Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-02 | Page 21 | Things That Endanger Health of Children

i THINGS THAT ENDANGER ENDANGER I I HEALTH OF CHILDREN 1 BY UY CE ST. Lecturer to f. f the British National Health 5 Society S who quite lie are c man many mothers and nurs nurses quite rt rc recognize the necessity for r fresh air au In the Heem to nursery but who never 5 realize that to allow 1 that anything L in the contaminates room the air to remain j be he helped Is Js a moment longer cr than tan cat on one of or the takes greatest mistakes mis mis- the they can make 5 Not ot only Is this cardinal health rule for r In the nursery often ofton sot it itt S naught but things th that lute and tend to pol 10 o- o Ote often brought contaminate the air are Yei y ei Into the nursery and kept permanently I In It without anono I 1 realizing that harm ii Is Js being For done t. t a Instance have you OU over o known n nursery In which the children k kept pt lt a n litter JItter I of ot rabbits I I have haye Guinea I pigs white tens are arc mice dogs dols cats anti and I kit kit- ft- ft I other animals 1 i have havo domiciled seen In the nursery and anti sometimes not hot only In III I on one the use day lay nursery but In the occupied b by the children at nt night f ery living H thing from a mouse ro a II man must In breathing OXY oxygen en the consume t. purifying gas gns of the it- it r 1 or It Jt would die and must t J i I also give hc off ort from the lungs a corla certain n I constant amount of ot carbonic acid ta Ca a poison I or or too It would die lie ga gas I ten Therefore It If you keep a cat or kitten kit t. or rabbit or an any other hl H living and ani mal In a nursery OU you are arc keeping i a t creature that hint will wiil consume a certain portion of or the vital Ital part of or the air all i. i la I I that room and that will moreover con i I tribute Its I quota quola of oC po poison to tho the air The Tho quantity LI ty of or the laLl latter er from Crom roll a n sinai I animal of ot course Is Js extremely I but even en the smallest quantities moul air nil up If Jt the tue windows are closed and antI fr fr M h which neutralizes neut and lh lie lIw disperses Impurities we give e ot oft off In lii ur breath can not freely Creeh enter b bej Pet animals should therefore no nc er permanent dwellers neither In a n nurs nursery clothes should a slop pall or sod bag or basket hasket remain In the tilt room And no food be kept pl In It It except such things s-dr s dry I thing thing as tea ten and sugar sUlar I And tho habit of or doing small K u work In a nursery or of cooking In I Ir Is Js n a jj vel very bad one An steam atmosphere phere f I though useful sometimes n cases 8 of ot ri 0 croup or diphtheria Is 18 ab alJ unfit for Cor or children to breathe if r you OU have an any regard for tor or their heal hea i I I