Show r PRACTICAL HYGIENE MB M M M 1 The Proper Care of the Body Healthiest Region In the United States In looking about fr a slto for tho projected Michigan state sanitarium for consumptives tho discovery has been made that tho northern part of tho lower peninsula of Michigan Is tho healthiest part of tho United States This Is not guess work by Interested parties but tho verdict of tho United I States census It will astonish many who have heard tho claims made for the Maine woods tho Adlrondaoks tho mountain regions of North Carolina Caro-lina and Oeorgla for Colorado California Cali-fornia Arizona New Mexico to hearth hear-th the tables of the census bureau demonstrate that tho palm belongs to Michigan Freedom from consumption being lie first consideration the board having the inquiry In charge found that of tho nlno registration states where registration of deaths with tho cause Is obligatory Michigan Michi-gan stands lowest on the list with a I death rate for consumption of 107 New Hampshire the next lowest on the list stands 11523 Massachusetts 1802 and Now York 1311 floral Michigan stands 911 An examination examina-tion of tho chart for Michigan shows no less than thirtynine counties with a lower rate than 05 l which aro shown In white Thero aro only flvo such counties In New York state Compared Com-pared with other parts of tho country tho low rate for northern Michigan Is most remarkable Tho consumption death rato for cities In the New England Eng-land states Is 244 for cities In the tntiljltri ofntnn orO Inkn atnina 1Rfl southern states 277 San Francisco 304 Thus It Is soon that oven the cltlou Of tho lake region compare most favorably with cities of tho rest of tho country In tho matter of exemption from pulmonary tuberculosis Having found that tho lake region appears to bo most favorable tho board stuck a pin In tho center of this region on tho mail In tho upper part of tho lower peninsula of Michigan Hero aro tho great lakes to the north tho east and tho west Hero arc plno and hemlock forests filling the air with balsam Hero Is a porous soil of gravel and glacial drift with good water uncontaminated by cities And hero Is abundance of sunshine with nhnnnnn nf fnn fin fun Imnnl rnn min V u nn Examining tho vital statistics of the state It was found that tho four counties coun-ties of Otsego Crawford Ilosconimon and Gladwln show an average death rate for all forms of tuberculosis for tho past five years of only G8G Ham lltoa county New York tho Adirondack Adiron-dack county making tho best showing Ins a consumption death rate accordIng accord-Ing to tho census twlco as largo as tho first three Michigan counties named above while the cancer pneumonia pneu-monia and diphtheria charts left comparIson com-parison entirely out of the question and show a clear white record for northern Michigan It will be little wonder therefore lr the state sanitarium sani-tarium Is located In one of Um counties coun-ties above named distant from any I largo city and where tho plno scented air will continually blow through tho open cottages of the consumptives camp for tho sanitarium will bo of tho camp character rather than a larpo building and will bo as open to the sun and air as possible Hero h n nu UlI a Will uo encour1lcl1 total to-tal moderate exercise to eat nourishing nour-ishing food rich In vegetable fats and to tot tanned and toughened in the open air By this means i Is hoped that tho consumption death list of Michigan 2500 per year will bo materially ma-terially reduced and that a largo proportion pro-portion of the calipers will bo returned return-ed to their homes strengthened and ourcd Out of Door Nurseries Ono of Now Yorks most lamous specialists for children has lately mado a plea for roof playgrounds On ono of tho root playgrounds established estab-lished for tho use of tho children of the poor tho average attendance is fiOOO per night Three or four teachers teach-ers maintain order and thero aro bands for music and dancing In tho city tho roof can bo utilized ftv an outdoor nursery which will greatly promote tho health and happiness hap-piness of tho children Tho roof should bo floored over for a certain space and partitions built to protect tho children from the wind and railings rail-ings or fences put np to keep them from failing off Awnings are necessary neces-sary to protect ttiein from too much sun and from rain Here the children can play nearly every day winter or summer In these private outdoor nurseries the mother can keep an eyo on tho children child-ren who aro removed from the unde sirable conditions and contacts of the city streets and parks Useful Work Most Healthful Exer else Children of both sexes should be early taught to ho useful In many kinds of useful work they find the most hcathful of nil exercise The various movements required In tho process of putting a room in order clearing tho table washing or wiping dishes running errands replenishing tho fire and In other household duties afford almost as good an opportunity for tho oxcrclso and development of tho muscels as tho most complicated maneuvers of systematic exercise in a gymnasium Children should