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CONSERVATION OF HEALTH. 
Program Suggested for Use in the Publie Sehools on Arbor and 
Conservation Day by Hazvaiian Braneh of the Women’s 
National Rivers and Harbors Congress — Suggestions for a 
Leeture to Sehool Children on Tubereulosis. 
Prepared by Dr. W. C. Hobdy. 
The following is only a sketch on which to elaborate a 
talk which should not consume over twenty minutes or a 
half hour. There should be much coming back to important 
points with repetition to drive home the fundamentals. The 
wording should be simple and all technical terms should be 
avoided : 
1. Introduction. Consumption is a disease that .affects 
the lungs with which we breathe. 
2. Consumption makes many people sick and a great many 
of them die from it if they are not well taken care of. 
3. Consumption is caught from other people who have 
the disease. 
4. Consumption can be prevented by doing certain things 
and not doing other things. 
5. Things to do: 
a. Get lots of fresh air all the time. All the time means 
night as well as day. It is more important to have fresh air 
at night than at any other time. Learn to sleep with all the 
windows open and outside on the veranda, if possible. If 
one ever finds how nice it is to sleep out-doors, they will 
never want to sleep in the house again. The night air is not 
harmful, it is healthy. Nowadays lots of people sleep out- 
doors because it is so much nicer than to sleep in a room. 
If you do have to sleep in a room, have all the windows and 
doors open. 
b. Keep your body clean. Every person should take a • 
cold bath every day. You don’t need a bathtub to do this. 
With a pail of water and a cloth you can have a refreshing 
bath all over. One should not only take an all-over bath 
every day, but one should always wash the hands before 
eating. It is easy to forget this, but it is a fact that the 
healthiest people are those who take care to have clean hands 
when they eat. 
c. Sleep alone. We know that one person takes con- 
sumption from another person who already has the disease. 
