Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1911 — Dr. HurtY Tells of Essential Things in Making Home Hygienic. [ARTICLE]

Dr. HurtY Tells of Essential Things in Making Home Hygienic.

Dr. J. N. Hurty, Secretary of the State Board of Health, in an address before the home nursing department of the Indianapolis Civic League on Thursday afternoon in the Board of Trade building, spoke of the necessity for hygienic conditions In the home in the prevention and cure of disease. He said there were four essentials to a hygienic home —fresh air, cleanliness, elevation of the house to prevent mustiness and diet. He devoted the greater part of his lecture to fresh air and diet. , In speaking of proper ventilation, he cited examples of homes that arg shut up *at the beginning of winter and not aired until spring and said every house should be well aired several times a day, even in the coldest weather. Dr. Hurty declared 75 per cent of the illness of today is due to improper food and to overeating. By means es simple illustrations be described the manner in which food Is assimilated by the body and showed that when too much food, especially meat, is eaten it decays within the body and poisons the system. He explained that germs of many diseases are in all human bodies, and that, by intemperate living, the resisting power of the system Is so weakened that the germs are not overcome^but are permitted to multiply until the.disease has obtained fiill sway. He said headaches, eruptions on the skin, dullness of faculties and other weaknesses generally could be cured and prevented by dieting. In closing Dr. Hurty told of the ravages being made by preventable diseases, and said the state could save more lives if it would spend less in trying to eliminate crime and more in teaching people how to preserve their health. r . Ladies desiring millinery and dressmaking, also ladles' tailoring, call on Mrs. H. A. Cripps, crter Trust and Havings Bank.