be taught tho dignity of work and raado to understand that their lives It sue cct86 fu < bo lives of useress e J Breeding Ground for Tuberculosis A Now York physician has given a forcible description of tho three great enemies of tho woman of the tenement tene-ment naming them na ignoranrn alcohol al-cohol and tuberculoses If I should bo asked ho says I what conditions are most conducive to the propagation of tuberculosis and especially pulmonary consumption consump-tion I would have to reply Tho I conditions that prevail In tho old fashioned tenement houses as they still exist by the thousand In this I and other largo cities In these tenements tene-ments there nro not only a fur greater number of consumptives than In tho flame area elsewhere but tho proportion I propor-tion Is actually greater nor number of Inhabitants Thus they not only contain con-tain countless centers of Infection for old and young but these dwellings with their bad air darkness and filth make a euro of the disease impossible anti a lingering death for all those infected in-fected by the germ of tuberculosis a certainty If any one thinks mo an alarmist lot him glance at tho charts prepared by tho tenement houso commlslon Thero ho will seo that there aro houses In which can ho counted as many as twenty consecutive cases of tuberculosis during four years This number represents however only the cases reported to tho board of health Hut how many of the moderately advanced ad-vanced cases are made known to either physician or hoard of health I venture to say thoso not reported are more numerous than tho reported ones Darkness filth and dampness are favorable to the growth of tho bacilli of tuberculosis and tlidso conditions prevail In tho tenements Tho crowded quarters in which our tenement population lives facilitates the propagation of tuberculous diseases dis-eases to a truly alarming extent To have six and sometimes ten people living In three rooms of which only one receives direct light and air Is nothing unusual Should ono of tho members be tuberculous and careless In the disposal of his sputum it Is evident that tho majority of the members mem-bers of such a family are In tho greatest great-est danger of contracting the disease dis-ease Disease Is not to bo successfully combated by fighting symptoms but by tho removal of causes And still we love tho evil calico And of the Just effect complain Wo tread upon lifes broken laws And murmur at our sclflndlctcd pain WhIttier The Outdoor Gymnasium Tho nucleus of the out door gymnasium gym-nasium Is tho swimming pool Swimming Swim-ming was meant to bo not merely an occasional and precarious pleasure but an Inseparable accompaniment 01 bathing cleanliness being achieved Incidentally A swimming pool there fore Is a fundamental need for thoso who have not access to a convenient stream or body of water suitable for this purpose Those accustomed tc tho delightfully Invigorating effects of tho morning swim consider It as much or a necessity as their breakfast or IvIn mm n Most artificial swimming pools arc unfortunately built Indoors An Indoor in-door pool not only lacks tho fascinat ion of the outdoor adaptation of the old swimln hole but It also robs one of tho natural accompaniments of outdoor out-door bathing fresh air and sunsblne Bathers often spend considerable time lying about on tho banks of the stream or on tile sandy beach alternately alter-nately basking In tho rays of the sun and dipping beneath tho cooling waves Powerful Impressions are mado upon the body by the contact oi tho skin with tho cool outdoor air and sunshine rite outdoor gymnasium provides a combination of tho healing agencies of nature abundance of pure air for breathing facilities for exercise sun baths air bath earth baths and water baths Hero ono can enjoy all the pleasure and obtain all tho benefits and at the same time escape tho pub llclty of sea or river bathing Public outdoor gymnasiums are provided pro-vided In some of tho largo cities and aro built by sanitariums hotels faG tories etc They should bo Intro duced Into all hospitals and childrens homes and no public Institution should bo considered complete without with-out one In tho heart of our large cities conducted In connection with tho parks they would bo a powerful means of antagonising tho deteriorat ing Influences of city life Prevention of Lead Poisoning An Invention of exceeding value to painters whitewashes varnlshers and all workmen who hnndlo compos Itlons of whlch4lead Is an ingredient is noticed In tho Scientific American Such persons sooner or later suffer from lead poisoning for dcsplto tho most scrupulous cleaning tho hand will retain some particles of the lead tho mouth In eating drinking or smoking Ordinary soap may by tho which ultimately find their way to chemical combination to which it gives rise oven Increase tho amount of lead adhering to tho skin A Gorman Gor-man chemist has Invented a soap for tho purposo of so acting upon the lead adhering to tho skin as to render it quite harmless Tho particle of lead arc changed Into a nonpoLxm ous compound sulphld of lend by the simple process of washing with this soap |