Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-13

Knowing from terrible experience the
suffering caused by rheumatism, Mrs j. +.
Hurst, who lives at COS E. Douglas Street.
Gill Bloomington. H.. IL so thankful at
having cured herself that out of pure
gratitude she 10 anxious to tell all other
sufferers just how to get rid of their tor
ture by simple way al home.
Mrs. Hurst has nothing to sell. Merely
mail your own name and address, and she
will gladly send you this valuable infor-
niation ehtlreiv Tree. Write her at eRce
before you forget.-Adv.
was 51.5 years and twenty years ago
it was 1872 years.
Five Added Years of Life!
What an inspiring fact. What an
eloquent tribute to the heroic health
workers of the past-what cheer and
hope for us and our children. Five
more years of life!
"A gift to this generation from the
generations preceding. At no period
in recorded history have five years
meant so much to the individual as
at the present-whether we look at it
from spiritual, scientific. educa-
tIonal or industrial point of view, we
must admit that we have life, and
life more abundantly than the world
ever knew.
what are we going to do with
this wonderful gift of years?
Shall we use them for the gratifi-
cation of self-or shall we endeavor
by all means in our power to pass
along this gift unimpaired, to the
next generation and strive to give to
the future another five year extern
sion Of life.
"The slogan of the Maine Public
Health Association is-T<eep Well
Our Work is Preventive Medicine.
I'VE believe that AN ounce of pre-
Ventlon is better than a pound OF
cure. Our name correctly describes
U.S. We are an association Of Maine
men and women banded together for
the purpose of improving the state
OF the public health in Maine. we
are incorporated. We work on the
budget system. We chart our work
for reasonable distance ahead. We
try to profit by the past and to build
systematically and soundly for the
future"
DR.. Merrill then described the steps
by which the great work had been
advanced, a splendid record OF
achievement
Some OF the essentials of the plan
are:
]. The formation in every com
munity in Maine of a local Health
society or committee whose purpose
shall be to develop within every in
dIvidual in the community a sense of
Individual and community health and
now 1t may be conserved. Such local
health societies and committees will
closely cooperate with local health
authorities, will be guided in their
medical policies by the recognized or
ganization of the medical profession
and will at all times work for the adj
vancement Of their home communitv
and the State.
?. The establishment of, public
heaith nursing in every county and
III every local community of 5000 or
more population.
3. The teaching and the develop
ment of health habits to all the chill
drcn in Maine of school age. .
4. \ series of health lectures be-
fore every grange, every woman's
club, in every church. before com
mercial and other organizations of
every sort.
8. Placing in the hands of every
prospective mother who may need
such service, simple and practical in
formation on infant care so that
Names needlessly high mortality
among children may be reduced.
6. The holding of series OF
clinics for Maine physicians. In
reality these clinics not only give ac-
tual demonstrations Of early dag
nosis and treatment of many diseases
but they also include series of post
graduate lectures by national and
international medical and scientific
experts.
Z. Cultivation in the minds of all
our people a sense of the importance
of regular medical and dental health
examinations SO that prcventable dis
eases may be checked at their inccp-
tion and early correction made Of de-
fccts and conditions which mar
physical and mental health.
s. A continuation Of the state
wide campaign of education on the
prevention of tuberculosis.
9. A state wide campaign for the
control of cancer.
10. A statewide campaign on the
conservation of vision. This cam
paign takes three distinct angles. (a)
Prevention of blindness in the new
born. OBJ Correction of eye defects
in children and (c) Prevention of eye
accidents particularly in factories.
IL. A statewide campaign on the
importance Of healthy teeth.
-. Assistance in the state wide
campaign against social diseases.
10. A campaign for q better I'M
Outstanding of mental diseases.
IA. Development of additional
open, air school facilities in Maine.
IS. Stimulation of local interest in
the need for full time local health Of
ficers.
He described the manner in which
the plan functions and the progress
already made.
The first year of The Plan pro-
vided for two clinics for Maine
physicians. Both have been held.
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