Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1920-09-01
NATIONWIDE FIGHT
AGAINST DISEASE
American Red Cross win Have
Health Centers In M Parts
q tnited States.

The American Red Cross has launch.
ed upon a nation vide campaign OF
lighting disease and physical defect
among the American people. A new
and UNIQUE health institution has come
into being AZ the result Of several
months study By the Red Cross Health
Service Department at National Head
quarters.
Oniciais In charge OF the department
predict that before long this new health
activity will be In actual operation all
over the country, and that the sign
american Red Cross Health Center"
will become az familiar to the pe0-
pie everywhere as are now the signs OF
the telegraph companies,
Busy Lsns Rssars War.
The interest Of the American Red
Cross In the 6ght against disease ID
not, however, Of recent origin. Long
before the war the organization began
this health service through Its medical
units In disaster relief work and lts
department Of Town and County Nurs-
ing During the war and following
the armistice thousands Of American
Red Cross officials have been fghting
disease In the war-stricken countries.
At the SANG time tens Of thousands 81
local Red Cross officials have been en-
gagged at home fighting disease, nota.
bly, during the Influenza epideHlcs.
The American Ped Cross has De-
termined that all this valuable expert
ence In health service abroad and at
home shall not 60 to. waste. SO long
as there are half a million people
dying yearly In this country from pre-
ventable causes, and so long as mere
than one-thrd Of the American chill
dren and young people are victims Of
physical defects, the Red Cross recog-
nizes the urgent need for continued
Red Cross health service at home.
How Organization Works.
The Red Cross Health Center is
governed by business principles, ap-
plies business methods, and, In its
more simple form, can be established
and conducted b. lay people.
1t proceeds upon the demonstrated
fact that health is commodity that
can be bought and sold like brooms
and soap. Therefore, 1t establishes 1t.
self in storeroom in the principal
business section of the community. II
displays its goods In the form Of at
tractive health exhibits In Its show
windows. 1t advertises constantly and
extensively. And It uses every busl.
ness and social device to attract Gus
toners.
The Red Cross Health Center is OF
service to the sick IN that 1t gives out
reliable and complete information
about existing clinics, hospitals, sana.
toria and othec institutions for the sick
and the defective; about available
nurses, both trained and practical /;
why to shun the quack and his nos
trums.
Teaching Disease Prevention.
The Red Cross Health Center is
however, of even greater service to the
well. It teaches people how to pre-.
vent sickness and disease. This lie done
In many interesting and attractive
ways-first OF all, by the distribution
of popular health literature and
| through health lectures illustrated with
lantern slides or with health motion
picture films Then special exhibits are
given, one after the other, on various
health subjects. Practical demOnstra
tons are made; also health playlets b.
children to interest and instruct them.
selves and their elders. Classes arr
organized in personal hygiene. home
care of the sick, frst aid and In food
selection and preparation. Health
| clubs, both for younger and older peo
pie, are formed: also Little Mothers
Leagues. Nutrition and growth clinics
are conducted for children.
Already more than hundred o.
these Red Cross Health Centers are ir
actual operation throughout the coun
| try. Many Of them also condact med
ical clinics, but the one chief, ont
standing feature of the American Rec
| Cross Health Center is it's health edu
cation service which teaches we'll PEG
| Pile how to keep WE'LL