The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-06-20
CHILDREN
SHOULD Be TAUGHT
Georgia state Board Of Health Stress
es importance Of Proper Food
In Prevention Of Disease.

/ young children should pc an lmpeEd-
| tive part of the curriculum of every
college and training school where
young women are taught, says the
Georgia state Board Of Health. There
is no knowledge more essential to the
proper preservation Of the race, the
board points out, because proper feed
ing not only prevents diseases that
are often fatal, but puts the child in
healthy condition, enabling 1t the
better to Withstand disease attacks
1t is in summer that the greatest
J amount of care must be exercised in
/ feeding the child, because it is in hot
weather that the greater number Of
children die as the result Of some
form Of bowel trouble due to improper
feeding which may be of several
kinds. The child may have the wrong
food; the quality may be too strong
for its age, or it may be given too
much food
Mothers should always nurse their
children where they possibly can, for
Z
the mothers milk is perfect food
for the child up to nine or ten months.
Unfortunately, however, more moth
ers than formerly are unable to nurse
their children, and sometimes the
mothers milk does not agree with
the child; so that more frequent re-
sort must be had to artificial feeding
for which the best thing obtainable is
modified cows milk given from bot
tie. Artificial foods offered in the
market may seem to do well for a
time, but often lead to troubles indi-
Gated in the beginning by peeVishness
and fretfulness of the child.
In artificial feeding select the milk
from good, healthy cow, preferably
one of the ordinary mixed breeds, as
| that of the bIooded Jerseys and Al
derneys is generally too rich in fats
Still the use of the whole milk would
give a much less percentage of fats
than is needed, and for this reason
modified for feeding infants should
be made from the upper third of the
milk after it has been allowed to
stand in the refrigerator not less than
four hours. Thus there is used a
larger proportion of the cream with a
j less amount of the other constituents.
This then must be diluted with boiled
water in order to make the amount Of
albuminous material given the child
more nearly approximate that of
mothers milk, and a small amount
Of lime water should be added in or
der to neutralize the excessive acid
/ ity.
Tables have been prepared showing
. just what proportions of this upper
third of the milk, containing ten per
, cent of fat, boiled water and lime
water should be used in making the
modified milk suitable for ohildrens
food. 1t is better that these proper
| tions be secured from physician,
preferably one who has made a spe-
cial study Of the treatment of chill
! dren.
The utmost care should always be
used in handling the milk from which
] this food is to be prepared, and when
prepared it should be sealed and re-
turned to the refrigerator where It
should be kept until required for feed
ing. It is best not to use milk which
has been in the refrigerator more
than tWenty-four hours, or at most
forty-eight hours, and then only II
kept at proper temperature. The mod
| flied milk should be poured direct
from the receptacle in which it is
kept into the feeding bottle, and the
latter should be placed in warm wa
ter until the milk is milk-warm
when it is ready to be given to the
child
Cleanliness In everything connect
ed with the feeding of the child is Of
the utmost Importance. Bottles and
nipples should be boiled after using
and then kept in saturated solution
of boracie acid. The nipple, after be-
| ing cleansed should come into con-
tact with nothing but the Infants
mouth. Bottles with no neck are pre-
easily cleansed.
During very warm weather modi-
! fed milk made from the upper third
| of the milk may be found too strong
and 1t is well to reduce the amount
of fat by using the whole milk in
stead of the richer portion. This pre-
caution should always be taken in
cases where children have acute dis
eases, and the total quantity taken
should be less than under ordinary
! circumstances.
The amount of food given should
always be reduced in very hot wealth.
1 er, even in the case Of very healthy
children. Often when child is fret
| full in hot weather, 1t is only thirsty,
and mothers often make the mistake
/ of thinking it hungry and giving more
| food, whereas the quantity of food
should be diminished and more water
given.
Pasteurized milk is often given dur
! ing epidemics of bowel troubles and
fever, and peptonized milk is some
times given children who fail to
/ thrive where all other precautions
have been taken. These should be
prepared and given only by the d.
/ rection of a physician.
After the first year as the child is
weaned other food should be gradu-
ally added. 1t SHOULD still consist
largely of milk to which sometime la
ter there may be added gruels prepar-
/ ed from well cooked coats or barley,
heef-juice or the white of an egg
slightly cooked. The various broths
may also be given Children relish
I very much all fruit juices and these
may be allowed In moderation with
/ out harm, and even with benefit In
many cases. AS the child grows old
| er. the starcheaIshould form greater
and greater proportion Of its diet, but
+. due care should be exercised Ia al
ways seeing to it that they are thor