Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-07-03
HEALTH GRAMS
Observation-Disclosures.

A man cannot regard himself as the
sole owner and proprietor of the blood
that flows through his veins. Ii was
given to him by the parents who went
before and it is now his only to pass
on to posterity. He has a solemn duty.
therefore, to keep that blood as clean
as he received it improve its quality
II possible and hand it on unsullied to
the next generation.
A sick person is To a community
like a sore thumb to an individual
The efficiency and happiness of the
whole community is affected in the
one case and the individual i'm the
other. Illness automatically stops
production on the part of the patient
as well as on the part Of those who
| minister to his needs. II j., then, a
duty to society to keep well, even in
those cases where the individual dis
| pises his own welfare.
In launching a rigid economy pro-
gram the MacOupin county board OF
supervisors recently shaved OF the
appropriations for ten county EN-
ployees and added, at the same time,
5000 annually to the health officers
salary. Funds expended for compe-
tent public health service may always
be considered not only an economy but
a gilt edge investment
Healthy teachers is the object of 4
Connecticut law which requires all
| applicants for admission TO the state
| normal schools to undergo a physical
examination. Those found to be sui
feflng from defects and diseases that
would be expected to seriously inter
fere with teaching or endanger the
health of pupils are excluded from the
normal colleges. Certainly the condi-
| ton of a teachers health will have a
profound influence over the pupils,
says the Illinois state health director.
The u. S. Chldrens Bureau re-
Gently Investigated the effects of the
so-called six months law" Of Mary
land which was enacted in 1916, for
bidding the separation of mother and
baby Tor the first six months of the
infants life. The report shows that
| just prior to the enactment OF the
law | of every 3 babies of unmarried
mothers died in the first year and |
| of every 4 in the first six months.
After the law had been in effect 5
years, l out of every s babies of I'M
married mothers died during the frs,
year and l out of II during the first
q months, reduction of 90 per cent,
During the same period the mortality
rate among infants of legitimate birth
was reduced 20 per cent. This demon
stration emphasizes the importance
of constant maternal care in infant
welfare.
Mortality in GA cities with a popu.
lation of 27,000000 reached its high
est point for the year during the sec
end week in June The rate per Loco
persons was 1873 against 11.6 for the
corresponding week last year and d.
for the first "a weeks of this year
Intense heat was given by the federal
bureau of the census as the cause OF
the abnormal increase in mortality
June is usually a month of low NOR
tally.
"Chigger' and poison ivy season
has arrived. Dashing back TO nature
for the weekend or for longer periods
expose people to these pests. CHG
gers like to creep over the body until
they find point which is almost i'm
possible to reach and then burr0w in
leaving slight Inflammation and
causing constant, almost unbearable
itching. Poison ivy starts to work
Immediately at the point of contact.
causing inflammation and itching OF a
very disagreeable character. A hot
bath, with much scmbbine and plenty
OF soap, taken promptly after eX-
poSufe Is a splendid preventive 81 bash
ehlgger bites and ivy p .isoriHg.
White berries on plants with clusters
Of 3 leaves are usually danger sier
since the flora with rel berries aua a
different leaf arrangement aga raIeN
poisonous.
People are more susceptible To ueis-
ON ivy Immediately after a swim ~
bath and When persprine lscly.
The pores of the skin are open al ~usr
times, giving the poisonous substances
a better opportunity to do mischief.
A little gasoline applied 10 the eN-
posed parts is an effective way to
prevent evil results from contact V.sh
poison ivy or poiSoa oak The pHt>
should be rubbed thoroughly with
gasoline and followed wi.a a hot ban.
This preventive measure ouest 4 be
popular in these days rf motto. ear.
Deaths in Caal Mines