The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-05-10

medical attention, because that child
has defective tonsls. DR.. T.. r. Will
son, of Sumter. S. c., offers to con-
fer with the mothers OF each baby
with such defects examined by him
April 26th, I'm the Health Contest.
The value of this service can hardly
be overestimated. Defective tonsils
and adenoids mean retarded mental
and physical growth. with such at
tendant evils as deafness
Few parents realize that the first
teeth should receive as careful dental
attention as those which come later,
but this also Is necessary IL our chill
dren are to measure up to high ply
sical standards. Decayed teeth are
the breeding place for germs which
seriously affect the digestion and as
seriously effect the new teeth form
ing below the first ones. Again food
rs not properly masticated when the
teeth are decayed. Therefore the di-
gestion suffers from this cause also.
If the Psychological Score" is low
1t is due to one Of two large defects
/. @. either lack of wise control of the
child or lack Of physical we'll being
due to digestive disturbances. In the
majority of cases these digestive dis
turbances are the direct result OF un-
wise feeding and the lack Of fresh air
These in turn cause the child to score
low under the General Examination. :"
IL the child's height and weight are
below the normal II the flesh is fab
oy. It's grasp poor, it then is safe to
infer that the digestion of the child is
not what 1t should be--and the child
Is more apt to be over-fed than un-
der-fed. If the mothers of the babies
examined in Sumter April 26, will
each study the score Of her baby, car
~ score and baby to physician, If
there are defects, carefully follow the
dietary given suited to the age of the
child, and see to it that the child has
bountiful supply of fresh air night
and day. winter and summer so that
the power of the body to digest the
food may be tremendously enhanced,
then the baby who scored lowest on
April 26th may hope to follow the ex-
ample OF one who scored low in Iowa
in 1911. but who was the first prize
winner In 1912. For delicate baby
holds great possibilities for health.
out 1T Is bought at the price Of ma
terial vigilance and obedience to
hygienic principles. When a farmer
finds that n certain corner of his
acreage fails to yield paying crop,
he does not abandon it's cultivation.
Tie proceeds TO feed the soil with the
sort OF fertilizer II needs. or he tries a
dinerent crop. If the wee colt of q
pedigreed mare looks sickly, he does
not turn 1t into pasture to die. He
gives IL scientific care and turns Il
into prize winner. Both the un-
profitable acre and the unpromisng
colt are standardized and made profit
able. The Better Babies movement
follows the same argument. 1t makes
babies better and therefore more
profitable to the nation"
Weigh the Baby.
There is no mcons On acCuroto 40
frequent weighing of the baby for
telling its condition. After the first
week, n healthy Child should gain
from four to eight ounces a week UP
To about the sixth month. From six
To twelve months the gain is less, us
ually from two to four ounces a
week.
Nursing.
There Is no perfect substitute for
good breast feeding. Statistics show
mat the mortality of bottle fed in
rants during the first year is three
uihes as great as that Of those who
are breast fed. Regularity of feeding
Is more important The nipplcs
should be kept clean by being washed
after each nursing.
There is no objection To n baby he
ng partly nursed and partly fed. IL