The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-14
Protect the Babies.

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fact that last year 1876 babies died Of
the cholera infantum and a large mum.
her more died of other preventable dis
eases and that much of this death was
due to neglect in the care of the food
of the baby, this department sends out
the following bulletin by Dr. G.. H.
Sumner, secretary OF the Stale Board
of Health. 1t is hoped that every faith
err and mother of ninfant child will
carefully read and study the commun.
LEGATION.
The hot weather of this season Of
the year is extremely dangerous to
the lives of infants and young chill
dren, not only because of the depress-
ing effect OF high temperature in gen.
eral, but especially because it is hard
er and mother of an infant child will
1ecially cows milk in hot weather.
For this reason it is especially i'm
portant that cows milk to be used for
feeding babies should be the purest
and freshest that you can afford to
buy. During hot weather, ice is abso-
lutely necessary for the preservation
of milk, where cool spring house is
not available, and no milk should be
fed to a baby which is not cooled by
ice around the bucket as soon as it
comes from the COW, and it should be
kept next to the ice until ready to be
used. A little money spent for ice
may prevent illness and it's much
greater expense for nursing, medicine
and medical attendance. Unless you
are absolutely sure your water sup
ply is pure, it is safest to use water
which has been boiled for drinking
and for the preparation OF the baby's
food.
In practically all cases the mother
can and should nurse her own baby.
Breast milk is the natural food for
the newborn baby. No other food
can compare with it. Ten bottle-fed
babies die to one that is breasted.
If it becomes necessary to feed the
baby either entirely or only in part
upon the bottle, remember that abso-
lutte cleanliness is necessary in all de-
tails of the feeding. Because some
babies have lived through filth is no
argument that yours will. AS soon as
q bottle is finished, it should be thor
oughly washed with cold water, then
cleaned with hot water and boraX Zone
teaspoonful to a pint of water) and
set aside in a sunny place for further
cleaning before being used again. If
you have only few bottles and it be.
comes necessary to use the same one
for the next feeding, boil it for d few
minutes with little soda in the water
before putting fresh food into it.
Never let the baby nurse from the re-
mains of bottle which he has not
finished. Take it away from the crib,
pour out the milk and clean at once.
The care of the nipples is especial
ly important. The simpler, the safer.
Do not use complicated nipples and
especially do not use bottle with
long rubber tube. 1t is impossible
to keep it clean and it will certainly
cause bowel trouble. After bottle
is finished, the nipple should be re.
moved at once, turned inside out over
the finger and scrubbed with cold
water and a brush kept only for this
purpose. After use, always boil the
brush.
A bottle-fed baby should not vomit
if it's food is pure, unless it is fed too
much at a time. Vomiting is usually
a sign of approaching illness, either
one of the serious diseases of child
hood, or more commonly in hot wealth
err, of summer diarrhoea. Vomiting
due to this cause may be the first sign
of trouble. If vomiting is repeated,
stop feeding milk, give water which
has been boiled, cool or at temper
ature at which the milk is given, and
consult your doctor at once.-G. H.
Sumner, M. D., Secretary.