The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

118 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.these prizes will range from about$15.00 for the first prize in each classto about $1.00 for the fourth prize.Then besides the money prizes therewill be four championship prizes forthe four bestbabies in the State, boy orgirl any age. These State championshipprizes consist of gold, silver andbronze medals together with beautifulcertificates of reward. The Woman'sHome Companion is furnishing thesemedals and certificates besides $100 incash for the other prizes.Governor Craig has just promisedthe managers of the contest that ifpossible he will arrange to present theprizes to the champion babies on Fridayafternoon at 4 o'clock, immediatelyafter the close of the contest.Entries are pouring in to the officeof the State Board of Health rapidlyand arrangements are being made toaccommodate about one baby every fiveminutes. While it will take from 20to 30 minutes to judge a baby enoughdoctors will be provided so that ababy will be judged every five minutes.Two large rest tents with cotswill be provided for the convenienceof the mothers and babies. Thesetents will be in charge of trainednurses and mothers may leave theirbabies there insafety while they visitthe fair. Everything possible will bedune to provide for the health, happinessand comfort of the mothers andbabies.Many mothers are entering theirbabies not so much for the prospectof winning prizes but as an endorsementof the movement for the satisfactionof knowing how their babiescompared with other North Carolinababies and for the benefit of experts'advice in regard to correcting anyslight defects which may be found.It is already planned to offer a specialset of prizes next year for the babieswho were entered this year and showthe greatest improvement made duringthe year. To be eligible to enterthat contest it will of course be necessaryto enter the present contest.Entrance to the contest is easy.All that is necessary is to write theState Board of Health stating the dayyou expect to attend the fair and themost convenient hour to have thebaby judged. You will then be sentan entrance card with an appointmentas near the hour mentioned asit is possible to make it. Then ifyou will present the baby and card ateast wing of Floral Hall at the appointedhour, the baby will be judgedand scored on his physical merits."With their parents' consent, somegood, first class babies will beweighed, measured and examined inpublic at the State Fair in orderthat the people may see how partof a Better Babies Contest is held.How do we get hookworms? Easilyenough. Somebody else who did notuse toilets and sewers or a sanitaryprivy polluted the soil. Our barefootchildren soiled their feet in this materialand a case of "ground itch" developed.That meant that the littlehookworms from this filth were burrowingtheir way into the child's systemat this point. After that, the childgets tired easily, fails to grow right,or, if a severe case, it becomes punyand sickly. To cure and to preventhookworm, write the State Board ofHealth. _q_A Toast.Heard at the Maggots' banquet in theManure-Box: Eat, drink and bemerry, for to-morrow we'll be files.Ex.