Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-09-18
NATIONWIDE FIGHT
 ; AGAINST DISEASE
American Red Cross Will Have ' Health Centers in All Parts h of United States.

The American Red Cross has launch. - upon . nation wide campaign of fighting disease and physical defect among tho American people. A new and unique health institution has come lAto being as the result of several n>nths' study by the Red Cross Health Service Department at National Head quarters. E
 Omcials In charge of tho department prsdict that before long this new health activity will be In actual operation all ever the country, and that the sign American Red Cross Health Center" will become as familiar to the pe0- Das everywhere as are now the signs of the telegraph companies.
 Busy Leng Before War.
 The interest of the American Red Gross in the light against disease Is not, however. of recent origin. Long before the war the organization began tAis health service through It's medical units in disaster relief work and its department of Town and County NurS- iAG. During the war and following tAs armistice thousands of American Red Gross ofaeials have been fighting disease in the war-stricken countries. At the same time tens of thousands of lseal Red Gross officials have been en- ngsd at home fighting disease. nota- Ny during the influenza spidemicA
 The American Ped Cross has 6s- bsrminsd that all this valuable experi- socs In health service abroad and at home shall not % ts waste. So long e there are . half . million people 1ying yearly in this country from pro vsntabls causes, and so long as more than one-third of the American chil- dren and young people are victims of physical defects, the Red Cross recog- nixes the urgent need for continued Red Cross health service at homo.
 j How Organization Works.
 The Red Cross Health Center h governed by business principles. ap- plies business methods, and, in its mora simple form, can be established and conducted by lay people.
 It proceeds upon the demonstrated fact that health is commodity that oan,~ bought and sold like, -brooms and soap. Therefore, 1t establishes It. self in . storeroom in the principal business section of the community. It displays It's goods in the form of at- tractivs health exhibits in It's show windows. It advertises constantly and extensively. And 1t uses every bust aess and social device to attract cus- toners. -' ... s.. ...-a
 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- tsria and other institutions for the sick and the defective; about available curses, both trained and practical; Rbsut whsa ts consult . physician and why ts shun the quack and his nos truAs. .r..
 Teaching Dissass Prevention.
 TAs Red Cross Health Csntse L. however, of even greater service ts tAs well It teaches people hsw to pre- Vsat Aeknsss and disease. This is done h many interesting and attractive wsys-Arst of all. by the distribution of popular health literature and through health lectures illustrated with lantern slides or with health motion Dicturs Aims. Then special exhibits arc glven, one after the other, on various health subjects. Practical demonstra- tons are made; also health playlsts by children to interest and instruct them solves and their elders. Classes ars srSanixsd in personal hygiene, home care of the sick, first aid and in food selection and preparation Health clubs. both for younger and older peo- Dls, are formed; also Little Mothers' Lsaguss. Nutrition and growth clinics ars conducted for children. sc. Y. ~yI
 Already more than . hundred of thsss Red Cross Health Centers are in actual operation throughout the coun- Ry. Many of them also conduct med ieal clinics, but the enc chief, out standing feature of the American Red Orsss Health Ce1tar is its health edu- eetisa ssrvlce which teaches wsu pse-