Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-26
How 70 Care for UIldrsn.
PREPARED BY DR.. CHANCELLOR, sEcRE-
TARY OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Rule /. Battle the child once a day
IN tepid water. If it is feeble, sponge
it all over twice day with tepid wa
ter, or with tepid water and vinegar.
The health Of the child depends upon
its cleanliness.
Rule 2. Avoid all tight bandaging.
Make the clothing light and cool and
so loose that the child may have free
play Of its limbs. At night undress
it, sponge it and put on slip. In
the morning remove the slip, battle
the child and dress it in clean clothes
If this cannot be afforded, thoroughly
air the day clothing BY hanging it up
during the night. Use clean diapers
and change them often. Never dry a
soiled one in the nursery or in the sit
ting room, and never use one for a Sec
ond time without first washing it.
Rule 8. The child should sleep by
itself in a cot or cradle. It should be
put to bed at regular hours, and be
early taught to 90 to sleep without
being nursed in the arms. Without
the advice of physician, never give
it any spirits, cOrdials, carminatives
soothing syrups or sleeping drops.
Thousands of children die every year
from the use of these poisons. If the
child frets and does not sleep, it is
either hungry or else i'll. Fill il
needs a physician. Never quiet it by
candy or by cake; they are the com.
mon causes of diarrhea and other trou.
bles.
Rule 4. Give the child plenty .ol
fresh air. In the cool of the morning
and evening send it out to the SHADY
sides of broad streets, to the public
squares or the park. Make frequent
excursions on the rivers. Whenever
it seems to suffer from the heat let il
drink freely of ice water. Keep il
out of the room in which washing OF
cooking is going on. It is excessive
heat that destroys the lives of young
infants.
Rule 8. Keep your house sweet and
clean, cool and well aired. In very
hot weather let the windows be open
day and night. Do your cooking in
the yard, in a shed, in the garret, on
in an upper room. Whitewash the
walls every Spring and see that the
cellar is clear of all rubbish. Let nc
slops collect to poison the air. Cor
rect all foul smells by pouring into
the sinks and privies carbolic acid OF
quicklime, or the chloride of lime, OF
a strong solution of cOpperas. These
articles can be got from the nearest
druggist, who viii give the needfuI
directions for their use. Make every
effort yourself, and urge your neigh
bors to keep clean the cutters of your
streets or of your court.
Rule 6. Breast-milk is the only pro-
per food for infants. If the supply is
ample, and the child thrives on it, no
other kind Of food should be given
while the hot weather lasts. If the
mother has not enough, she must not
wean the child, but give it, besides
the breast, goats or cows milk, as
prepared under Rule 8. Nurse the
child once in two or three hours du-
ring the day, and as seldom as posi-
bic during the night. Always remove
the child from the breast as soon as it
has fallen asleep. Avoid giving the
breast whe1 you are oyer-fatigued or
over-heated.
Rule Z. If. unfortunately, the child
must be brought up by hand, it should
be fed On milk diet alone-that is,
warm milk out Of a nursing bottle, al
directed under Rule 8. Goats milk
is the best, and, next to it, COW milk.