The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-17
UNITED STATES PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE
National Hospital Day.

Nightingale, pioneer in modern nurs-
ing, National Hospital Day, will be
celebrated for the first time. Some
5000 hospitals in the United States
will hold open house and will have
guides to show and explain to visitors
so far as is practical, the workings Of
a hospital and the why's and where
fores of many things that are not I'M
derstood by the general public. In the
hospitals conducted by the U. S. pub
lie health service; the nurses and the
soldier patients are expected to be the
features" In the exercises of the day.
Those who cannot visit their hospital
friends on that day might SAY it with
fowers"-or with smokes"
The Patient Ok.
According to bulletin just issued
by the L. S. public health service, a
French investigation has discovered
that the malaria mosquito prefers cat
tie to human beings and viii feed on
them whenever she can, thus material
ly reducing the human malaria rate
in several parts of France. He sug-
gests fitting up stables as gigantic mos
quito traps with cattle for bait. Here
is chance for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and anti-vaccinationists to start a
movement under the slogan spare the
OK; let the mosquito bite your own
child"
Nurses Training Schools in Govern
ment Hospitals.
Owing to the great demand for
nurses throughout the country and es.
pecially in government hospitals, the
U. S. public health service has decided
to open training schools in such of its
hospitals as may be fitted for the
work. As a beginning schools will be
opened in the hospital at Fox Hills,
Staten Island, New York, because the
physical conditions and the personnel
are all unusually well adapted to the
work. Schools will be opened in 9th
er hospitals as conditions permit.
Decayed Teeth and Childrens' Diseases.
That decayed teeth are very strong
predisposing causes to the catching"
of measles, scarlet fever, pneumonia,
mumps, OF other childish diseases is
strongly urged by the U. S. public
health service, which cites very CON
siderable reductions in those diseases
in cities where dental clinics have been
established in the schools. At Bridge
port, Conn, for instance, diphtheria
has been lessened s per cent. At an
orphanage in Boston these diseases,
which had annually AFFLICTED about
one-third of the 325 inmates practically
disappeared after eight months dental
work. The absorption of pus from
rotting teeth had weakened the chill
dren and made them easy victims to
disease germs; and the cleaning up on
this increased their powers of resis-
lance.
Sleep Requirements Of Children.
No child nutrition worker, says the
L. s. public health service. can hope
to get satisfactory results without in
sisting on enough sleep for her charges.
Besides damaging the nervous system.
late hours cause sleep hunger" and
make children nervous and fgdety. The
service comments the following pre-
cepts Just issued by the London Coun-
ty Council: School children aged
four years need twelve hours sleep a
day; aged five to seven, II to II
hours: eight to eleven, 10 to II
hours: and twelve to fourteen, Q TO
10 hours. Children grow mainly while
sleeping or resting. DO you want yours
to grow up stunted' Tired children
learn badly and often drift 70 the bot
tom Of the class, do you want yours
to grow up stupids When children 90
to bed late their sleep Is often dis
turbed BY dreams and they d not get ]