Show I NATIONWIDE FIGHT 1 1 AGAINST DISEASE I II Am American rican Red Cross Will Have I I Health Centers in All Parts Parts- of United States The American Re Red Cross has launched launched launch launch- ed cd upon a nation wl wide e campaign of oil I lighting disease and ph physical defect among among the American people A new nm and unique health Institution has come Into Inlo l being ein as US the result of ot several months' months study by the Red Cross health Service Department at Notional National Read Head quarters Officials in charge e of at the department predict that before long this new health activity will wJ be In actual operation allover allover all nil over the the country country and that the sign sign sign- American Red ned Cross Health Center will will become as familiar to the Ule people people peo peo- e everywhere as asare are now the signs of ot the telegraph companies Busy Long Long Before War I The Interest of ot the American RedCross Red RedCross RedCross Cross in the fight against disease le is lenot not however howe of ot recent origin Long I Inot before the war the organization began tills this health service serIce through its medical units In disaster relief work and It Its department of ot Town and County Nursing Nurs Nurs- the and following ing During war I Ithe ithe the armistice thousands of American Red Cross officials have been fighting disease In the war stricken countries At the same time tens of or thousands s of ot local Red Cross officials have been engaged engaged en en- at home fighting disease notably notably nota nota- bly d during ring the Influenza epidemics The American Eed Ped Cross has de determined de- de that all this valuable experience experience ence In health service abroad and at home shall not go to waste So long longas as there are a half hol a million people dying yearly early in this country from preventable pre causes and so 80 long as more than third one-third of ot the American children children chil chil- dren and young people are victims of physical defects detects the Red Cross recognizes recognizes the th urgent need for tor continued Red Cross health service at home How Organization Works The Red Cross Health Cen Center tel Is to governed by business principles applies applies ap plies business methods and In Its Us more simple form torm can be established and conducted b by lay people It proceeds upon th the demonstrated fact that health is a Commodity that thaI can be bought and sold like ilke brooms broom and soap Therefore it establishes itself Itself Itself It It- self In n a t storeroom loom In the principal business section of nf 1110 me community It II displays Its goods good In the form of at attractive attractive attractive at at- health exhibits in Its show windows It ll advertises constantly and extensively And It I s every business business busi busi- ness and social device de to attract customers cus cus- tamers The Red PIed Cross ClOSS H Health Center Is of service to the Ike sick In that hat It gives ives out r reliable Un le anti and complete information about existing clinics hospitals sanatoria sana sana- toria torla and o institutions for or the he sick and the fit e about available n nurses both l trained and ond practical about when to consult a ph physician and Bud why to shun the quack and nud his nos nos- trams Teaching Disease Prevention The Red lied Cross Health Center Is Is however Ve r. r of ot even enn service greater ervice to the well It teaches people how to prevent prevent pre pre- vent sickness s and disease This his Is done In many interesting and attractive ways first ways first of all by the distribution of ot popular health literature and through health lectures Illustrated with lantern slides s or with health motion picture films filIUs Th Then n special exhibits are given one after liner the other on various health subjects Practical demonstrations lions are made l o health by children to Interest and Instruct themselves themselves them them- selves and their ciders elders Classes are nrc organized In personal 1 h hygiene tlene home e care of ot the sick first aid and In food selection and preparation Health clubs both for tor younger and older people peo pee pie are aro formed also Little Mothers' Mothers Leagues Nutrition and growth clinics ar are conducted for Cor children Already more than a hundred of ot these Red Cross Health Cen Centers are In actual operation throughout the coun coun- try Many of ot them hem also con conduct medical medIcal med ical clinics clinic's but the one chief elile outstanding outstanding out out- standing feature of ot the American R Red d Cross Health Cen Center er Is Its health education education education edu- edu cation service which teaches well peo- peo plo how bow to keep well Nell |