Health memoranda for soldiers.

  • Great Britain. Army.
Date:
[1939]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Health memoranda for soldiers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    stand the importance of breathing fresh, pure air. HH you feel too much air or draught, either in a room, or m a camp or bivouac, wear your woollen cap. The test of good ventilation in.a room is simple. There should be no unpleasant smell or stuffiness perceptible to any one suddenly entering from the outside fresh air. Persons who have been in an impure atmosphere for some time do not notice it, as their sense of smell becomes blunted from breathing the impure air. Food and Feeding This is a subject which interests us all, and many of our enjoy- ments are associated with it. We commence the day well or ill, as we get a good or a bad breakfast, and retire happily or uncomfortably to bed, as we have eaten a well- or ill-cooked Supper, The troops have the care of their food from the time it is handed over by the contractor until it is eaten, and if it is not satisfactory the fault is largely the soldier’s. ‘The former custom of the soldier eating his meals in the erie room has now given place to the dining-hall system, which does away with the objectionable practice of eating in the same room as that in which you sleep. Let us trace out what ought to be done by the store-men, the cooks, and the orderly-men :— 1. The hands and clothes of all persons who handle food, or cooking utensils, should be scrupulously clean. 2.. The bread and meat stores should be kept scrupulously clean, tidy, and cool, well ventilated, and free from flies. 3. The kitchen and all its fittings, such as tables, safes, and shelves, as well as cooking utensils, should be clean. The cook and his assistants should be particularly clean, and should wear clean washing overalls. Flies should not be ailowed to gain access to the food. They carry minute portions of filth on their feet and contaminate all they touch. 4. The orderly-men should be clean and supplied with a sufficient number of cloths for washing up.