THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1910. HEALTH MAXIMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10109, 3 October 1910, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1910. HEALTH MAXIMS.

The Health Department of New Zealand is chiefly characteristic for its "masterful inactivity." In the

pursuance of its humanitarian mission it contrives to emulate the ship's parrot by thinking a mighty lot and talking, or doing very little. In Chicago, U.S.A., they do things differently. In that city of pork and "graft" there is a Health Commissioner named Evans, who devotes a great deal of energy to the education of people on the importance of health. He issues a weekly paper, which is sent free to social workers and school'officials, giving a. summary of the state of the city's health, with brief and picturesque exhortations in regard to the dangers of particular seasons. In summer, the care of children is dwelt upon; in winter, the precautions to be taken against pneumonia and bronchitis. Not content with this method of propaganda, the indefatigable doctor lectures in every part of the city, and occasionally takes turns at music halls, where he gives ten minutes' plain talk to the audience on health and disease. Some of his health maxims, which apply with equal force in New Zealand as in America, are as follow: —"Closed

\viiulows are open avenues to consumption. Strong drink makes weak men. Your lungs can't be washed, but they can be aired. Filth for flies and flies for fever. When I you don't know what you eat—eat nothing. Dry dusting moves dust; it doesn't remove it. So-called chest protectors are targets for colds and coughs. Breathe freely and fully; the more you expand your chest the less you will contract colds. Floods of sunshine in the home may fade carpets, but it puts the bloom of health upon your cheeks. Take vour choice."