New-York tribune., 1902-08-02
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q q whole rice to pint Of water is pT. KeTey's
be boiled half an hour, the rice three hours. When
the the child h sickens Of the rice or barley water; SO
that II cannot take II steadily, little chicken.
beef or n mutton broth may be used to favor the he
put in it But with many children these have a
This simple rule when the baby is sick. stop
barley Cruel" is strenuously imposed the
at the Babies Hospital. and DR.. Holt is not afraid
success in tins branch Of the dispensary practice
has been due to the care taken to teach the
mothers
SHOULD TEACH BABY FEEDING
AT the Buffalo meeting" said he. when DR..
kerley read his paper, doctors said in discussing
it that must have more intelligent class Of
tenement house mothers in New-York than they
do in other cities. That, of course. is absurd II
he hEe b have had any better n ear oIf
gently, 1t is because It has been our policy to In
what to do Most of the mothers do as well as
they can II they know what TO do they VIII gen,
infant is very highly skilled and technical EN-.
ploxment No one has any right to expect technicai
skill on the part of an ignorant unframed person
The mothers devotion makes her an nvaIuapIe n
teach the value of cooled milk or barley water
But will tell you reform which think should
be instituted. don't see why the care Of infants
should not be made part of every girIs pubic
1t m is & T to slys Soys n M a
No one knows whether boy is going to be
But the great majority of all the girls Will have
children TO bring up If 1t is worth while to teach
them TO cook and sew. II is surely worth while to
teach them how to feed baby to keep II
well; and what that would mean In the prevention
OF infant mortality hardly be estimated The
great. basic, underlying cause of infant mortality
is improper feeding.
MILK LABORATORIES.
DR.. Kerley advocated mucn the same thing In
his paper. already quoted. in which he said:
The large summer mortality from intestinal dis
orders is not due the tenement directly to the
hot weather. but to the absence of little knowl-
edge OF the complete inadequacy of facilities which
exists there during the hot months. In short there
is d total inab biliCy 10 the changed conditions
brought about by the hot weather.
THE municipality should establish milk labor
atCTieS and stations, for certain number OF
the poor population. where steriltzed milk and
cereal gruels and animal broths could be furnished
not pay. and small cost others. There
should be at least salaried physician and Wis
iting nurse, who could advise and teach mothers
in the infants and feeding and furnish lit
erature bearing upon the matter in the native
language of the mother. An ice station should be
connected with every labora tory. and ice supplied
free small cost. If good food were provided
for the we'll and the mothers instructed what to
do when the first sign of gastrointestnal disorders
appear. the deaths from summer diarrhoea would
be reduced a comparatively small number.
The above proposition this time may sound
utopan, but in the future. when in the process
evolution is still further removed from his abo
riginal ancestor, who held life very cheap. his
estimate of the value of this human life will have
changed. and there will be free milk laboratories
selfish municipal government supported by hu-
name people"