The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-06

There's an interesting and very i'm
portant statement in an article written
by DR.. John Il. Steeman in Il recent
issue of Home Quarterly, Il Methodist
publication. 1t is surprising that
unions haven't taken the facts and
spread them far and wide
DR.. Steelman says that data avail
able for the first part of 1913 esti-
mates that 100 times more man days
We're lost that month through sickness
and accident than through strikes"
He points out that since Pearl Har-
Dor the man hours lost in the United
States through strikes have been less
than one-tenth of one percent.
That. he declares is just that much
too much, whereupon he brings forth
the statement relative TO losses through
sickness and accidents.
We cannot discount the zone hun
dred times as many" and still have far
too much loss through sickness and
accidents. The fact is that there isn't
Il single cause of lost work time that
couldn't be reduced by intelligent ef-
fort.
There probably isn't Il community of
any size that couldn't reduce its sick
ness rate by intelligent community
health work.
Community sanitation is seldom 100
per cent good. Perhaps we had better
Nothing is so precious at this hour
as good healthy man power.
Even the lack of man power for
municipal work is not sufficient excuse
for some of the manifestations of bad
community health work.
Our mind must not wander from
cleanliness. Disease turks in filth. 1t
is easy to say that filth cannot be re-
moved because men have gone TO war.
Filth can be removed if authorities
are determined that it shall be done.
a whole chain of evils follow the
general tendency to Iet-down, with man
shortage as an excuse. Perhaps uVe-
nile delinquency is one of them.
III Is lPaSOlflDie TO say lnaC II we
loose 100 times more man hours by
sickness and accidents then we ought
TO be hearing 100 times more protest
ing against the causes of sickness and
accidents than we hear about strikes.
But it is more dramatic to shout
about the evils of strikes. 1t gets more
and bigger headlines and it serves the
purposes of those who don't like
unions.
But it doesn't help turn out produc-
ton for war.
We ought to have mass instruction
in how 10 keep well, how to know the
simple things to do in minor illnesses
that still cause lost time. We ought to
have more emphasis on accident pre-
vention. We have a lot, but not enough.
The Red Cross teaches thousands
upon thousands what to do after acci-
dents have happened. 1t could we'll
center heavier fire on what to do BE
FORE they happen.
Labor itself should join more whole
heartedly in ii crusade for health and
safety.
II NoUtt D' We'll 10 lolibN III. Sltpl-
mans statement through 1913 and as
far as possible into 1914. How do we
stand today?
Here we have Il big field opened to
us. And it is an important field.
With fewer and fewer doctors and
nurses left among us, it is vital that
we know more and more how TO do
without them, up to the capacity of
The non-profeSsional person
Any such statement brings forth
howlS of pain from some quarters. but
what of il?
That we keep our wheels of prOduc-
ton turning at top speed is more I'M
poltant than the petty yelps of selfish
persons.
Thanks to DR.. Steelman for point
ing TO Il most pertinent set of facts.
Wise union leaders will carry on
from therc-and they will carry on
with vigor. He has given them tip
for their own welfare and Il tip for all
human welfare in battling disease and
accidents before they land their blows
-CMW.