Word: healthful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more conveniently located places could be provided, where students could get an attractive and scientifically correct diet, it would certainly make for the better health of those students who now 'eat around'. Many of the cases which come under my observation can be traced directly to this unfortunate habit...
...Notable progress and development have characterized the past year [ending in June] of Porto Rico." General health and sanitation measures were made more effective; progress was made in education; the percentage of illiteracy was reduced. Total revenues for the year were $11,740,384, five per cent more than Treasury estimates. All budgetary expenses were met; more than $1,000,000 was paid on the floating debt; more than $400,000 remained in the treasury at the end of the year. External trade totaled $194,000,000; 88% was with...
Tuberculosis, dread disease, drew concentrated attention from doctors, public health workers, social hygienists and Red Cross contributors during the past fortnight. Last week the National Tuberculosis Association met in Washington, immediately after the International Union against Tuberculosis, which had met there the previous week...
...annually (326.2 per 100,000) in the U.S. Koch foreshadowed the method of preventing the disease. Since then unceasing preventive work has reduced its ravages in the U. S. until last year, as Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who is responsible for the work of the U. S. Public Health Service, told the International Union, there were only 76,605 (81.8 per 100,000) deaths in the 36 states who report their health statistics to the Government...
Prevention lies with maintaining sound health, cure with nourishing foods, plentiful clean air, abundant sunshine. (Ultraviolet light, from quartz lamps has proven efficacious substitute for sunlight...