The Kodak Magazine; Vol. 10, No. 8; Jan. 1930
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January 1930 Published in the interests of the men and women of the Kodak organi3ation by Eastman Kodak Company. Rocnester. N. Y. MONTHLY ACCIDENT REPORT NOVEMBER, 1929 Accident Cases Accidents per 1000 PLA.NT Employees 1929 1928 1929 1928 --- Kodak Office ... ...... : 0 0 0 0 Camera Works ..... 11 6 3.32 2.30 H awk-Eye Works .. ... 1 0 1.42 0 Kodak Park Works ... .. 10 1.69 1.47 T otal-Rochester Plants 25 16 1.91 1.41 NATURE OF ACCIDENTS DURING MONTH 9 cases of injury through bruises, burns, and lacerations. 6 cases of injury through falling and slipping. 2 cases of injury through falling material. 3 cases of injury through stepping on nails. 2 cases of injury through sprains and strains. 1 case of injury through foreign body in eye. 1 case of injury around press. 1 case of injury around machine of special nature. 25 employees' accident cases during month. Let's make 1930 a yeal' of progress a year of safety/ VoL. X JANUARY, 1930 No.8 HOW TO AVOID COLDS HAT causes colds? No specific germ become moist or steamy. About once a has been discovered. A great day is enough for this procedure which amountW of experimental work seems to can be counted upon to lessen the demand show that several varieties of bacteria for heat, thereby cutting down the con- (germs) are associated with colds. When sumption of fuel. The average water pan one's resistance is low, these bacteria, attached to the furnace does not evap- commonly found in the nose, mouth, and orate enough water for a proper degree throat, are believed to penetrate the of humidity. tissues and cause inflammation, such as a 4. Faulty Diet and Elimination. Right sore throat, etc. This lowering of resist- kinds and proper amounts of food help ance is influenced by a number of factors: to keep one at normal weight. Excessive 1. Fatigue. Many times a cold has over- or underweight diminishes resistance followed a period of getting overtired, to colds. There should be a generous due to insufficient sleep and strains of allowance of milk, eggs, fruits, and green various kinds. One should average at vegetables, and not an oversupply of least eight hours' sleep. starches and sugars. The time-honored 2. Lack of Outdoor Exercise. It is a "hot lemonade" probably owes much of common observation that individuals its value to the alkaline properties of its spending a good share of their time in the juice. Water should be taken freely be- open air rarely have colds. With the cause it aids in the elimination of poisons approach of winter there is a tendency from the body. among factory and office workers to limit Care of the bowels is important. Con- outdoor exercise and recreation. One stipation should be relieved whenever should spend at least' one hour a day in possible by proper diet, exercise, and the open air, preferably walking; deep other natural means. breathing should also be practiced. 5. Clothing. This must be selected to 3. Poor Ventilation. The air of most conform to the weather. It is very nec- buildings in winter is too warm and dry essary that the feet and ankles be kept and causes a congestion and dryness of dry and warm. Have a spare umbrella the lining of the nose, throat, and other and a pair of rubbers in your locker as a air passages. This condition greatly en- provision against unexpected storms. courages the development of a. cold. A Finally, remember that colds are con- healthful temperature is 70° Fahrenheit, tagious. Even a well person may contract with about 30-40% of moisture (humid- a cold if exposed directly to the fine spray ity) present in the air. A good plan to sent about by careless sneezing or cough- secure sufficient moisture for a moderate- ing. Cover your own mouth when doing sized dwelling is to let the teakettle boil either. Wash your hands before eating. on the kitchen stove until the windows Avoid crowds. The fortunate circumstances ofour lives are generally found at last to be ofour OWn produciug .-GOLDSMITH 4 THE KODAK MAGAZINE FATHER MOTHER TOM JIM RUTH A FOOD BUDGET "How many are there in your family? "You can see what our market order There are five in ours-Father, was for the week of December eighth, if Mother, Tom, Jim, and Ruth. Nine, you turn to the inside back cover of this seven, and four are the ages of the young- magazine. sters. Father and Mother-well-they "What we have found to be the hardest are over thirty." thing is to stick to our plan-and not to Mr. and Mrs. Waite have been married buy something which is not on our list. - eleven years. Each year they have been "Because we had read and been told able to save a little money-sometimes that food had more to do with keeping us more, sometimes less. Their aim is to own well than any other one thing, we followed their own home. Now, they have enough certain rules in making out our market to meet the first payment and moved in order. Calories-vitamins-minerals-all the first of the New Year. had to be included in right proportions. How did they make this possible? Remember, we have three growing chil- "Planning a year ahead," they say. Let dren. My wife does all of the housework them tell their story. and makes a few clothes for the children. "When we first started planning, we "Would you be interested in our rules? made many funny (sometimes tragic!) Here they are: mistakes, especially on what we spent for MILK food. That we couldn't seem to calculate. One quart of milk daily for each child and one We'd set aside what we thought would pint each for the adults. run us for the week, and by Thursday EGGS We use few eggs in winter when they are high there'd be nothing left. priced-and buy storage ones at that because "Finally we took paper and pencil and they have as good food value as fresh ones- wrote down the amounts we thought we four for the youngest, eight for the rest of us for a week. This spring we may be able to " put needed. We estimated the cost. We kept down" a few dozen of our own and make the careful accounts. If we went wrong one cost less. week, we would right it the next. This MEAT AND FISH winter we figure around ten dollars a week We can cut our meat and fish bill to a very low will give us enough food of the right kind point because we buy other foods, like milk, beans, and cereals, in sufficient quantity to give (with variety) to keep our family of five us right proteins (muscle builders). Look at our in good health and happy. market order to see how we divide these up. THE KODAK MAGAZINE 5 FATS we use oatmeal. We all have grown to like it, We buy a butter substitute (a pound and six and for the money it is cheapest. The white ounces) and can safely do this because each child flour is used in making simple cake, pies, and gets a quart of milk daily and the grown-ups each muffins once a week. a pint. A pound of lard does for our cooking fat. SUGAR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES We have found that a small amount of sugar We take great care in selecting our fruits and carries us a long way and gives us better health vegetables. We plan on one fresh fruit each day than when we used twice as much. We allow and one raw vegetable three or four times a week, not quite three pounds. with tomatoes the other days. Some weeks we BEVERAGES buy small oranges in place of the bananas. See The children like a weak cocoa for a warm our food plan and notice our variety. drink. One box carries us two weeks. We use POTATOES very little tea and coffee, because we realize they We eat at least a peck of potatoes a week. In have no food value. our new house we have a small room in the cellar CONDIMENTS (Accessories) built so we can store potatoes. We hope to save In our market order, you notice that we have a little money t hrough the summer and buy five allowed fifteen cents to cover salt, pepper, gela- bushels in the fall because they are cheapest then. tin, and t he like. BEANS "Well, that's our plan. I can recom- Baked beans make a good supper dish, and the mend your making one for your family. two boys and their mother often eat them at Ours probably won't fit your needs- but noon. They make excellent sandwiches, too. We use them at least twice a week. the rules will help you out." BREAD-CEREAL-FLOUR Are you getting all that you should Bread, cereal, and flour help us to economize from the money you spend for food? If a.nd give us good food value besides. You see you have doubts, Miss Comstock of the by our market order that this week we bought Medical Department will gladly talk four loaves of Graham a.nd whole-wheat bread and six of white. We often get more of the whole- with you about your food plan for nine- grain and less of the white. In the cold weather teen hundred and thirty.