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Bellefonte, Pa., January 15, 1932.
Your Heal
THE FIRST CONCERN.
HELPING THE STATES
(Concluded from last week.)
Naturally, the tenor of most of]
the arguments at the hearings on
proposed bills during the sixteen |
months was, what are the results of
the seven-years' operation of the
“baby-bill"” ? |
Well, you can go at that in two
ways. rirst, witn siatistics, con-
troversial, as they usually are. One
might easily Iist the number of
health centers established, health |
conferences held, letters written, |
mothers visited. But uoes all that
actually save the lives of mothers
and babies? There is no end tothe
possible arguments on the question.
Senators and Congressmen of the
opposition filled hours and pages try-
ing to prove that notiung had been
accomplished, and were ably an-|
swered at equal length. As a mat-
ter of fact, the census figures an-|
swer the question. They show that
infant mortality rates decreased in |
the co-operating States that were in!
the birth registrativn area during
the Sheppard-Towner period, from!
seveny-five to sixty-seven. And it
seems reasonable to suppose that
co-operation of State and nation had
a good deal to do with it. The Chil-
dren's Bureau estimates that if the
same infant mortality rate had pre-.
vailed during the seven years as in
1921, more than 60,000 babies that |
lived would have died during their |
first year of life. |
No very rosy claim can be made
about the lessened number of moth- |
er deaths. Certainly the gain does!
not compare with the gain medical |
science has made against tubercu-
losis or typhoid. Yet that rate, too, |
shows a slight decline, especially in |
rural areas, where practically all the
maternity and infancy work was
* done.
But suppose the death rate shows
no decline at all. Leave ngures out |
of it it you wish on the grouna that |
you cannot actually verity them Io0r
yourseif (though that seems a bit |
far-fetched witn the census), and
what does common sense say? Lis-
ten to this bit of reasoning by Dor- |
othy Canfield:
“All I can do is put aside the con- |
flicting columns of figures and fall
back on Lord Morley's doctrine of
inherent probabilities. Does it seem |
likely—that trained nurses brought |
near to ignorant mothers can prob-
ably do some good to mothers and
babies? My experience tells me
that they certainly can-—anyone |
who has mixed with real people)
knows how much medieval ignor-
ance and superstition still cling to
the subject of pregnancy and child-
bearing even in automobile-riding,
-telephone-using American families.
.No one can doubt that bringing
(prenatal care and infant hygiene to
poorer mothers all over the country
swould prevent much suffering, would
start a large per cent of the next
generation with a better chance of
health than they have at present.”
STATE ACTION
Bt cannot the States do the job
fully now? One of the aims of the
work was to stimulate local activity.
‘What has happened in the months
since the act ended? Is there any-
thing to tell us what may be expect-
ed of the States without Federal us-
sistance ?
Wher the act came to an end,’
every effort was made to secure
State appropriations at least. as
e as the combined Federal and
State funds that were exDended in,
the final year. In some States the!
‘women's groups made refusal prac-
‘tically impossible. What happened
was that in a third of the co-opera-
‘ting States the money appropriated
for the following year was enough
to continue the previous activities.
In the others nurses and doctors had
to be dismissed, and co-operative
arrangements with counties and
local committees had to be curtailed
because the Government had ceased
to share the expense. And even
the States that did secure adequate
#unds reported a drop in the inter-
«@%t in the program after July 1,
1929. It seems obvious, then, that
the work has suffered not only for
lack of the Government's financial
help, but for the lack of the sense
of nation-wide co-operation; for lack
of the stimulus given, in Senator |
Sheppard's phrase, by “the concen-
trated interest of the American peo- |
‘ple as a whole.” If this work is
good, isn't it worth that concentra-
‘ted interest, worth doing with the
‘maximum of our resources?
It is too soon to translate the
, slackening into loss of lives. But
cause and effect are working just
the same. Perhaps the States
ought to do the work alone, as a|
matter of abstract theory—that |
could be argued. There remains
the plain fact that they weren't do-
ing it before the passage of the
Sheppard-Towner Act, and the deep |
doubt whether the| time has yet]
come when they will, Meantime the |
‘babies keep coming.
A large amount of sugar and cer-
tain bacteria cause an acid condition |
which dissolves the enamel of the
teeth. Calcium, phosphorus and vita-|
min Ii are essential for good teeth.
“The health of the teeth is quite de-
pendent upon vitamin C found in to- |
matoes, oranges, grapefruit and raw |
wegetables. The two former
th
are |
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A total of 2034 patients were be-
ing cared for in the three tubercular
sanatoria of the State, it became
known, as monthly reports reached
the desk of Dr. Theodore B. Appel,
Secretary of Health. The largest
waiting list of all time was also
shown, as statistics revealed that
1435 persons had been approved for
admission, but could not be entered
beeause of lack of facilities.
