Show preserving HEALTH OF CHILD possible to avoid the ordinary infantile diseases that have been considered necessary the idea prevails among many li people 0 that children must have the or binari diseases of childhood ond and that it la Is better to expose them enily early in life so as aa to get through with them its soon as possible it Is an old fash cloned belief and the object today Is to protect children from Infect infection ioa instead of exposing them to it As chil dren are more susceptible to variations in temperature than adults so are they also more apt to contract certain diseases the surest way to protect them against infection Is not to expose them this Is extremely difficult where there are large gatherings of children such as aa at public schools or in thickly populated dis tracts but if the health of a child I 1 Is s maintained by pursuing proper hygienic measures as to food bathing sleep fresh air and sunshine it Is safe to say that it runs a small risk of contracting one of tile the infectious diseases even weijen exposed to it we should strive to develop the tissues of the body by proper modes of living to such a degree that exposure to unfavorable conditions will be met with resistance |