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Show H .Education Regarding Health. M Bulletins Issued by many of tho state boardo HH of health arc being used more tand more for tho B education and enlightenment -of itho public rather H than for tho recording of long tables of statistics H and formal i iHrts. In no sootion is tho increased B activity of state health authorities moro marked B than in tho South. Tho bullotinB of the stato H board of health of threo Southorn stales which H recently camo Jn tho same mail, aro interesting H ovidacno on this point. Tfib Novemhor Bulletin H ot tho Mississippi Stato Board of Health con- H tains a copy of tho proclimation of Governor B Drawer, designating November 20 as u health H day, and urging tho obsorvanco of the prograrii of H health on tho part of all citizens. Tho Htato H ' board, cooperating with tho stato department of H ' education and tho Mississippi Federation of H Womon'H Clubs, presents a program for uso in all H tho sahoola in tho state, an outlino for a course of H study on public hoalth by tho women's clubs, and H 9. comprehensive articlo on medical inspection t)f H schools. Tho November Bulletin of tho Stato H Board of Hoalth contains an announccmeut of a H lecture bureau established by tho board to furnish H speakers on public hoalth topics for any corri- H munity in Virginia Which desires to hold a H public mooting; Tho announcmont opons with H tho gtaUnont, "Settled in its conviction that tho H education of the people is tho surest method of H btttorinffti public health, the lxmrd, since its H reorganixatkHi, has endeavored to place before H (ho citizens of Virginia, in popular form, tho H , test) iratm of prevention." In this statement, H stcJCTiUthtAnierlfji Medical; A- H isAirlUeMu'inmaiT'of the enflre public J' Boart'ofM&lWls dftolidfe?dfc H oussiettf'the iktuor-problem and public health H proWK.y 'An-artteH-'On "Tho Attitude of tHe M Mei;ciProfeei6fi to the Use of Alcohol"; a H frIodly talk to hoys on the subject "Does it Pay B to Djlnk Wniskey7' and' an articlo on"ThoRe- 1 latiop between liquor and tho Death -Rate" form 1 tho bulk of tho pamphlet. These threo pamphlots M aro simply selected at a random from tho constant M stream of "oxcollont material which is boing M place ;l in tho hands of citizens bv many of our B stuto lKwrds of health. This work cannot fail to H eniighton and strongly influonco public sontimont, HB which must ultimately cryatullizo in bettor legis- H Heating Public Buildings H Tliero is ono thing which occurs to us at this H time' to which moro attention should bo given H locally, and that is tho heating of public buildings. H As any physician will say, and most persons H know; to sit still a considerable timo in a room too H cold for comfort, is ono of the most frequent causes H of severe colds, which frequently develop pneu- H fn.tho interest of the public health, all build- H ings Used for public meetings and gatherings of H whatsoever nature, should be heated to a temper- H aturq that will insure comfort td tliase who attend. H Stovqsand seats should bo so arranged that tho H stoves may be kept hot to a sufficient degree to in- H siu-o freedom from cold to any person in any part B of the room. And if, to heat tho stoves, a few H may get an over amount of heat, whilo a great H majority of those present aro at tho same time un- H comfortable, the few should submit to a little heat B for tho welfare of tho many who need more i tf it, H To buildinga heated by steam, tliesq ys- Hj tions seldom apply, for such buildings invariably H maintain a uniform temperature throughout But H those structures heated by stoves require moro at- H tunii jn if the public is to receive proper protection, H and those having such places in their charge should H use special care to sec that the public health is not H endangered. f |