The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-03


and drain off the upper hall and give
the other to the child. This is ar
important matter, and children keni
on the milk diet will generally esca De
sickness. The great mortality comes
from ignorance IN dieting children,
They should have water in modera.
ton but no ice water. They SHOULD
not eat too Otten-say once every
three hours for child under one
year and fer a nursing child every
two hours. Over two years they
should not eat so often In regard to
dressing, children should be we'll pro-
tected. They are often dressed too
lightly but the dresses should be
changed according to the tempera-
tuEe. Children should be sent into
the open air freely morning and even
ing by sending them to the PARK or
Ponce de Leon springs. When child
is sicklY change Of locality is gen.
orally beneficial. These roles apply
to healthy children. When children
are sick Of course the family pbysi-
clan should be called upon for instruc-
tons. Chiliren over two years of age
can eat some vegetables, such as Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes and rice, but
no beans, cucumbers, beets, cabbages
or radishes or anything of that kind.
They can eat tomatoes or chicken
soup once day, and may also eat
other soup. It is q bad habit for
them to drink much water at e time
They should sleep in well ventilated
rooms, but no drsught should be 81.
lowed.
The third physician was asked
what was the proportion of MANTLE
mortality, spd responded:
zine mortality reports OF our cities
from week to week Stow the APPALLING
fact that one-:hird OF all the death.
are children under one year of age"
why should this be can it be
prevented"
the trouble lies almost wholly in
the manner Of feeding. Ever since
time began the great anxiety has
been to keep the baby full of some.
thing from the time it comes into the
world until its little body Is carried
to an early grave, or by some strange
good luck survives this unnatural
treatment until it reaches an sge
when an approach to regularity is
exercised in its feeding. Why, dur
ing the first year children, as rule,
are stuffed early and late, hence the
greatest mortality takes place at that
age-a parallel to which cannot be
found IN animal creation. After this
they are allowed mole time between
meals, hence less proportion die
"What Is the proportion OF deaths
TO sge?"
"One-third of the deaths are chill
dren under one year of age, Between
one year and five years about one
fifth. After five years of age children
are fed only three or four meas
day, and at regular intervals, and
comparatively very few die between
the ages of five and thirty. In other
words, as the child grows, and is per-
mitted to eat only when hungry, 10
stead 81 being stuffed with any and
everything at any and all times, It's
chances OF life are improved. Ii is
rarely the case that the child is not
eating or vomiting alternately from
morning uutll night 1t IS so irvari-
able that it is regarded as altogether
natural. It is expected that q child
will throw up its TODD after taking 1t,
and nurses declare it is all right. Ma
tare reVolts against such treatment OF
baby's stomach. Early and late, dag
and night, it is kept full and dis
tended, and natures effort to remedy
toe error is evinced 6y every hiccough
and regurgitation.''
What Is the result of this feed
ing?"
Dyspepsia and it's consequent train
OF intantile but formidable dersnge-
ments. There can be DO good reason
why baby should habitually throw
up the food after feeding any more
than man should sit at table and
stuff himself like gourmand eli old
until he vomits."
''Wbat would be your general
remedyW
with right care as to feeding.
clothing and cleanliness, but chiefly
feeding, the death OF a healthy born
infant before two years of age would |
be 80 rare az to be a cause OF wonder |
and comment. For the best results
the ;nfant's meals must be given at
regular intervals OF two, three and |
four hours, according to age. ard |
nothing but milk should be given un-
I'll the appearance OF the teeth
THE time for weaving cannot ba
fixed by the almanac, but must de-
pend upon dentition. 1t should never
be done suddenly, one regimen being |
transformed into another,
80 that the child may be progressively |
for the change in it's dietic |
habits. The child should never be |
wesned until the eruption of the teeth,
but the intervals which occur between
the cutting of the different sets of
teeth should be selected. At what
ever period weaving is begun, it
should be done methodically, and
nothing but milk given at first"
So you think that most infants die
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