Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-06-26

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treatment and died When there IS
room for them, well children whom
the mothers caunot leave at home are
allowed to 60 down the harbor for the
day These sit out on the fore deck
and pay games under the direction of
trained Kindergarten A familiar
picture last year when the boat re
turned in the afternoon was a mother
who supports seven children by scrub
bing in an office building and to whom
the opportunity to send the youngest
away for the day was an incaleulable
boon The total number of trips made
by we'll and sick children with their
mothers or sisters in attendance asrge-
gated last year 1870.
Not the least of the benefits is that
of the education impaired TO mothers
who either accompany the children on
the trips or who learn from them
some of the things done by the trained
attendants aboard. 1t is no exaggera
ton to say that the consumption
among little children Of sour pickles,
sweet pickles green apples, onions,
black coffee, strong tea beer aud
,whiskey has been materially decreased
| i'll Boston through the influence of the
floating hospital Not uncommonly
has a mother come down to the boat
with sick baby who had pickle in
his mouth--a direct evidence of the
cause of its ailment.
A particularly beneficial hyglenj@
feature aboard the boat is the food
Ilabor atory, which has already made
important contributions to present day
KNOWLEDGE of infant feeding. It's
greatest achievement, perhaps, - to
this time has been the attainment OF
an almost Unprecedented quality Of
milk-that is to say of Tactic mtx-
lures which very closely approximate
the human article Cows milk as al
most everybody knows, practically, II
mot theoretically, contains about -four
times as much eurd as does human
lmrk. 1t is, therefore, in its natural
form not absolutely a proper food for
yoG.g children. To render it more
digestible is a problem fer the chem
list. and it is one which the experts OF
the food laboratory of the Boston
floating hospital believe that they have
pretty we'll solved They have ar
rived at very satisfactory milk mix
lures. so far as percentages OF sugar
and proteid go. At the same time
they have virtually reached perfec
ton of sterilizing. for they succeed in
reducing the number of bacteria pc
! cubic centimeter from the 100000
which the Boston Board of Healtf
sets as the outside limit of safety
, down to as low as bare $50 bacteria
ito the same quality of milk. Harm
! fut germs, in general, are IanisheI
/. from this substitute for the fire es
1cape hospital"
This charitable undertaking is de
peudent upon the voluntary contrlbu
lions of individuals and associations
: II has long been the custom to give
f individuals the privilege of naming
; DAYS trip as a memorial, usually e
some deceased friend or relative. Oh
it NAV be. in honor OF some living per
son. The sum fixed by the trustees
: for this opportunity is $3.50, and s.
! generally are the days taken that TIL
T custom has also grown up of namin.
the nights in the same manner at
+ cost of 500. 1t has become a species
+ of noblesse oblige among the well-to
: 90 of Boston and the neighborhood =
take at least one day or night for TN
support of the floating hospital, TIT
, institution is conducted like any othe
! good hospital with board of trustees
. visiting staff, an auxiliary star,
, resident physician. a house stan. seV
, eral ,aedkal assis ANTS, and forty o
! ffty graduate nurses. Not among IN
largest contributors to its support. bu
now and then among the most enthu
s'astic. are the recipients themselves
Ice the benefits Of the charity. II j.
not uncommon for the manager 9
. Ioring Briggs. to receive in an en-
velope a dollar or two dollars from
some grateful parents who feel tina
; they child's life has been saved. ant
who wish 10 give what their means al
low towards saving the lives Of others