The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-01

his column.
western states representing a
population Of 96,O0O,0O0 people.
However. only about 100000
oil burners exist in this area.
The advice to convert 10 coal
and open wood CRATE fires is not
very practical because most of the
home owners that | have talked TO
who are burning fuel oil can't find
the CRATES for coal burning and
some Of them contributed these
CRATES to the scrap drive before
they knew what was going TO hap
pen to them. In the case of the
open wood CRATE fire, the supply
Of wood is also restricted on &C
count Of the lack of laborers to
gather and saw it.
My first reaction TO all Of this
is that / am willing to bet that
there will be fewer colds in the
United States than there have
been for many long years. | have
had a beef for a long time about
the heat and dryness of homes,
office buildings, stores, places for
public gatherings in this country.
This year | hope | will be spared
the necessity Of making any such
complaints.
We used to put down TO- F. as
the ideal inside temperature in
the winter, but | am convinced
that the average indoor tempera-
ture of North America for the last
20 to 80 years in the winter has
been closer to So +. than TO
TO-, and interiors have been cor
respondingly dry and lacking in
humidity.
Lower Temperature Better
Ideal temperature, irrespective
of humidity and air motion, does
not exist and no one can say ex-
actly what a safe minimum tenn
perature is without these two
factors. Most hygienists believe
that for the average private home,
apartment house, school, depart
ment store, Office building and so
on, a temperature Of CO. to 6S' F.
the majority opinion setting
down 65' F.-as ideal.
Comfort, so far as indoor tenn
perature is concerned, is more =
matter Of skin than Of the nose,
throat and lungs, although the
respiratory system suffers more
from bad ventilation than does the
skin. 1t is quite possible for any
one to be his. own heat engineer
and wear clothing which will
make him comfortable even If the
temperature Of his Office building
or home should have to be reduced
to So or So F. Wear a sweater
and help win the war" is another
slogan that has been suggested.
Infants and Old People
OF course, adjustments will
have to be made by the rationing
boards for the people who are US
ing a given dwelling. Infants and
older people should have con-
sideration on this basis. The
American Medical Association be-
lieves that a local physician
should be used as a consultant or
adviser by all fuel rationing
boards.
1t is unnecessary TO heat bed
rooms at all unless they are used
by children under four years Of
age or elderly people who are SEN
sitive to cold. People vary in this
respect: some are old at so and
some are young at 10. For that
reason the advice Of the family
physician and the use Of a ply
sician-consultant on the rationing
boards is desirable.
Hospitals and sanitariums will
need to be kept at higher tempera-
lures than dwelling places, Of
fees and stores. The majority
opinion Of heat engineers is that
hospitals and Sanitariums should
have a temperature of TO- F. ex-
cept in the operating rooms where
the temperature should be So +.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
c. M.:-What is cystocele!
What is q small polypus Of the
mouth Of the womb and is it cur
able without an operation? Are
any Of the above conditions caused
by childbirth? II any of the above
conditions exist, can the person
have a child without any trouble?
Answer: All Of the conditions
which you mention are due to lac
GRAFTON and stretching Of the birth
canal during labor. They can be
helped by medical treatment but
not permanently cured without an
operation They are not necessarily
SCI Gus and do not necessarily in
terfere with health. 1t is possible