Show KEEPING E P ING G WELL PAINTING TING FOR HEALTH DR DIL U R OR editor of ot lUCAL A nn PAINT la Is a lifesaver life saver not the kind that soe goles on the face but the kind that go on the wall at first thought there would to be no connection betheen beaw een paint and health jet yet recent investigations have shown that fresh paint in im a valuable antiseptic mr henry A gardner of the institute of industrial research at washington pointed a wall surface and then thea sprayed it with a liquid culture of disease germs A similar wall space unpainted was uns also sprayed with the same germ culture on the unpainted urea area an abundant growth of disease germs developed while on the freshly painted area the germs died the explanation Is simple an unpainted rough wall Is porous and moisture Is absorbed by the wall and retained tor for a long period most disease germs can only grow on moist substances if the wall Is painted the P pores ores are filled up with paint point and a rough absorptive he damp surface Is changed chanced into a smooth absorptive non dry surface A painted wall can be easily cleaned while an unpainted wall cannot be washed successfully this scientific demonstration has been borne out by practical experience in the early days of our knowledge of disease germ fumigation was gen orally used if it do nna an thing else it at least mode a had bad smell very ery much like the incense and strong odors that primitive man used to scare away disease but the new york health department part ment Is now using paint rather than fumigation for sterilizing rooms which patients with contagious diseases have hae occupied in a maternity hospital in st louis there were over a hundred cases of puerperal fever with a high death rate doctor Sta StarL rUoff loff the health commissioner ordered the cleaned and the entire place repainted including the floors ceilings and inside dialls after the painting puerperal fever almost entirely disappeared in that institution this sounds reasonable rm when we consider that paints points arc are made up of white lead turpentine and other antiseptic substances spring la to a good thue for clean cleaning ipg A fresh coot coat of paint it in a copse or hospital makes it idt only better look ing but a clean and healthful place in which to live lle paint not only preserves a structure ond find Im improves its appearance but it ft alo its healthfulness healthful ness good health N I 1 lari largely e ly a matter of applied common sense 4 dw it if we live ID in clean surroundings giop our bodies clean ond and 8 and have clean air cheap food fod and clean water we ue will be he in little danger I 1 from disease F c ism as onion |