Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-19
THE GROWING CHILD
By the .. $. Fuhlie Health Service
Pretect Year ChiIdren Against Tuber
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euIosis.
 Health authorities have agreed that the control of tuberculosis demands primarily care of the health of children. More and more they have found that it is in child
 hood that the seeds of tuberculosis are
 tiinted. Prior to the year 1882, no one
 knew what caused tuberculosis. In that
 year, however, pr. Koch, the famous
 German scientist, discovered very minute germ which he named the tubercie
 boe;''"s. and which he demonstrated was the cause of many different forms of dis ease in various parts of the body. Study ef ths tahercle bacillus showed that it gr6ws best in dark. moist places and that hrIsht sunshine easily kills the germ. Ex- peri&ace hHs aiso shown that while no medicine which one can buy will cure tuberculosis. yet tae disease may often be entirely arrested A tne patient lives in fresh at-, eats ge.d :ut. and gets suffi- cent rest
 There is one simple rule to follow which will make it very unlikely that | tuberculosis will lay hold on your child. 1 In fact. by following this rule children will De protected against many other 1 diseases. The rule is:
 ! Keep strong. If you keep your body strong and we'll it Will tSht ...f ine germs of disease so that they cannot harm you. Ard here are some smaller rules to make
 you keep strong:
 1 1. Always breathe fresh air. Never l sleep, study, work or play in a room without window open.
 2. Eat houfishing food and drink plen- l ty of pure water. Avoid food that is 1 hard to digest, like heavy pastries Never eat or drink anything that weakers the body.
 l 3. Make sure that everything you put into your mouth is clean Wash ynLr hands always before eating and bathe your whole body often. Clean your teeth
 every day Do not smoke.
 1 l. Exercise every day in the open air
 Keep your shoulders straight. Take many
 deep breaths every day.
 i II you wish to be a crusader against 1 this ogre and wish to keep your city healthful. you must try to keep well your self
 Not Ionx ago the teacher in one of our 1 city schools noticed that delicate child or 10 years was coughing a great deal 1 and growing pale and thin The schoo 1 doctor examined the child and found that she had tuberculosis. After a visit from the school nurse, the parents consented
 to let the little one go to a sanatoriun in the country. Here she had the right kind Of food and plenty of fresh air night and day. At night she slept in a eozy bed out on the porch. She stayed there six months and then returned home rosy. checked, plump, happy and strong. The fresh air did it all.
 Now that she is back in the city, sh. attends an open air school In this school, even in the coldest weather il
 winter, the windows are kept wide open II This gives every child plenty of fresh ail and you can see by their fine red cheek,
 and their erect and Sturdy bodies that i ! does them lots of good. There are nov over five hundred open air schools in tn,
 United States. Some of then are fo, children who have tuberculosis other
 are for children who are run down il
 health and likely to get tuberculosis Tn, open lair schools help them to grow stron, 50 that tuberculosis can't get a hold o, them. Such schools are a blessing ant we should have many more of them. Al of us need a great deal of fresh air [,
 keep us streng.