On December 1, 1831, Mont Alto
was caring for 868 patients. Of these,
399 were men, 261 were women,
with 88 boys and 120 girls.
On the same date, Cresson had
706 entries, divided as follows: 250
men, 268 women, 81 boys and 107
girls.
Hamburg listed 278 men and 182
women. The waiting list at Ham-
burg numbers 334, while 552 are
ready to enter Cresson and 549
stand at the doors of Mont Alto.
This waiting list has increased by
about 400 over the same date last C
year. Applications for entry num-
bered 250 for November, which was
an increase of about fifty over the
same month in 1930.
Each of the three sanatoria is fill-
ed beyond capacity, the Department
of Health says.
SEVEN GREAT KILLERS
Seven great killers march daily
up and down our State, taking toll
of human life. These ruthless de-
stroyers largely lie in wait for those
of middle age, or even more ad-
vanced years, and snuff out their
lives, often without much warning.
In the files of the Department of
Health of Pennsylvania, carefully
gathered data shows these deadly
enemies of human life to be: Heart
disease, responsibie for 23,000 deaths
annually; Bright's disease, 10,000;
cancer, 10,000; pneumonia, 9,500;
accidents, 8,500; apoplexy, 8,250;
tuberculosis, 6,000.
These diseases are responsible for
two-thirds of all deaths in the Com-
monwealth each year.
found in milk, the latter in cod liv-
er oil, liver, egg yolks and chicken
fat. Contrary to popular opinion,
there is a great amount of circula-
tion in a tooth.
NOAH'S FLOOD DID NOT
COVER THE WHOLE EARTH.
The Biblical story of the Flood is
being rewritten by the picks and
shovels of modern excavators.
Recently on the screen of the Uni-
versity Museum Dr. C. Leonard
Woolley, field director of the Joint
Expedition of the University and
British Museums, showed pictures of
excavations on the banks of the Eu-
phratss River, in Mesopotamia.
These show that the Flood of the
Bible is a legend passed from gen-
eration to generation of Assyrians,
long before the Jews incorporated it
in their Old Testament, he said.
It also is shown, he added, that
the Flood happened long, long be-
fore the Jews were in Mesopotamia.
Down deep in the ground under
Ur of the Chaldees, under super-
structures of buildings built by later
generations the archeologists found
the silt left by the Flood referred to
in the Bible, he said. It must have
happened between 4000 and 5000 B.
A purely local phenomenon, the
Flood consisted simply of an over-
flowing of the Euphrates, he said.
It was not a world-wide flood, as the
Biblical legend relates, and not all
people were drowned.
The one family that survived was |
the family of a Jew, Noah, the Bib- |
lical legend goes, but there were |
not Jews thereabouts, the archeolo- |
gists say.
That not all the people were
drowned the archeologists learned by
comparing the houses and cooking
vessels of the strata above and be-
low the flood silt. Those houses and
vessels are the same.
People who fled the flood fled to
the hills, Dr. Woolley said. Later
they came back and built new houses
and new utensils on the same pat. |
terns as the old.
Later other nations came into the
Euphrates Valley with new civiliza-
tions and changed the prevailing
habits of the people, Dr. Woolley
said. So the houses of the higher
strata change.
About the year 1931 B. C. the
Jews came to Ur of the Chaldees.
They were brought to Mesopotamia
in cantivity, Dr. Wooley said. In
the strata deposited about that time
the archeologists find Jewish inscrip-
tions on tablets.
At that time, the time of Abra- |
ham, the Jews heard the legend of
‘man could not enter,” he said.
that old Flood which Assyrian moth- HIGH POWER RIFLES AND
ers repeated to their children by NTIN ALIT
nll og The Jews adopted those Hy me FAY ii
tales, Dr. Wooley said, and made The high-powered rifle for small-
those legends their own. | game hunting, attacked by Governor
At Ninevah and at Nippur the Gifford Pinchot and others as a
archeologists have found even more principal factor in the large number
ancient tablets of the Assyrians in- of hunting fatalities in Pennsylvania
scribed with the same tale of the | every year, is defended by W. K.
flood, Noah, the Ark and the dove, | Armstrong, known as a civc leader
thus proving, according to Dr. Wool- and ardent sportsmaw.
