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Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1946, Page 7

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COLDS IN CHILDREN (By Ihe Bej[)urtxnont of Health.) j Wb lnive had a very good summer ; and autumn as far as health goes. : There liave beeu long spells of dry 1 weather, with plenty of vvarm sunshine. , Our children should have beeu bathing in the sea and rivers, getting bodies : nicely tanned, and storing up sunshine ( us Yitamin D. We don't want this good uudone. The commojiest enemv that attaeks in autumn and lowers resistaJice for the ' rest of the winter is the eommon eold. 1 As a matter of fact it's here nnw — j

I there 's a nasty forni of coiumon cobl beconiing prevalent. A cliild often gets a eold because there 's souie chronie frouble in the nose and throat or sinuses, and a little lowering of resistance ailows the germs already there in the nose and throat to become more virulent . and start an ac.ute infection. On the other hand, a chiJd niay get a eold because it catches oue from a sufferer. To stop a child getting a eold from germs in his nose and throat, see to these tliings. First, that there 's uo disease in the tonsils and adenoids. Any chronie trouble here lights up into frequent eolds and coughs tlirough the winter. Similavly with chronie disease in the sinuses. Tf there is any snspieion

of these things, visit a nose and throat speeialist. Secondly, while chills don't aetually eause colds they do lower resistance, and allow germs carried in nose and throat to'eause eolds. Chills can come from inadequate clothing, overheated rooms, followed by eold outdoors, or a draught. A child will not get a chill from sleeping in a room with an open window, or if it is out in the fresh air suitably clothed and in watertight shoes. It will become hardened to draughts. Tlurdly, a child 's resistance to colds is built up by good food — rnilk, buttCr, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruit — reinforced by codiiver oil or substitute. Above. all, avoid infeeted pensons.