The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-10-12
For Health Survey.


sum, were pledged by the ladies o:
Providence school, Privateer town
ship. Home Demonstration Club yes
terday at the meeting Of that club to
help raise two Thousand and five hun
dred dollars for a county health sur
vey and twelve months campaign o.
education, in order to receive i've
thousand dollars offered by Z e In
ternational Health Board ard the
State Board of Health for this health
survey in Sumter county.
The following ladies were named
as a committee to solicit the one
hundred or more dollars:
Mrs. E. B. Hodge, Chairman; Mrs
". NJ Broadway, Misses Mabel Pier
son, Nina Hodge.
A regular public health meeting
was held in view of the fact that
the three speakers touched entirely
on sanitary subjects. Miss Annie 0.
Keels, home demonstration agent,
lectured on the preparation of diets
for babies and mothers and the ply
steal care Of infants. and the san1-
tation Of the home. She interest
inglv outlined what should ana
should not be given infants and other
young children to eat, and told also
of the various foods containing the
necessary tissue, bone, and muscle
developing factors. what foods con-
tain necessary mineral salts. car
bohydrates, fats, starches, etc., for
the human body. How to avoid in
fantile> enteric diseases was very
valuable phaze Of her very complete
lecture and demonstration.
Her demonstration of how to pre-
pare babys milk and the hygienic
care of the milk bottle for bottle fed
babies was exceedingly interesting
and instructive.
DR.. Sophia Rrunson combined a
very scientific discourse on the ex-
pectant mother and the speaker in
terestingly and in manner devoid
of complicated technical terms, com
prehensively pointed many of the rea-
sons why women are physically de-
fective because of ignorance of the
most ordinary precautionary meas
ures which should be taken during
their girlhood days and after natur-
ity Of womanhood, and Of the foolish
ness Of fashionable modes of dress.
and she also discussed the general
principles Of health in very conyinc-
ing manner The speaker stressed
the importance of education of the
masses and particularly during the
formative stages of manhood and wo-
manhood, and thought that if the
boys and girls were taught how to
avoid youthful indiscretions and
health and life destroying practices
that much unnecessary suffering
would be naturally avoided.
Mr.. e. I. Reardon explained the
cffer of the international and State
health boards for county survey ana
twelve months campaign of educa-
ton. He told about what this survey
will accomplish and what the rural
people ought to do to safeguard their
health.
The meeting then entered into a
discussion of this offer and unanl-
mously decided that every township
and school district ought to try TO
raise sufficient sum to guarantee
the $500 necessary to secure the Of
fer of $4,000.
That the women Of the county are
peculiarly the ones to take tie inltla-
tive in this movement which Will
near the saving Of the lives of thou
sands Of infants, as we'll as other
children and adults by teaching peo-
pie how to take care Of their health
was the unanimous sentiment of the
ladies present.