Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
MILK!
SAVE BABIES!
NURSES CRY
Exhibit at Cooking School Is
Teaching Mothers How to
Prepare Infant Food.
asreriIize and save the babies!"

"SteriliZe and save the bables!
This is the watchword of the Atlanta
REGISTERED Nurses Club, and in theil
booth at the Pure Food show they are
reaching twice daily the doctrine OF
sterilization and cleanliness to large
crowds of Atlanta women. Here are a
few Of the "a don'ts that are being is
sued by the nurses, the observance OF
which. they claim, would reduce the
infant mortality of Atlanta fully 80 pei
cent:
Some Don'ts.
Don't forget your babies need
pure milk.
Don't forget to put the milk
an ice as soon as 1t is delivered to
YOU.
8. Don't forget to keep the tenn
Dprature Of milk refrigerator 90
degrees Fahrenheit-not above this
4. Don't forget that pure milk
may be contaminated by unclean
nursing bottles, nipples, pans, etc.
s. Don't forget to boil the bot
ties.
s. Don't forget to boil the nipples
Z Don't forget to stertlize the
3 Don't forget to use spoon
when testing the milk.
9. Don't put the nipple or any
thing that goes into the child's
mouth in your mouth or let it touch
anything The adult mouth has
many kinds Of germs.
10. Don't forget that cereals
should be cooked three or four
hours before feeding to children.
II. Don't forget to give the baby
cooled, boiled water frequently es-
pecially during the hot weather.
70. Don't give your child a drink
from the public drinking cup.
10. Don't forget your child needs
fresh air. Open windows at night;
keep out-of- doors in day.
IA. Don't forget the ventilation
and hygiene of the nursery.
IS. Don't neglect the care of the
teeth.
We want to teach every mother II
Atlanta how to properly care for he
baby" Mrs. NJ. l. Farrell, chairman
of the nurses committee, said thii
morning, land if the methods laugh
here in our demonstrations are fol
lowed. the number of deaths of infants
under two years of age will be greatly
reduced.
care OF 6apyS MIX
THE most important part OF on
demonstration is in showing how t,
care for the baby's milk, from the tim,
# is delivered by the milkman until i
is consumed by the baby. When tn,
milk is received in the home the bottle
in which is comes should be thorough!
washed Then the milk should b,
placed in a refrigerator that should b,
kept at temperature of not less thar
As degrees.
When it is desired to use the milk
ii should be taken from the refrigera
tor and placed in water heated to ;
temperature of IS degrees. 1t should b.
kept there until it feels warm to thu
back Of the hand The milk should no
ba tested by heating.
After being heated to the prope
temperature. the milk should be mod
fled under the most aseptic precau
tons. and the milk is then ready TO
pasteurization and sterilization. Tn
milk is put into sterile bottles, ant
placed in a sterilizer, where it is KEEP
for 20 minutes at a temperature o
from 14O to $50 degrees for pasteuriza
ton The temperature should then b.
raised to PIP degrees, and the mill
kept in the vessel for 80 minutes until
it IS thoroughly sterilized. The mill
should then be put on ice and fed L
the baby when sufficiently cooled"
The nurses booth to-day is in charg
of the graduate nurses of the Davis &
Fisher Hospital. with Miss Tallman
the superintendent, as chairman.