ showing 'hHt marked pros
res ia figh'inG discas" has been
made in certain directions.
Thirty years APO heart disease
ranked ninth in the list OF in, death
prnduciug diseases. from l""" 80
h 1910 il ranked fourth NoW it has
risen go first place. This j. not "n
tir,,y due to &8y increasing weak
rcss "i ~" people or Er,h'r hthiii-
i;v to heart di.casr. although it i
uo-siblc that inrrctsod l"u@ilY III
the ,cncrnl mod" Of lii" may haN"
had it, effect 10 a certain tS''nt.
The main t1ctors. h"wcN"r. in IN
iucrrnaina proportion Of deaths from
hrair disease hav" been h" de-
crease in deaths from other causes,
especially tubcrcrlo, aud chill
drou's di>ca~os. and IN" tact mat IN"
.ycrdp, "i life has hr"u i"ngth'n"i,
r"rd, ring ut"i.l. more di~ru.rd 10
r, ,r; Weakness.
Fighting Tuberculosis.
liz SOM" rtsp.rt' tn" iirur'~ on
tuhorruluSi9 are ,ncourdCinr. .
.nnWin" that con,id rah" has boon
...,ronuli-iiri iN IN" t.@ht against
ili- IiStasc. ON III, other hlnd.
rtirh remains to b" done and tntt'
l. tn, les. excuse for n"gi'c, since
il i, Viii under tood how tuh"r"ul"-
- can be- inurht barring l"l6. tn
hcrculosi~ caused about 1880
deaths in the Federal r"uj ,'ra'io1
, district. which includes about lw'-
thirds uf the country; - which aboIt
>> .GGG were du" to tuberculosis of
tho lungs because Of tn" pru%r, :
in The prevention and treatment "i
tuh,rculusis. tn" d"clin" in III" tn
hrrculusis death rat" has been pro
Il nuuuc,.d in recent years. having iall-
ia from ."u.i per thousand in l""A
i ,o 1915 in l3iG. n d"cr"aS" ot near
~ -" p"r cent. Even y"t. however
4 tuberculosis "auS"> mUr'' deaths an
uually than any other malady "N
| ccpt heart disease.
Pneumonia was r">punSihl" tui
Z 9>.3"i deaths in til" registration
4 area in 1916. or l37." per thousand
The mortality from th!. disease
like that from tuberculosis. has alSr
shown "a marked declin" sine" l?""
when il was lNu.5 per thousand. II
fluctuations from year to year. how
ry"r. hay" boon pronounced. wh"r"
: IL the decline in th" tub"rculoSi
rat' has been practically con'inu"n
intelligent t"nkin-.
Both from ia" viewpoint ui h"alt'
and from that ol the conservation .
food tao li;tle attention il paid in ,hi
country to really intclic"nI cooking
Yci ihcr. is probahly No other sin
gle factor which day hy day. wear i
\ ana year out. has IA greater "tt,ct o.
81 a PERSONS health. while IN" par
n which il plays IN preventing food
waste /, evident CndrrCuuking, oI
cr-carin2. and lack of variety q
4 foods are conditions which #pnnc
4 0r later affect the stomach and lea
tu serious dfoCtS and illnesses.
Not more food, but more intoll
gent us" of food. better prepare
food and better chosen diets, inclut
Ii ing more fruits and vegetables. an
less meats and grayicS ar" require
by the average American family.
good health is 20 be tn" result. Tn
n will also result in a Saving of mea
I'll wheat, and other food-StuffS Whic
are needed for war uses. and whic
are apt to BE- even more needed
the months to come than AT pr"Scn
RI Curb Cotton Mills. The Food AZ
ministration urges that in Oklahom
no new cotton oil. cotton mill,
cotton compress machinery he ii
stalled during the year. and that ar
n plants that have lain dormant he ~
rropcned It j. claimed that thel
are ample facilities for caring +,
cotton and cotton seed without ne
81 plants.