Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-03
HEALTH NOTES..
BY N. S. Parker.

! fElltOrS pOtcZMT. ldrKcr was Tor
mer health officer for Boise, deputy
state pure food inspector ana is now
field secretary in Idaho for the Anti
4 tuberculosis leagusl
Figures are being complied ny
tile National Tuberculosis association
\ which Will show the number OF men
rejected by local draft boards in this
country on account of tuberc ulosis, and
I 1t IS estimated that 1t win be between
90, 800 and 10000 while many mere
found 10 De victims OF that dread dts
ease ut the environments. AT any rate
lit is safe to say that the number OF
Registered men rejected is appallingiy
large and that fact should he enough
10 cause greatly increased activity
along the line OF tuberculosis pfeVen-
tioa and cure. Idaho had $50 regis
tfants between the ages Of "A and 81
Years rejected IN the first draft and a
environments and the situation thus in
Dictated Is causing no little appreheH-
sion among those Who are fighting the
White Plague in this state
The people of this country learned
tsone very valuable health lessons dur
ing the recent war and they win i'm
lmeasurably profit by them In the years
ITO come. Sanitation at cantonments
and even at the battle fronts was re-
duced to a science in all that the term
implies and the health and lives OF
our fighters were carefully guarded ut
all times.
The american Red Cross appropli-
lated s2,5O0o00 for tuberculosis Work HI
the United States ana Il vigorous cam
paign is being waged against that dis
ease in every section OF the country. Ii
is quite proba BILE that much tubercu-
loss will result from the Influenza cpl
demic. hence the necessity for incroas-
ed activity in the fight against it.
II is indeed lamentahle fact that
. more money Is expended BY our state
and national authorities to protect our
Ianimals than to protect our citizens.
The order of things should be reversed
and the odds in favor of our citizens
inerea sed. II has been well said that
the health Of its citizens is the great
est asset Of any nation.
over 100000 children die annually III
this country from preventable diseases.
This is a monumental crime in most
cases and the authorities should speed
up in the matter of health conserVa-
ton and life saving if the young of to-
day are to be given the protection To
which they are clearly entitled.
Tho eating place IL which sanitary
rules and regulations are reasonably
observed is the eating place YOU should
patronize. The other kind is a positive
menace to health and the kind you
should shun,
hc aF
should Invariably be disease proven
ton, for it IS far easier 10 prevent dis
ease than it is to cure it. and 1t costs
far less In most cases
Tuberculosis and other diseases are
Enthusiastically contracted in public
eating places in which dishes and other
utensils are not properly sterlized.
2 Take no chances. Demand clean con
ditions always.
The Importance Of instruction in
sanitary science and personal hygiene
in lie public and private schools can
not be oVerestimatedr The day will no
doubt come whom no school in tie
land will be without sneh instruction.
, The detestable fly Will soon make its
appearance in olir midst Lots he
/, armed ana ready for Il when it does ar
rive. Remember thai it lives in filth
and is perfectly centented in filth. De
not put out amy inducements for that
pest and health menace to hang around
your premises this year
, From 10000 10 100000 people die IN
this country every year from tubercn-
losia. This Is an appalling sacrifice Of
human lives. many Of which might be
/ saved by proper treatment What are
t We going to do about it, Shall sters
be taken under state auspices te help
those already victims of that disease
! and 10 prevent its spread III Idaho?
II What General 6iorgas did from q
t sanitary standpoint II the Panama
canal zone can be done anywhere else
on earth If the proper course is taken
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