How to keep well in wartime
1943 1943 1940s 28 pages : illustrations HOW TO KEEP WELL IN WARTIME don't lose sleep worrying about what the doctor will think of you if you go to him. Of course he's busier than usual in wartime and he appreciates considerate treatment, but the National Health Insurance Scheme wa...
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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
HOW TO KEEP WELL IN WARTIME don't lose sleep worrying about what the doctor will think of you if you go to him. Of course he's busier than usual in wartime and he appreciates considerate treatment, but the National Health Insurance Scheme was invented to make it easier for you to have the benefit of his advice when you really need it. How Much Sleep Your Children Need. Children need more sleep than adults because they use up so much energy in growing. In summer-time, with its extra hours of daylight, parents find it difficult to get their children to bed. But remember this table : Age in years Hours of sleep needed 1 14-16 2-3 12-14 4-5 10-12 6-10 10-11 11-16 9 1/2-10 Few things are more important to a child than the right amount of rest and sleep, and modern parents are apt to let their children stay up too late. So you must be firm in this matter. See that the curtains in the room in which your children sleep are well drawn, so that the daylight does not get in. Arrange the beds so that the children sleep with their heads turned away from the window. Once they are asleep and it is dark, you can draw back the curtains so that more air can come into the room. 3. Get Your Share of Air and Sunshine The black-out makes it less easy to keep rooms well ventilated. But there are one or two obvious points not always borne in mind. The first is that, provided there is not a strong wind, it is not always necessary to shut the windows when you draw the curtains at black-out time. This depends to some extent on how the curtains are placed. You can see whether air currents disturb the black-out by going outside and looking. If your curtains only just fill the space of the window frame, then you might use one of the many devices that give you good ventilation and proper black-out. They are based on the fact that air can get round corners but light cannot. If you live in a bed-sitting room, air the room until it is smoke-free before you get into bed. Why Ventilation is Important. You should pay the greatest attention to ventilation. There is no doubt that we feel better and are better if the rooms in which we work, eat, and sleep are well ventilated. Headaches, lassitude, lack of appetite may all result 4
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