The Washington herald., 1922-02-26
HEALTH GOSPEL
sBR0ADCASTED BY
RADIO l.!ll!) TRl-WEEKLY
Governments New Serv.
ieeafor Public Soon to
Reach All States.

The United States Public Health
Service Is using the radio to good
enect in spreading its gospel of the
prevenaion of disease and the care
Of the sick. Starting only a short
while ago the service now stretches
across the American continent by
system Of relays and within a
Few months will reach into every
state. itwas learned at the bureau
yesterday.
The service just now is confined
NO three periods a week, due to the
ffet that facilities are not avail
able to permit of further time al
lotment on the radio program out
OF the Washington station now in
use. but negotiations are under
way with other government, or
public stations so that the health
service may be broadcast every
night in the week
Health news is broadcast on Tues
day afternoon at AIS o'clock. on
wednesday evening at . o'clock
and Saturday evening at o'clock.
" o. s." the navy station at Ana
costa, Is used. From fifteen to
twenty minutes OF the regular broad
cast service sent out by N. o. s."
IS apportioned TO the discussion Of
diseases and their prevention. All
OF the program sent out by IN. o.
s. is not re-broadcast. but the
Public Health Service feature of
the program is The American Ra-
IL
II up and scatters II through New
at Pittsburgh. Chicago and in Seat
tie. Now the Portland Chamber OF
Commerce is arranging to assist by
erecting a relsying station.
Government Cooperation.
Health is not an easy subject to
get across on the radio" said an
aCeiaT of the health service. 80
we had to ask the cooperation on
other governmental agents. We
sandwiched what we had to say on
diseases. their prevention and cure
in between a band concert and the
address of some prominent person.
IL was not long before those listen
ing In began to expect the health
talk We cut IL out one evening
when II was scheduled Just as a
test and a majority asked us to
continue. IL. We believe il to be a
good thing. as in this way We are
reaching thousands of people who
could not be interested in any other
way that we know Of.
1T, has been our aim to make
secH suhject interesting. hut at the
same tfme to use the wireless for
the betterment of health in gen.
erai. Suppose for instance that
diphthsria is prevalent in a number
those Who are listening the unmis-
taxable symptoms OF the disease,
what istbest to be done as an emer-
gency Measure and advise them to
call a physician Immediately.
Warnings Against Cold.
Again we take up the common
fpld and point out that II Is not az
all common. or trivial and that it
Rhould be checked before IL leads to
something else. We give instruc-
tion in mouth hygiene. ventilating
The home, or working quarters and
any number of things that we be-
lieve are most timely.
We have not used the radio yet
as a means OF bolstering our quar-
antins system against communica-
Bile diseases. except the radio be-
tween the United States and other
countries. But II would prove in
dispensable should the emergency
arise. II would be comparatively
easy for us to learn at a moments
notice the extent of any epidemic
anywhere in the United States. in
what direction IL Is spreading and
to warn the health authorities to
be on the lookout.
Tt 10 quite neG to Us now. but
We believe that the radio will un-
questionably prove as useful here
as II has in any work to which It
has been adopted"
Through an arrangement with
the telephone company officers of
the=service who are delivering the
health talk do not have to go to
the station at Anacostia. but mere
" talk into a telephone in the bu-
reau headquarters at Seventh and
3 streets. A private line through
the Lincoln exchange carries IT di-
rect to the transmitter at N. o. s."