Popular Health Instruction

Major Edward Stuart of the Rockfeller Commission for the prevention of tuberculosis in France, writes an instructive article on this subject in the International Journal of Public Health for March-April, 1921. He is dealing with the conditions prevailing in Servia, Slovakia and Roumania, which are in many respects similar to those found in India, With reference to the teaching of children he says:? " In a campaign of popular instruction there are two main lines of attack requiring separate treatment, i.e., the education of children and that of* adults. Everyone will admit that health education among children of school age is of supreme importance for the welfare of the future generations; that lessons given to children when they are most impressionable, achieve the most permanent results ; and that teaching received when young is the most effective. It is neces-