Middletown transcript., 1909-05-22
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| The death rate among babies in The ten
sments ii New York has been reduced
from 42O per thonsand 10 81 per thou-
sand, and the story Of tie work told BY
Rheta Chile Doris Is intensely interest,"
ing toeyery mother snd 10 every man or
woman wllo.loyes babiep.
A Sc. Regis Barn
The New York Milk COMMITTEES gets
milk from farm where the cows live
in . model barn, made Of iron and
glass With concrete floors, where no dust
or soil is permitted to plant germs fatal 10
babies. The stalls In this barn are glass,
and they are cleaned with live steam twice
daily. Every day the COWS are inspected
by sphysician, and any not in perfect con-
dition are removed. Before being MIXED
each animal is groomed and washed
with pure spring water and dried with
antiseptic towels, and the men who do
the milking are clad in immaculate white
linen suits and caps, and are groomed
and inspected, as carefully as the herd.
The Clean Fresh Milk
The clean fresh milk is strained through
steTilised cotton cloth into sterilized pals,
and cooled in dust proof room that no
one ever enters except the white clad at
tendants. It's tested to be sure that it's !
quality is of the highest, and placed in
sterilized sealed bottles packed in ice for
shipment to the city laboratories where it
is modified for the babies food.
At the Laboratory
At the laboratory skilled chemists clad
in white modify the milk, alter a physi-
clans prescription, for each baby treated.
The prescriptions varying from week to
week to suit the need Of the child, and as
fast as bottle is filed it is sealed, tagged,
and put in crate of cracked ice ready for
delivery to the mothers in the early
morning.
The italian ''Bambino''
The ItaliaR "bambino" as well as many
other babies Of foreign born parents, are
apt TO be sewed into their clothes in
way that prevents any bathing Of the lit.
tle bodies, impeding almost all natural
motion. It is interesting assthe mother
looks with fear and disapproVal on the
unswsddling oil the child, to hear the en-
coursgement she receives from other wo-
men whose babies are thriving under the
new methods introduced by the Nurses
employed by the Committee.
These Same Nurses
These same nurses visit the homes and
instruct the mothers in the general care
of the children, introducing simple con-
ttssisEsEees ~ s!hsss keep tshEe Iced i proper
condition, and teaching many little tricks
that help greatly to secure health and
comfort for the family. Most of the
children are very sick when brought to
the laboratories which makes the percent
age Of recovery still more wonderful.
A Costly Process
OF course all this is expensive and the
9enements are getting for few pennies,
or for nothing, service hitherto only OBJ
tainable by the very wealthy classes.
The Best Preparations
The best manufactured baby foods fol-
low closely the processes that haye been
described. Pure COWS milk Of quality
hardly obtainable by a private consumer
is made ready for the infants digestion,
after formulas Of skilled physicians, who
keep abreast with the latest discoveries of
science, with regard to infant nutrition.
The safest and most successful infants
foods require only the addition of boiling
water TO be ready for use, thus securing
absolute uniformity of diet and eliminat-
| ing the danger of injection always pres
ent where fresh milk is used,
General Information
Most of the high class manufacturers
Of baby foods supply for the asking little
books with directions for the general care
Of the infant, that are invaluable to
young mothers and contain interesting
matter for older women. The Nestle
Manufacturing Co.'S. book is particularly
clear and practical quite aside from the
| food question. Nevertheless for the fret
year at, least the baby's feeding is the
paramount consideration. As he feeds
he thrives or pines.
ELEANOR Francis.
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