oy that the Jews adopted that leg-| 1, an open letter to the Shamokin
e | Daily News he stated:
Dr. Woolley told of the ancient “0. 4,.1¢ some criticism is justi-
houses and the battle the Assyrians
| fiable, but it would ne well to look
had with the rising street level. Wo, "e ois instead of passing the
People threw their refuse out into
the streets, and as it piled up peo. | Buck 10 the Meh jowered rifle, whith
ple of ancient Ur had to climb high- TEEot or Al ony Fille Pham it
d hi r from their homes in-
. the Jager be high or low powered, is capable
this in-
The strange temple of Nebuchad- | ©f causing a fatality and
nezzar puzzled the archeologist until cludes the 22 calibre.
very recently, he said. It consists “Second, the records show that
of two buildings made exactly alike our accident and fatality list in
and set one above the other. | Pennsylvania has been much higher,
“We have since discovered that in previous years, during the small
the lower temple was filled with game season, when shot guns were
sand, so that the profane foot of used, than during the large game
“In season when rifles were used.
the lower temple the gods wandered “Third, almost every accident or
at will. In the upper open temple fatality that has occurred this sea-
man worshiped.” son is traceable to pure neglect and
At the end of the week Dr. Wool- | carelessness at close range; and any
ley left for Mesopotamia to continue gun would have been equally as
digging in the sands of Ur. | dangerous under the circumstances.
"our a high-powered rifle with
DOG EAD |its flat trajectory in the hands ©
1932 LICENSE TAGS R ¥ an SD IE a PLEA is in real-
The 1932 dog license tags are to ity much safer than a low-powered
be had upon application at the rifle, as the high-powered rifle arcs
County Treasurer's office, ready for |the bullet which sometimes becomes
all owners of dogs at the regular a wild shot.
price. By January 15th all owners| “The difficulty which has arisen
of/dogs must have the 1932 license during the big game hunting season
tags. After that date persons who seems to have been caused from
have not procured for their sources entirely different from those
dogs will be liable to payment of a experienced concering the high-pow-
fine. {ered rifle—first, the deer herd of
| Pennsylvania has received excess
Pat was coming across on a liner publicity which has attracted the at-
and on the second day out met a tention of nearly every novice hunt-
fellow countryman with whom he | er, not only in Pennsylvania but all
was acquainted. Soon after, the of the surrounding States and by ap-
weather became very rough and Pat | plying for his license, without any
succumbed to sea-sickness. It was questioning, he is permitted to go
‘not until they were nearing New into the woods without even know-
York that the two met again. ing the fundamental principles of
“Why Pat,” was Mike's greeting, handling a gun.
“ye're lookin’ years older than when | “Second, the Pennsylvania Game
I' last saw ye.” | Commission set the dates for deer
“Small wonder at that,” was Pat's | hunting of both buck and doe dur-
reply. “Sure Oi've had several ing the same period of time and
berth days since then.” | most every experienced hunter pre-
re fs | dicted, long before the hunting sea-
——Subscribe for the Watchman. son arrived, that there would be a
‘large casualty list from this ruling
| alone.
| “Third, the woods are uatel
| policed during the Sr ae nid
| The large revenue received from
| hunting licenses and fines could very
| easily provide police supervision of
| the woods far supertor to anything
{| which now exists and the mere pres-
ence of more state police through
the woods would have a tendency
to make the hunters more careful.
“Fourth, the equalization of the
sexes could be arranged for differ-
ent periods of time within the 15
days of the deer hunting season.
“The experienced hunter has been
compelled to take his chances in the
woods this season along with the
rest of the novice hunters, the
result being that the sport of hunt-
ing ceases to be a sport when he is
compelled to stand in something sim-
ilar to battlefield.
“Hunters could be examined for
their capability of handling a gun
before a license is issued, also guns
| could be inspected for their safety
before issuing a license. These same
hunters and firearms could be re-
checked by wood police or game
wardens and if neither hunter nor
firearm measure up to standard, the
license and gun should be taken
from the hunter and fee refunded at
| once, together with instrnctions to
leave the woods and go home.”
BELLEFONTE HIGH 1982
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.
The Bellefonte High school foot.
ball schedule for 1932 has been an-
nounced as follows:
Sept. 24.—Pending.
Oct. 1.—Philipsburg High at home.
Oct. 8.—Windber High away.
Oct. 15.—Mt. Union High at home.
Oct. 22.—Cresson High at home,
Oct. 28.—Tyrone High away.
Nov. 5.—Snow Shoe High at home.
Nov. 11.—Jersey Shore high at home.
Nov. 19.—State College High away.
Nov. 24.—Lock Haven High away.
PENN STATE'S SCHEDULE
Oct. 1.—Lebanon Valley at home.
Oct. 8.—Waynesburg at home,
Oct. 15.—Harvard away.
Oct. 22.—Syracuse at home,
Oct. 20.—Colgate away.
Nov. B5.—Univ. of the South at home.
Nov. 12.—Temple away.
Nov. 24.— Univ. of Pittsburgh away.
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