How to keep well in wartime
1943 1943 1940s 28 pages : illustrations GET ENOUGH SLEEP fast. A hurried breakfast, bolted rather than eaten, not enough time for a visit to the w.c., a rush for tram, train, or bus — what a thoroughly bad start for the day's work ! If you are troubled with constipation, correct...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
1943
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28 pages : illustrations
GET ENOUGH SLEEP fast. A hurried breakfast, bolted rather than eaten, not enough time for a visit to the w.c., a rush for tram, train, or bus — what a thoroughly bad start for the day's work ! If you are troubled with constipation, correct it by attention to diet, habit, and exercise. Do not take drugs for it unless your doctor thinks they are necessary. Eat more vegetables. Drink a glass of water first thing in the morning, and give yourself time. 2 Get Enough Sleep It is possible that you begin the day badly by ending yesterday badly — that is by going to bed too late. It is true that some people can do with less sleep than others. But the average adult should try to have eight hours' sleep every night, so if you get up at 6 a.m., try to be in bed with the lights off by 10 p.m. A weekly night on fire guard or A.R.P. won't do you any harm if you make up the lost sleep during the week. People who find it hard to go to sleep are often those who find it hard to relax. They are too tense, too restless, too "nervy." Or it may be that if you find it difficult to fall off to sleep you have "something on your mind" — a domestic worry, anxiety about money, about health. Try to find out what this something is, and then take steps to settle the matter that is worrying you. In any case, try not to worry about things you cannot change. Here are some tips that may help those who suffer from sleeplessness. This May Help You to Sleep. If you have been working indoors all day, a quarter of an hour's walk in the open air before bedtime may give you a pleasant feeling of mental relaxation that will quickly bring on sleep. Some people are helped by a hot bath, others by a hot drink (but not tea or coffee), just before going to bed. Others, again, send themselves to sleep by reading a book — a rather stodgy book, not a detective tale. You won't go to sleep easily if you are too hot or too cold. And you won't sleep healthily if the windows are closed. So open the windows wide, in all weathers except fog, just before getting into bed, and keep warm by putting over yourself more blankets, or a dressing gown, or an overcoat. People who suffer from cold feet should put on socks. A hot water bottle, remember, means extra consumption of fuel, unless you can put your kettle on a fire already in use for heating or cooking. Noise is another disturber of sleep, as you'll know if you're on night shift. Ear plugs, or cotton-wool and vaseline, will help to keep noise out. Someone in your household may suffer badly from insomnia, and feel run down as a result. In this case seek a doctor's advice. And 3
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