Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-04-17
A Rural Health Program,

l"'Ih All year, received Il letter WHlcl
id. Our committee wish we might
have an outline Of what you are try
+ ing to do as Il county nurse" Natural
/ l. after months OF doing. talking an(
q twriIng she was mb-fOunded to think
: that her committee had not yet grasped
{. the meaning of public health work
f Right there she decided it was time tC
/, let the left hand know what the righl
. hand was doing. Rural communities
, are not stupid and ignorant as so many
; people loftily assume. Health work is
Il new subject, and like other innOva-
trnS, it must prove itself worthy OF
, acceptance. Sometimes the nurse
looks back four years to the time when
she was superintendent of CONSOLE
dated school. Then she tries TO picture
{ herself hearing for the first time this
; new tangled notion about health
. This always brings her to realization
, that a health program is a good deal
like sowing blue grass seed. \ little
spot here and there, well rooted, will
in time result in Il whole field of grass.
If she had all of those wonderful
. months at VaSSar and at Ann ArbOr
lard Omaha. spent in gaining public
health knowledge. taken away from her
she wonders just how much of the pub.
, lie health vision she would grasp in
ian hour. Even though the work is dis
icontinucd. temporarily, the next seed
ling may find some spots Of blue grass
(which have not winter-killed.
How Parents Can Aid.
| /. BY seeing the children are train.
led in good habits of cleanliness, food,
Toilet. play, rest and posture.
! .. by responding quickly to notices
isent from school and comforting with
the family physician or dentist.
3. BY believing that the school
nurse is friend, not an invader in
trying to have defects corrected.
4. BY taking an interest in the
school program and the 7. 7. a.
>. BY visiting school and noting
sanitary conditions for themselves and
insisting on clean, wholesome buildings
ana equipment
(Ncxt time look for How the
director can add
lIcaltI, Hints.
| l., FL, at |, o,.l
laEor are no more fit for child than
il Il big man size plow for Il boy of
ten.
Short shoes and miSlitting stockings
cause ingrown ncnailS. and enlarged
Joints. Your child'S walk in life may
III determined by your watching his
SHOES
If Il man were asked to choose be-
tween his child'S health and $1,000 he
you'd turn down the money every time.
Yet. unless the nursing services which
i helping to safeguard the health of
5000 Hamilton county children re-
,rivcS that amount it must be diScOn-
tnuad 1t would require Il tax of less
than two-tcnthS Of !, mill. One less
new bridge would give the children this
service Are You penny wise?
Your child'S body is his minds horse.
I;y keeping the houS" in order his
mentality is strengthened
The county nurse has new list OF
Health plays for programs. ANY one
Who wishes to secure this list may
do 50 by calling ut the office or by
writing her.
Just take this comfort into your so1
I In the midst of your worries and
frctS.
'Thc foot hall could never score goal
Were il not for the kicks ii gets.
-Ncb. Nurses Bulletin,
\ little girl who needs home, Il
mother. glasses. and her tonSiis OUT
YVES found with unSympathetic grand
iparcntS. and on demand that some
,tiling he done for her they said. Yes.
we are sending TO Sears & tocbUck
for glasses. and as for her tonsils. If
she wouldn't eat 50 much she wo'lldn I
Il!avc big toiISils. From Public Health
Nurse.
one little hoy below weight tod me
nurse: Il can't drink mill, cause our
COWS gone dry. Later the nurse stop
l,pG at the same school and was Sfee1eu
Il,y little chap almost tumblinS over
liz his cagrrMcSS nurse. III
drinking milk. Our COW amt dry any
mere.
\ mother who has two little girls III
q rural school brought her other three
babies To be inspected by the nurse
MI were round and rosy ana on MIX
ldict Funny isn't il that the people
Who have physically perfect children
are the ones who receive the pnt'E'
Ihealth work cordially.
Uncle Sans Duty.
\ negro had II sick mule anu he SEM
Il, Uncle Sam for literature through
(which he learned What to 40 10 cure
| t.,u rplIn I..tpr ono Of his DlthdIii-