Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-07
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HE AR S HEALTH
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S. is to get a screen so fine at our
ports of entry, that no infected per-
son or animal or insect can enter
We know the cause of many diseases
in other words, how to prevent them.
We could keep from growing them
just as we'll as we keep the weeds
out of our garden patch. We might
just as we'll be free Of epiGemics.
40 Per Cent Productive.
I'VE find society made up of the
very young, the very old and the in
termediate. About 40 per cent are
working MEMBERSHIP productive
units. In considering the economics
of the present it is with the health
of this 40 per cent that we are con
cerned. We find in the 40 per cent
of productive members a large
amount of health. Deviations from it
are a productive loss. We organize
to get action on certain things-we
call it government. AS a body we
are able to influence to a certain ex-
tent the necessities and iuxuries of
living A large part of our energies
goes into production.
The most essential thing in the
whole process is health--of the COM
munity-of the individual. A produce
ing unit-for the most part of the
male during the active period-must
have a certain amount of training to
produce. We call this education. One
of the problems is how to save time.
We have learned to substitute ma
tion of the individual. Discipline is
required that the whole thing may go
along in an orderly way. Then we
must have certain ideals and purpose
back of our economic life, or the whole
thing is worthless.
Mental and Physical.
I'm considering health we must
consider both the mental and physi-
CAL There are manay whose mental
health is not up to the standard, and
mental health has a great deal to do
with, efficiency. We spend a deal of
energy in experimenting on plants
and animals to obtain the very best,
but seldom think of such thing
with the human animal. We have to
take what is bred.
lie 1nu1VlQudl CIIIZ0n OIL d country
once started on his way has a call on
the food supply; a part to contribute
to the government; the ability and
purpose to produce; certain ideals to
display, and he must have certain
amount of health, both mental and
physical.
Looking at society from an economic
standpoint we find that the health of
the child is the great store of the
future wealth and strength of the ma
ton. If you have a million healthy
children in the community you are
going to have great economic power
in the future. The problem of this
whole group of children is to get the
weaklings off to one side.
"Find those who have mental de-
fects and train them specially; find
those who are capable of doing men
of doing physical work and protect
them. The whole thing is a simple
problem is we grasp these evident
facts. We have to remember that in
all this process-aside from the con-
troll of diseaes-it is a very important
thing for us to have mental stability
and mental education. We should
provide training for these children so
they will not be like sheep.
Economic Value of Life.
"It is difficult to measure the eco-
nomic value of a life. One man will
make $4,000 year while another
will scarcely reach $1,000. However,
according to the latest statistics hu-
man life is worth about $1,7OO. Now
this $1,7OO unit can be trained and
developed to greater value, but on the
other hand it is subject to certain
diseases and accidents.