The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-07
KEEP CLOSE WATCH
ON milk SUPPLIES.
GecruIa state Board Of Health Points
out Importance Of Knowing
That MIX is Pure.

sanitary and free from udA5SAOus oAu
deleterious impurities? Do you know
whether or not you are liable to take
typhoid ferns into your system in
the next glass OF milk you drink at
your table? DO you know whether
the condition and quality of the milk
you are using are such that 1t will not
affect the health Of your child?
It is important, vitality important
that the consumers Of milk who In
clude practically every family, should
have definite knowledge, and not
mere opinions or beliefs on these
points, says the Georgia State Board
Of Health.
Where the family owns its COW and
knows it is healthy, it is possible for
1t to have always clean and healthy
milk by observing the simple sani
tary rules in the process of milking
rules whose basic principle is clean
Illness, absolute cleanliness. Unfortu-
nately, however, the majority Of fam
lilies either because Of the expense, or
local conditions ef city life. must de
pend on one Of the nearby diaries for
their daily supply Of milk.
From the cradle, 1t might be said,
to the grave, milk is one Of the most
important, most essential, articles Of
human diet. Composed Of water car
lying in solution the three great nat
usal foods albumens in the form OF
Oasein, carbohydrates such as milk SUI
gar or lactose, and fat-milk is an
ideal food for persons in all ages. 1t
contains everything needed for the
sustenance of life. It's value depends
upon its purity; its universal use de-
mands that it shall be pure, sanitary
and wholesome.
The family owning it's own COW
should know first that the COW is
healthy, The COW should be MIXED
in clean surroundings The person
milking have thoroughly clean hands
Water should be boiled in the vessel
into which the milk is to be drawn.
This boiled water should be poured
into another vessel and used for care
fully cleansing the udder and teats
of the COW. The bucket into wh.ch
the milk is to be drawn should not be
rinsed after the boiled water is pour.
ed from it, for it is then sterile and
clean, and other water poured into it
may contaminate it. The milk should
be poured into other vessels which
have been similarly cleansed and kept
in clean refrigerator or cool place
until wanted for use.
With the COW at home, the family
may see to it that these simple sani-
tary rules are complied with, but with
the dairy the problem is a different
one In the interest Of the protec
ton of the public, cities and towns
should employ the full extent of their
authority IN making rigid dairy in
spection; the city should stand in
the place Of the consumer and should
be able to certify to its people that
the milk they are getting, whatever
its source, is sanitary and safe.
Undoubtedly sanitary conditions in
diaries could and would be more rig
idly enforced, If patrons of them
would visit them from time to time
and make personal inspections; their
right to do this where they are pat
rons, could not well be questioned.
City inspection where many diaries
are involved is often difficult prob
lem, for the watchful eye Of the in
spector cannot be ever present.
Unsanitary milk is a frequent pur-
veyor of typhoid and other diseases
which abound in impure water, and
which may be conveyed to the milk
through the use of such water, by
filthy surroundings or by flies. Mix
should be carefully protected from all
these sources of contamination.
But the purity of milk is most i'm
portant because of its essential use as
a food for infant children There is
undoubtedly a large percentage OF IN
FAINT mortality which may be attribut-
ed to impure and unsanitary milk,
The best food for the baby is, OF
course, its mothers milk: but unfortu-
nately an increasing percentage OF
mothers are unable to nurse their
children, and cows milk properly
modified in accordance with well de-
fined rules to suit the child's age and
condition of health, Is the best OBJ
tainable substitute.
Too great care cannot be exercised
n obtaining milk for the child; It's
delicate stomach is suspectible to
slight impurities which might not al
feet the adult, and bowel complaints
often serious and sometimes fatal,
may result from them. Unless the
mother is careful in the milk she Sc
cures for her child, she is merely in
viting the death of the littleone.
Keep the baby's milk separate from
that of the family. Place it against
the ice as soon as received. For feed
ing it should be modified as directed
BY the physician. All utensils used
in preparing modified milk should be
boiled or steriliZed before using so as
to destroy all dangerous germs. Use
the large mouth nursing bottle; 1t is
more easily cleansed. Place the proper
amount of modified milk for a single
nursing in each bottle and close the
mouth with plug of cotton or rubber
stopper. After cooling in cold water,
the bottles should be placed next to
the ice until needed. When needed,
heat the bottle in warm water: never
pour the milk from the bottle to be
heated and then put it back. Wash
the bottles Immediately after nursing
and boil them before using again.
Wash the nipples carefully after each