The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-20

The above is the startling and very
significant question asked by the North
Dakota board of health in Its latest
bulletin.
Continuing the subject the board
says:
We hear a great deal these DAYS
ABOUT race suicide-of it's prevalence
as an index of national decadence and
OF its influence on the moral and So
Geological life ofiour people, but what
ABOUT this race homicide with it's
slaughter of the innocents az indicated
by the foregoing interrogations? since
the hope Of the nation is in the child
we should give each one a fair chance
TO become an efficient unit in our civ
alzauon and endeavor to surround IL
Win all the safeguards that our mod
ern knowledge and methods make
available. Being born into inheritance
over which 1t has no control its care
and environment after birth should be
such that IL might have at least a
ngntins chance in its struggle for ex-
istence, At this season OF the year the
chief cause Of infantile mortality Is TO
be found in CASTRO intestinal disorders.
This Is what might be expected from
existing conditions. During the heated
season nearly all articles Of food are
subject to fermantative processes. Milk.
natures food, is particularly sensitive
In this direction and furnishes an ex-
cellent culture medium for the propo-
cation Of germ life. Breast milk is the
natural food for the baby and no other
substitute mixture or food" can com
pare with It, To verify this statement
note the greater morality of bottle fed
babies as compared with breast fed
ones. But from one cause and an
other, necessary and unnecessary, a
great many OF our babies are being
bottle fed and 1t should be our duty to
see that they are supplied with the
best substitute obtainabIe for the best
is none too good.
Keeping Milk Clean.
Assuming that milk is to be the chief
article OF diet and remembering it's
susceptibility to infective changes, we
should endeavor to keep it as free as
possible from contamination of every
kind and more especially free from in
fective bacteria.
5 hS5 AAASS PA4uNApl6 VI AfALdiiJ l6GulnS
is absolute cleanliness. Here, IL any
where Cleanliness is next to Godn-
ness" 1t should begin with the milk
ing and be continued through all the
processes of handling, keeping, mixing
and feeding. This applies not only to
the milk itself, but to every article and
utensil with which it comes in contact.
The milk should be collected by a
clean person in a clean place In a
clean receptacle from clean, healthy
cows, placed in clean bottles, sealed
and cooled to so degrees n. or lower,
and kept there until required. In this
way only can we feel reasonably GER
tain OF the absence of diarrhoeal pois-
on in milk in hot weather. During the
hot weather ice is absolutely necessary
for the preservation of milk and no
milk should be fed to baby which is
not cooled by ice as soon as IT comes
from the cow At 80 r., or lower germ
life is inhibited while above that tenn
perature in suitable media bacteria de-
velop with amazing rapidity, and as
they do so they elaborate certain high
ly poisonous substances which render
the food unit for use. In milk after
once being so changed no amount OF
treatment, mixing or "doctoring" can
make it a proper article of diet.
The Nursing Outfit.
The nursing outfit requires the most