The evening Republican., 1902-07-31
INSTRUCTIONS BY
lRD OF HEALTH.
FEhe following instructions have
9Sn issued by the Boarl OF Health.
CARE OF INFANTS.

The home In which the baby lives
Mould be- kept as clean and as well
Sntilated as possible. Children suf-
eg from the effects of foul air more
aaickly than grown people. Give the
$&ehy plenty Of fresh air. On hot days
n should be kept Out of doors in the
r6Ul of the morning and in the early
sening
II 1t Is out during the hottest part
k the day. it should be on the shady
"a OF broad street, or in a park or
xden. DO not expose it directly to
70 heat OF the sun, and always pro.
ect It's eyes from bright light. Have
clothing light, cool and clean, and
hk loose as to allow free play for the
limbs
The clothing which has been worn
Y NV the child during tile day, if it is
Z ~ be worn again, should be hung up
during the night so as to air thor.
4 0ughly. Night clothes should he
Y aired during the day. Diapers which
n have been wet or soiled should not be
IN used again until after they have been
/. washed.
Give the child tub bath at least
4 once day. Put it to sleep at regular
hours each day, aud always in bed by
y ltself if possible. Ii the child treLs
Or does not Sleep try to find out what
makes it do so, and by removing the
4 cause stop the trouble. Never give
fEahild soothing syrup or othermediclne
y 10 quiet it, or to put it to sleep, I'M
4 less you have been ordered to do so by
\ y physician.
Ss Use talcum powder toprevent chat.
4 ing, and If it does occur, use some
$solmple ointment to heal it, after
\ hathing with thin stlrch water in
Z stead OF soap and water.
Give reasonable quantity of wat
Y 81 TO drink, preferably water which
5 has been boiled and cooled.
Do not begin to feed Il child food
h other than breast milk, before it is
4 Ten months old, unless advised to do
- by physician.
ri A child should be nurscd every two
4 hours during the day time and once
b Dr twice during the night, until it Is
\ Tour or five months Old. After that
age it is not nece 'sary to feci 1T SO
pften, every three hours during the
\ daytime, once in night is suili.
& clknt.
Carefully wash the nipple before
md after nursing.
IN The rubber nipple should be kept
I'm baking soda and wafer or b1rlcid
4 lcid ard water, one half teaspoonful
to glass of water, when not in u.s..
4 The opening in the end Of the rubber
Il nipple should be small enough to
Keep the baby about fifteen minutes
nursing. If too large the baby is apt
J. to suffer from collie, the result Of too
4 rapid feeding, Don't under any con
sideraton, use the nipple which has
n the llbe attachment running down
into the bottle, as it is impossible
U to-eiean out the Old mix that collect
on the inside of the tube, and it
decays making a good breeding
4 ground for disease germs. Ii the
mplher has not milk enough. Or II
\ she has consumption or any other
physician as to the proper food for
giving the baby in place Of breast
milk,
Do not wean the child Just before
or during hot weather, nor before 1t
Y is twelve months old. As soon as the
s centre teeth have come, the child
should have, in addition to its milk,
one or two meals each day consi5 ling
" Of stale well baked bread with s0Oc
n butter, broths, free Of fat, and oa'
tiineal we'll cooked and strained
Gradually the mothers milk shoult
~ be withdrawn from the child. Sc
that it will be weaned completely BY
the time it is fourteen months Oh
unless tue occurrence OF hot weather
caus es some delay. When the child il
lone year old. it may have, once ;
N DAY in addition to its milk, bread
grnel and broth, later rice, baket
POTATOES and ste wed fruits, can b.
added 10 its diet. 1t should not b.
given any ham, pork. bacon, sausage
fried meats, cabbage, pastery, tea 0
r coffee.
u There Is more danger of giving
child too much food THAI OF giving
4 ut too little. DO not nurse it or feet
Il IL every time it cries, few drops o
water is often all it wants.
1.-THE oabys food be kept fresI
and sweet, Cnoleta InlanLum IS no
apt TO occur.
Z Use only fresh milk. See that 1t
clean and cold when you get t, kce
1t clean and cod Until you use 1t.
AZ IL sours too soon or seems to have to
little cream, notify the Inspector {
MIX, 223 Harrison street.
II the child is i'll, especially If il
a he taken during the summer with all
attack Of vomiting and dilrrnol,
send for physician at once.
/. As consumption Is the mos
z contagious and fatal disease know
lyou owe it to your family and friend
and the public to do all il you
power to prevent its spread.
2.-The sputum spit cOughed Il
by q conSunptive contains the seed
of the disease. If this Sputum bt
comes dry and powdered thes
seeds or germs fly about in the Il
and any one breathing them int
En- his lungs is liable to contract COZ
sumption, especially if the gener
sis health is poor, If the sputum
swallowed it may produce consum
,tion of the bowels.
4 3.-Never spit upon the foo
tS carpet, wall, stove or street. Sp
MI into a piece of cloth, which mus
s be burned. Soft tissue paper all
NAV he uspI fnr this nurnOsr