Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-02
FiTcHVlLLEs HEARS TALKS
 ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS

FlTcHVlLLE HEARS TALKS
 ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
 One of the most interesting meet ings for the promotion of educationall ever given in, the Fitehville neighborhood was held in | Palmer Bros. hall, Fitchville Monday evening through the interest Of thel school board of which Mrs. Frank Pal-l ner is an enthusiastic member and worker, and Supervisor Paul Dilling l ham of Willimantic, a member Of the state board of education.
 The meeting was opened with an invocation by Rev. Mr. Heatherington of the Fitchville Baptist church and was followed by the hymn, Glory, Halleluiah by the school children of the Fitchville school.
 Supervisor Dillingham; said a word in greeting and congratu1at ted the par ents, teachers and school officials for their cooperation.
 He was followed by Miss NJ. J. Pen dleton, school nurse in charge of ru ral school health improvement in sev eral of the towns of the state. who told of her work, the needs of per sonal cleanliness, clean teeth, good eyesight, freedom from adenoids and Io1lStlS- tidL nave DeeIi retarding some pupils in the past and whose defects had never been noticed nor a thought given of improvement.
 Many cases of defective vison have been remedied. pupils have had their teeth 4illed The school rooms pre- sent aAmuch more wholesome atmos- phere because of the interest taken in the cleanliness movement and bet torment of the boy and girls body leads to better mentality is the genef- 8 1trend Of the work.
 Mrs. Zoe Meade next spoke interest ingly to the mothers whose great in- terest should be in their children. She spoke of the necessity of parents vis- iting the schools and becoming inter- ested in affairs out-ide of the home circle and advised the mothers to think of children in terms of other mothers children. She thought the home ought to be brought into the school with mother and father meet ings. She suggested that mothers ind just the right things for school lunch es and gave much satisfying talk rel atiye to the forming of mothers clubs in communities. Mrs. Meade IS a
 member, of the New London County Improvement League.
 Mrs. Meade was followed by Dr. Hugh B. Campbell of the state tuber- culosis sanatorium at Norwich whose talk was direct and kind-and follows in part:
 Sympathetic members of the board of education in medicine we are try ing to get into more and more pre- yentive medicine-or attempting to prevent disease before it actually oc-
 CUTS as in China although our meth ods are going to be more attractive. There are four things on which good health balances and which tubercular patients need most and they are cleanliness, fresh air. proper food and rest By far. sid Dr. Campbell, rest is the most important. Fresh air comes next and people do not appre ciate the value of fresh air. Foreign born people do not realize the advan- tages Of it and there are native-bred
 dows. not realizing that they are breathing over air that has lost its life and which leaves one with loss of vigor.
 Then simple foods are the most nu- tritious and there are just two drinks children should 1ave-first water should be used on the inside just as frequently as on the outside and milk. There should be three meals a day and all fried foods abolished. as there is no food harder to digest than fried food because the coating which is around it prevents the digestive prices from assimilating with the foods and impaired digestion does not allow food t9 give the proper nour- ishment.
 Then half -chewed food is danger ous. Teeth have been given to man in order to chew ones food They should be cleared frequently and if properly cared for should last lifetime.
 Too much stress cannot be put on
 the care of the teeth as many cases of e1heumatism and heart disease have
 been traced to poor teeth which are the result of neglect either through ignorance, lack of interest or careless ness.
 Milk is real friend and one of the best of foods. Tea and coffee are dis astrous as evil results come if not inn mediately in time to users.
 Rest-Men who treat tuberculosis
 have found out the importance of rest
 Late hours have great deal to do with the development of tuberculosis IL 1911 LIlc way Ou SkltIlu ltIe 0lSUl working hours of your day that causes breakdowns but the way the other sixteen hours are spent Rest is as essential in preventing disease as well as curing disease. Some early early symptoms for runners of tuber- culosi sare pleurisy. chronic dischargc from the middle ear and fistula around the rectum. An actual symptom is any cough that lasts over six weeks Ii should be looked after
 1 Connecticut air is as good as any
 air in the United States if the proper care is given and surely ones owr state where one knows people of work. i ing conditions and affairs in general is
 a far better place to recover in thar
 far away from home. suitable work, ol 1 friends. At the hospital there have beer
 many cases arrested where people have been very careful to follow the 1 suggestions made. This was full{ demonstrated recently when Dr Campbell wished to get a motion pie 1 ture machine for the hospital and he l sent letters to former patients who
 responded so generously that a, s26;
 Pathescope and over $500 for films l was sent in.
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