The Wrangell sentinel., 1923-03-08
Advantages of
 A Community.
 Nurse to a Town
She Cares for the Sick, Protects the
 Well, and Teaches the Principles of Good Health to All.-She Is the Most Valuable Form of Insurance Which Community Can Possess.

I Eighty six babies out of every l thousand die within their first year.
 Forty out of every one hundred I thousand population die of intestinal diseases before they reach two years of age.
 Seven mothers in every one thous- | and in this country give their lives in bringing a child into the world. One hundred and thirty-seven and lthree-tenths of every one hundred thousand persons died of pneumonia in 1920.
 l One hundred and fourteen and two- tenths of every one hundred thous- | and persons died of typhoid fever in I192O.
 One hundred and fourteen and two tenths of every one hundred housand prsons died of tuberculosis in 1920. These facts show needless waste. With the application of present knowledge more than half of these losses could be prevented. i The progressive farmer reads his farm journals, attends institutes and keeps himself constantly up to date about the latest improvements in stock breeding and in agriculture. The progressive business man I spends money and effort to keep abreast of the latest devices to pro- tect and build up his business.
 The first class engineer scraps his old machines as fast as improved ones are invented, and abandons old methods the minute science discovers better ones.
 ] No one who wants to succeed is content with old ways; worn out, handed-d down methods; clumsy old fashioned tools. He wants the new est and best
 What good is your business if you lose your health?
 The strength to work is mans surest capital.
 Health is his most priceless pos session.
 And yet how many throw them both away by clinging to old ideas handed down from father to son; by believing old superstitions; and by using old remedies and treatments long since proved by science and common sense to be useless or worse than uselesss.
 If you protect your business by seking the mos modern methods and and the latest inventions, why not protect your health in the same way?
 Good health and long life are the inherent rights of everyone.
 But these rights are not to be ob- tained for the asking, and are often needlessly sacrificed. The science of medicine has made tremendous ad- vance in the last two decades. It has discovered many ways of saving life, preventing sickness and fortifying health. Wherever these new scien- tific methods have been practiced, their value has been proven by the decrease in the amount of sickness and the number of deaths.
 If you wish to preserve your health and that of your family, you should see to it that your community is protected by the agents of mod ern health practices.
 When the influenza epidemic swept across the country, many a community awakened too late to the realization of it's unpreparedness and themselves with large staffs of public health nurse to help fight its battle against theinvading hosts of disease.
 The community nurse cares for the sick, protects the well and teach es the principles of good health to all.
 The best dollar any community can spend is the the dollar it in vests in conservation of community life and health. It yields biggest re- turns. The finest advertising asset which a community can have is low sickness and death rate.
 The big cities have long since rec ognized this fact and have supplied themselves with large staffsof public health nurses. Is the life of the city baby. the city boy and girl, the city father and mother, more precious than the life of YOUR baby, YOUR