Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-07-09

condition due to defective tissues, is
known to be inherited ill the majority
of cases, and in all cases is incurable.
Hygiene of Environment and Person
By environment is meant everything
outside the body. that affects it; and
here are a few of the many environ
mental and personal factors affecting
the health of individuals. The home
constitutes the important part of en-
yironment for most persons, and for
children in particular. since they spend
the greater part of their time in or
about it. and get there the foundation
on which their health in later years
depends. Most people live where they
must, and few have any part in plan
ming the construction of their own
houses In choosing a house. how
ever, one should remember that rooms
where sunshine never enters are unfit
Tor continued occupation For chill
dlen i'll particular fresh air and sun
shine are essential, and it may be econ
0my in the end to pay a comparatively
shine are essential, and it may be
economy i'll the end to pay compare
lively high rent for an apartment hay-
ing sunshine during at least part of
the day. ignorance and carelessness.
unfortunately, can spoil the best living
conditions and sometimes even i'm the
country fresh air and sunshine are ex-
Guided from sleeping and living rooms.
Cleanliness Of homes is at all times
desirable, but certain kinds of cIeanIi-
ness affect health more than others.
The most ScrupulOuS care is necessary
where food is stored or prepared. The
Kitchen is laboratory; in it either in
telllGently or ignorantly are formed
chemical compounds which have a far
reaching effect upon family health.
40 other room in the house is more i'm
portant. 1t should be bright, airy and
easy to clean. The cracks should be
kept free from dirt and food and the
utensils used for cooking as well as the
dishes Tor the table should be washed
well in warm soap and water and thor
oughly rinsed with hot water and the
clothes used for washing and driving
should be washed and scalded and
hung III the sun. The refrigerator
should be thoroughly washed and al
lowed to dry out frequently and no
food that has spoiled allowed to remain
III 1t. Even more attention should be
paid to the hands of the cook. which
should he washed before handling food
and always after using the handker-
chief or otherwise coming in contact
with nose, mouth. or other bodily Sc
Crefions. Thorough cleaning of rooms
involves soap, water, sunshine, air and
elbow grease, just as it did before
germs were discovered Cleansing
means removing dirt and dust and not
merely stirring it up to settle again.
The garbage pile is an excellent
breeding place for flies and garbage
disposal is chiefly a question of pre-
venting public nuisance: it is a mat
ter OF cleanliness and public decency.
Files. cOckrOacheS and other Scaveng-
ing insects may carry disease germs on
their feet and thus infect food on
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menace and should not be tolerated
moreover the thought Of their coming
to food directly from manure piles and
privy vaults is disgusting
The safe disposal of sewage and
human eXcreta is an important and
much neglected duty of individual
homes and of the public in general
Personal hygiene and cleanliness affect
the person as we'll as those around
them.
Perhaps 90 per cent of all infections
are taken into the body through the
mouth. They reach the mouth by wa
ter. food. fingers, dust and upon the
inumcrable objects that are some
times placed in the mouth. The fact
that the great majority of infections
are taken by way of the mouth gives
scientific direction to personal n.y.
giene. Sanitary habits demand that
the hands should be washed after
DELEGATION and again before eating, and
fingers should be kept away from the
mouth and nose. and that no unneceS-
sary objects should be mOuthed. All
food and drink should be clean or
thoroughly cooked These simple pre-
cautions alone would prevent many
case of infection. -ROsenau Preventa-
tive Medicine and Hygiene. in Red
Cross Health and Home.