Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-06-12
Observation-Disclosures.
HEALTH GRAMS

\ Springfield NounEstef Was taken
to specialist the other day Tor
treatment and advice about nasal
infection Of the catarrhal type.
Strip him to the waist aud let him
play out Of doors most of the time
was the doctors prescription, That.
says the state health director us one
of the best prescriptions that any
mother can yet as general health
measure fer her children
Taking sun baths is one of the hest
preventives of rickets and malnutr,.
ton and the prevention Of these dis
eases offset the development Of many
other ailments. Sun baths to be most
effective must consist of sun rays
coming into direct contact with the
body. That means no clothing and no
glass TO penetrate. The valuable
short or ultraviolet rays do not pene-
trate glass and even dust, clouds and
smoke prevent them from reaching
the surface of the earth.
Hellotherapy. as the use of sunshine
in treating sickness is called, is eN-
tremely valuable In treating certain
kinds of tuberculosis as well rs rick
cts and malnutritlon. The best time
of day for getting maximum benefits
from the sun bath is between eleven
and two, the closer To noon the better
AT inst care must be taken not 20
cause sunburn but after preliminary
course of short period baths, gradually
increasing in length, very young
baby will profit by two half hours sun
baths daily, or course, the infants
must have their eyes protected and
for this reason a good plan is TO let
the mother or nurse hold it in the
sunshine. This permits two To prof,
at once.
While cold weather Is regarded As
more strenuous ON physical health, eN.
ceSslve heat results in more fatal.
ues. Last year, for example, II
deaths were reported as result #
! excessive cold while excessive heat
was charged with 55. This merely
| emphasizes the necessity for reason.
able care In exposing oneself to over.
eNertion on hot days. In no sense
does 1t suggest avoiding sunshine
/ Sunshine is the finest kind Of a health
tonic but like every other good thing
! 1t can be oyemone.
The postmaster general SAYS that
= ~ NfNNRANiEN VI a iiAAit more cart
/ and judgment would prevent Il ,000,-
O00 poorly addressed letters that con-
tam S5,00O,000 in money orders from
flooding the dead letter office each
year. Putting a little keener edge on
the same faculties with reference to
physical well being would save the
people in Illinois from some 10000
cases of diphtheria, 5000 or 5000
cases of smallpox and not a few
deaths every year In other words
ignorance and carelessness are mighty
expensive attributes in any form and
when they concern health they steal
away the comfort and JOY of life to
boot.
Summer camps are wonderful in
stitutions for health building if they
are properly equipped and conducted
"Shacks' with open sides are pre-
ferable to tents as sleeping quarters
because the average tent is hard to
ventilate. Most tents are less desira-
BILE for living quarters than sleeDing
porches.
Sick children and those who are
under par in health should go to a
special health camp and not TO one
designed for normal healthy bows and
girls. The program arranged for the
robust is too strenuous for the under
nourished, for example, and those who
tend toward tuberculosis. There are
plenty of summer camps designed TO
meet the especial needs Of these |
children.
Before Uncle Sam permits young
men to attend citizens military I
training camp he requires them TO I
take a thorough physical examination |
and to be vaccinated against both |
smallpox and typhoid fever. After
they get to camp Uncle Sam provides
medical supervision constantly. The /
result is that not case of smallpox /
nor typhoid fever has ever developed !
among the scores of thousands who |
have been encamped during the last !
four years. Private camps, 10 serve |
their purpose fully, ought to be con
Quoted upon the same high plane.
In choosing a summer camp or sum I
mer resort whether for child or adult /
the main features to consider are |
safety Of water supply. safety Of milk I
supply and the means for protection T
against flies and other insects. The I
coolest breezes. the most remarkable
swimming and boating facilities AMI |
the most wonderful scenery are not {
sufficient to overcome the danger OF .
polluted water supply.