The Cairo bulletin., 1905-06-28
TO SAVE LIVES OF
ILLINOIS BABIES
Important Advice to Mothers
from Health Board
DANGER IN BAD MILK
EcoNoMlZE ON YOUR BABY's
BACK, BUT NOT ON ITS
STOMACH - SEE THAT
ITS FOOD is PURE.

iolloNlHg important lcttef rom III
James A. Egan secretary of the III
inois State Board of Health. which
ought to be read by every mother in
Cairo:
During the summer season when tde
general cund tons OF health through
out the state are much improved, when
consumptiyes experience relief in their
lives in the open air. when the couta-
goius diseases are reduced To a mint
mum. The state Board of Health is
actively engeged in fighting those fac
tors which are responsible for t3e
great infant mortality i'm the state,
The active work Of the board in this
direction was begun early in the
spring aud campaign Of education
has already been gotten we'll under
way which will make it's impression in
every county in the state. A 2S-page
circular on Infant FeeSing and the
Care Of Infants has just been publish
ed and already copies have been sent
TO the physicians Of every county who
have been asked to cooperate in Civ
ing to tle publications of the Board
the widest dis rihution
An Important Document
As a public health document this cir
cular is unusual In more than one par
ticula~ Radically departing from the
t'me-honCred ,stereotyped style, the
circular IS embellished with an attrac
tive cover design and illustrations are
used most freely, not only to simplify
the instructions given, but to impress
more forcefully the admonitions given.
The cover page bears the slogan adopt
ed by the board, Save the Babies, =
together with tina quo,ar on from Car
lyle. Good Christian people, here lies
for you an inestimable loan; take all
heed there in all carefulness employ
it-with high recompense. or else with
heavy penalty will it one day be re-
quired back
Startling Death Rate.
According to the circular, oRe.ifth
of all infants horn in Illinois die dur
ing the first year OF life, while in large
cities. like Chicago ana New York, the
death rate of infants is much higher,
in midsummer equalling that Of all
other persons over fifteen years of age.
But the death-rate OF summer is not
due TO the heat alone II is due o the
effect of the hot weather upon the
| haby's food-lhe deaths of infants are
chiefly caused by improper food or
their inability to digest and assimilate
the food given
/ Keeping Mothers MIX Pure.
/ The circJf1ar teaches that mother's
milk is the only perfect food for the
child. but the chief aim is to guide the
mother In feeding the infant who IS by
4 necessity deprived Of It's natural food
Il tells Of the artificial foods which
may be selected and theig advantages
and disadvantages the We nurse
\ Of COWS milk. Of condensed milk and
of the manufactured infant foods
The mixing Of COWS milk 10 suit the
delicate digestion Of the young infan,
\ is described in such way as to rob
4 the process Of the tecanicality and diff
ficul.y which usually surround the pro
\ cess and to So simplify t. as TO render
milk modification safe and practicable
\ In every home
Advice as TO Cleansing.
Even the details of cleansing the
bottles and nipples. Of dressing, bath
ing and caring for the little one, 81
Handling the utensils used in prepar
1 ing the bahy's food are dealt with il
| short concise paragraphs which tel
their story without unnecessary word
| Or discussion The health Of the moth
er, 80 essant al to the welfare Of III,
Fchild is considered in chapter whicl
abounds id practical helpful Suggest
ions, while a concluding chapter is de
voted TO suggestions 10 the dairyma
and bis duties to his customers Thl
last CHAPTER is nor only Of value /
the milk dealer who would produce
good pure milk, but y is an oxceilen
| guido To the parent az to what h
should demand Of tho milk dealer !
protecting the life and health Of hi
child
Advice in Terse Sayings.
{ From cover TO cover the circua
/ abounds in concise epigrammadc SUI
gestions, couched in a language s
4 clear and simple as 10 make the 81
1 gestions available 10 every mother. g
n is better for an infant 10 have clea
food in filthy surroundings than dir
food in ideal surroundings, "Babi,
suffer more from oyerfeeling the
understanding 1T is easy to get
baby into good habits; it is hard
get a baby out of bad HABITS" Goo
3 artificial feeding is better than hi
! breast feeding" Cleanliness Is mo
important than Tie richness of n
e milk. 'lt you must economic lal 20
y savings be on The baby's back: moi
u rs stomach "a rai baby ia MOI
! a.