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By Sheryl Feagan
Health Education Consultant
Huron County Health Unit
The cooler weather of fall and
winter is here and with it comes dri-
er air that can dry out your nose,
lips and throat, as well as you home
and furnishings. The way to deal
with this dryness -is to raise the rela-
tive humidity inside your home.
Relative humidity is basically the
amount of moisture in the air. Peo-
ple are most comfortable in a rela-
tive humidity (RH) of 35 - 50 per-
cent. Outdoor air has a relative
humidity of 45 percent at 0 degrees
C but this air will only have a rela-
tive humidity of 15 percent in a 20
degree C room. In other words, in-
door air is very dry!
If your home has forced air gas or
oil heating, the solution to dry air
is to add a humidifier to your heat-
ing system. A console humidifier
can also be used in these environ-
ments. Both of these solutions will
work in the average house, but are
not suitable if your home is electri-
cally heated. Previously in this
case, the only choice was to use a
vapourizer to steam water into the
air.
Now cool -mist humidifiers are
available but are only effective for
small apartments or in a few rooms
of your home. Cool -mist humidifi-
ers can also be used as a vapourizer
to relieve respiratory congestion. In
fact, they're usually preferred over
steam vaporizers for this purpose
because the cool mist tends to re-
lieve swollen, inflamed throats bet-
ter and won't burn your skin.
There are basically two types of
cool -mist humidifiers: centrifugal
which uses centrifugalforce to
make a fine mist and ultrasonic
which converts electrical energy
into a mechanical vibration to vi-
brate the water in a shallow pan
into a very fine mist. This mist is
then drawn into a chamber where it
becomes mixed with air before be-
ing expelled via a high speed fan.
There are advantages and disadvan-
tages with both types of humidifi-
ers. The centrifugal humidifier va-
pourizes water more slowly and is
relatively ineffective as a room va-
pourizer. Its average operating time
is 17 - 22 hours and can't be dam-
aged if it does run dry. However,
they arc fairly noisy, operating at
about 40 decibels (cg. as noisy as a
quiet radio). The major disadvantage
of this system is that the output of
vapour is not adjustable.
Ultrasonic humidifiers perform
the best for their size and output.
They will run for 6-8 hours contin-
uously on a high setting or 25 - 30
hours on a low setting. In addition,
you can adjust the amount of va-
pour produced. If you have hard wa-
ter, it's best of use distilled water or
a demineralizing cartridge to prevent
build-up. In general, ultrasonic hu-
midifiers are very quiet, operating at
about 28 decibels. or the same noise
level as rustling leaves. On the neg-
ative side, they are difficult to clean
and more expensive to run. Howev-
er, they produce about three times
the vapour of a centrifugal humidifi-
er.
Care and Cleaning
Dirty humidifiers arc breeding
grounds for bacteria and mold. Un-
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Xi Gamma Nu
"AIDS and the Caring Communi-
ty" was the topic presented at the
November 3 meeting of Xi Gamma
Nu at the home of Sandy CamRbcll.
Terry Pook, a former nurse for the
Perth County Health Unit and soon-
to-be a pan of an AIDS research as-
signment at UWO, told members
how to cope with the coming crisis
for ourselves and our children.
Creativity was the key at the No-
vember 17 meeting sit the home of
Barb Passmore. Members described
an art or craft they had done and
viewed over forty different varieties
of artistic projects that could be
done.
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less your humidifier is cleaned
weekly with a mild vinegar and wa-
ter solution, bacteria and mold con-
taminated water can be circulated by
the fan into your home which could
eventually affect your health. At the
end of the season, always wash and
dry your humidifier before storing it
away until next year.
If you have questions about hu-
midifiers, your nearest salesperson
should be able to help. If you'd like
a Canadian Consumer Guide chart
to some cool mist humidifiers on
the market today, call or write the
Huron County Health Unit (524-
8301), Court House, Goderich, On-
tario, N7A 1M2.
Planning
by R. Jane Cunningham
Rural Organization Specialist
Have you ever heard someone say
"We had no time for a vacation this
year!" or "We just don't have the
money for a vacation!"?
A vacation "a period of rest from
work" is important to everyone. It
is used as a period away from work
stress, a time for rejuvenation and
an opportunity to accentuate the
positive and to do something spe-
cial. How can you budget time and
Exeter Villa
Hello from the Villa. We received
our first real taste of winter. It was
a little more and a little sooner than
we really want. Here's hoping that
we get more nice weather before
winter settles in.
An upcoming birthday this week
is Charlie Gage. Best Wishes Char-
lie. Nursing Home residents gath-
ered last week to celebrate our No-
vember birthdays. Honoured
residents were Lela Abbott, Cliff
Blanchard, Melvina Belanger, Roxie
Weber and Charlie Gage. Everyone
enjoyed the birthday cake baked by
our ladies.
Rev. Carter of the Centralia Unit-
ed Church conducted our weekly
worship service Wednesday. Get
Well wishes to Cliff Blanchard and
Gordon Heywood, who are in hospi-
tal. Our thoughts and prayers are
with you both.
This is our last week for taking
Christmas cake orders. Cakes are $4
a pound. Our cookbooks have ar-
rived and are on sale in time for
Christmas giving. Cookbooks are
}$5 each. Proceeds from cakes and
cookbooks go to the Villa Resi-
dents council.
The best way for a housewife to
get a few minutes to herself at the
end of the day is to start doing the
dishes.
ahead for a
money for a vacation?
Budgeting is a means of establish-
ing priorities and planning for
them. Here are some hints to make
that planning easier.
- The first questions you should
ask yourself are "Do I want to go
on vacation?" and "Is it very impor-
tant to have a vacation?" If your an-
swers are yes, then it's a high prior-
ity.
- Get everyone going on the vaca-
tion involved in the planning.
- Mark on your calendar you and
your family's "relaxed or low" work
periods. These become your poten-
tial vacation time periods. Number
them in order of preference.
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good vacation
- Decide on the length of your va-
cation. You may find it more con-
venient and pleasant to have two
short vacations instead of one long
vacation.'
- Review all transportation op-
tions comparing costs and amount
of travel time needed. Select the
transportation method that best
suits your circumstances.
- List all the activities you and
your family would like/to do on
your vacation and put them in order
of priority. Find out the time and
money each activity would use. Re-
adjust your list of activities as need-
ed. Remove time -wasting and costly
activities.
- Write down the costs while
planring your vacation. This allows
the vacation cost to be spread out
over time and lets you use a specific
amount of money for planning pur-
poses.
- Plan to allow a specific amount
of money for vacation emergencies.
- Investigate the possibility of
bartering for parts of your vacation
eg. snow plowing your neighbour's
driveway in exchange for a summer
weekend at their cottage.
- When you've planned the time
and money for your vacation you
can fine tune your schedule and
costs.
Bart DeVries
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