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

188 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.baby may interfere, replace thepiece of glass with a thin board.That's just as good, except that itshuts out some of the light.Yes, there's the bedroom, too. Ina bedroom, as elsewhere, one personis enough, two are company, andthree are a crowd. Where there iscompany, or less in a room, closeall the bedroom doors and all butone window. Open that windowwide. Roll the bed alongside it,place your pillow over as near thewindow as you can, or even on thewindow sill, if possible. Thendress warmly, cover up well, and goto sleep with your head as near thewindow as possible. Where there ismore than company in a bedroom,that is, where necessity requiresthat there be more than one bed ina room, it is best to open all thebedroom door and windows and letthe fresh air circulate at will. Inother words, keep your windows justas you do in the summer time, andmake up for the difference in temperatureby adding warmer clothing.That's all there is to it. In themorning you will feel like a threeyear-old,if you have had senseenough to dress warmly. If youhaven't dressed warmly enough, youwill deserve the brand new cold youwill probably have.Then, if you have dressed warmlyenough, and if you care to take outan insurance policy against coldsand issue an injunction against gripand consumption, just wring atowel or wash cloth out of coldwater, and wash the neck, chest, andabdomen. Don't neglect to rub fastand furious. Follow this with agood, stiff rubdown with the roughestdry towel you can find, and youwill be surprised to find how yourwork looks like play.THE EIGHT KIND OF MAN.In the initial issue of the littleHealth Bulletin being issued by Dr.George M. Cooper, Whole TimeCounty Health officer of SampsonCounty, we find the following,which goes to show the altruisticspirit shown by men who are takingup health work for the sake ofhumanity, regardless of personalconveniences, loss of income andthe uncertainties of public offices.These are the kind of men that aremaking the new North Carolina oftoday. We quote the introductionhe gives in his bulletinIn this, the first appearance of ourBulletin, we want to try to explainsomething of the task ahead of us. Weshall issue a record of our work fromtime to time in order that the peoplemay know what is being done.As is generally known, Sampson isone of twelve North Carolina countieswhich recently decided to spend someof their money in trying to make abetter place for their people to live, byendeavoring to prevent some unnecessarydiseases, in other words, tryingto prevent sickness, among the childrenespecially, rather than spend itall in caring for paupers later.We realize that, like all reforms, itis a departure from the usual, and assuch must fight ignorance and selfishness,and prejudice, and greed, and,worst of all, petty politics. We realizefully that we shall, in all probability,be kicked down and out forour trouble,sooner or later, and we have enteredthe work with our eyes wideopen, so to speak.But we also realize that while reformssometimes go backward for atime, it is never for long. For example,we well remember with shame thatthe people of Clinton once ACTUALLYVOTED DOWN HER GRADEDSCHOOL, but not for long; you see theprinciple could not be voted down.Again, we realize that we must havethe cordial co-operation of the peopleif the work is to have the effect forgood we hope and expect it to have.Therefore, we want to request hereand now the help of all the people inthe county.