The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-03
WHY CHILDREN DIE.
A Talk with the Doctors,
,r,.o necIare that Children Die by
wv Nv Ignorance of their Parents.
MIN Feed Them Too Much at the
WV Wrong Tina.

matters which can arrest toe atten
L. Of the people. There can b
W. " doubt that much sickness anf
" deaths are the result OF ignor
maD' IN the part of mothers WHIT
spo0 nothing of the rules OF hygen''
E1 5 allow their children to indulge II
A1u T or diet which can result only
,Ss loss of health. and perhap;
~ ~. - The Constitution presents ihi;
H'o' ,;n0 interviews With two promin,
n sn' Obyficians of the CITY, WHO moved
en' ap.SoiiessionaI ethics. declined the
Oy p'tb their names, but are willing to
use - ,bs nublic the benefit OF their
gNssalsdee. They are gentlemen who
gnu kno"t tbe fail confidence and respect
n na'' only of Atlantians. but OF all
E ~. and their rtterances are
Ell, 10 snd always receive atten-
t;on In reply to request Tor the
bost manner OF caring Tor children
Jurinq the summer months a KIND
MI looked benlgnly upon Inc re-
norter and answered:
I'Tbere is no question about the
fact that one OF the greatest sources
If trouble with young children Is the
artificial food that is given them.
There are many, however. VINO get
along very well With ARTIFICIAL .oou-
For children under two years OF age
.baro # ia necessary to give food
otbay thsn that furnished ny the
mother there is nothing better than
COWS milk. The great mortality
among children of the age mentioned
il caused by impure air, impure water
and wrong dieting. The fact is al
ready established that cholera infan-
tum and dIarrbea in young children
are due to impure food and impure
air. coupled with the excessive and
ref ected heat, such as We have in the
centre OF the city. Heat Is regarded
as fruitful source Of indigestion and
disease, especially the reflected heat
which ne have in the business portion
Of she city. 10 the suburbs the diff
Gully is not 80 great, and in some por-
toas of the outskirts no greater
Trouble is experienced than is found
in the small towns. Ia regard to diet,
a child under two years old wants
nothing as a rule, but milk, and some
times d small quantity Of bread and
a little rice. Certainly no meats are
suitable. They should eat no veget-
sbles or fruit. When artificial food
has to be given infants, diaries should
not be relied upon, or any sdulterated
milks given. They should be given
milk from COWS that are not allowed
to run at large and drink the poison
Gus waters OF the sewer branches. !"
WHAT about exercise, doctor?"
They should be kept in the open
air, bnt not in the sunshine, It is as
tonishing to know the god results
that follow sending children to the
park or TO Ponce de Leon springs.
The exercise is reviVing and should
be taken advantage Of. This applies
to al children whose strength and age
will allow ii.
"HoB about bathing?"
Children should be bathed twice
dsV-mOFning and night-in tepid
water"
Should they drink much wa,er?"
"a moderate amount Of pure water
without ice"
About toe sleeping apartments
and clOtbiDg?"
They should be we'll ventilated,
but no drsught should blow upon the
child. The bowel affections OF the
summer come instead of the colds of
toe winter. Daring teetbing a light
flannel bandsge should be worn over
the bowels, and toe other parts should
be dressed very lightly, but changes
II temperature should not be dikre-
gsrded. these bandsges are not to
be worn while the child is in healthy
state"
"WhsG should be done with chill
dFen over two years of sge?"
They can eat almost anything in
moderation except green fruits aud
such other things as reason and COM
mon sense teach us are rot good for
them. They should not be allowed to
eat between meals, and can be allowed
to eat ripe fruit st meal time. Thew
should be given no ice water. SO It
greatly Injuries the digestive appar.
atus. Water should not sit where
they can get at it too readily as thew
sre likely to drink too much while
heated IRON exsrtion while playing"
Inc second physician who was vis-
ited replied as follows to the queries
that were propounded:
There has been g great deal of
sickness lately among children from
9ne 10 two years old. The trouble ia
9o"el affections, and ! think the
oSa'n rate has been more than usu.
S-iy large. The cause of the sickness
=. nSs Oeen the great change from cold
20 neat and imprudent diet. Feeding
euj.ufen under one year of age on an
htn al diet when it should
nave nave been mothers milk, or an ex.
t elusive milk diet, has been the
-IouO!e; Children from one to two
years OF age are fed On an indiscrim-
mate diet when it should be chiefly
9 u, mlIk and light, iarinacious food.
lucy snonid not be allowed to eat
ERs ls or fruits of any kind.