Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
9TER|L|ZE MILK!
SAVE BABIES!
NURSES CRY
Exhibit at Cooking School Is
Teaching Mothers How to
Prepare Infant Food.
astariIize and save the babies!"

"S+ariIize and save the babies!"
This is the watchword of the Atlanta
pagistered Nurses Club, and in their
both at the Pure Food show they are
rraaching twice daily the doctrine of
,terlfization and cleanliness to large
crowds of Atlanta women. Here are a
.s,v NJ the "a don'ts that are being is
suad by the nurses, the observance of
which they claim, would reduce the
infant mortality of Atlanta fully 80 per
cent:
Some Don'ts.
l. Don't forget your babies need
pure milk.
Don't forget to put the milk
IN ice as soon as it is delivered to
YOU
8. Don't forget to keep the tenn
perature of milk refrigerator 90
degrees Fahrenheit-not above this.
4. Don't forget that pure milk
NAV be contaminated by unclean
nursing bottles, nipples, pans, etc.
5. Don't forget to boil the bot
s. Don't forget to boil the nipples.
7. Don't forget to sterilize the
g. 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-
peclally during the hot weather
70. Don't give your child drink
from the public drinking cup.
10. Don't forget your child needs
fresh air. Open windows at night:
keep t-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 in
Atlanta how to properly care for her
baby" Mrs. NJ. l. Farrell. chairman
of the nurses committee, said this
morning, and IL the methods taught
here in our demonstrations are fol-
lowed, the number of deaths of infants
under two years of age will be greatly
reduced.
Care of 5aby's Milk.
The most important part of our
demonstration is in showing how to
care for the baby's milk, from the time
it is delivered by the milkman until it
is consumed by the baby. When the
milk is received in the home the bottle
in which is comes should be thoroughly
washed. Then the milk should be
placed in a refrigerator that should be
kept at a temperature of not less than
As degrees.
when it is desired to use the milk,
il should be taken from the refrigera-
tor and placed In water heated to a
temperature Of IS degrees 1t should be
kept there until it feels warm to the
ok Of the hand. The milk should not
tested by heating.
After being heated to the proper
temperature, the milk should be mod
ited under the most aseptic precau-
tons. and the milk is then ready for
pasteurization and sterilization. The
milk is put into sterile bottles, and
placed in a sterilizer, where 1t is kept
for 20 minutes at a temperature of
from $40 to $50 degrees for pasteuriza
ton. The temperature should then be
raised to PIP degrees, and the milk
Kept in the vessel for 80 minutes until
IT is thoroughly sterilized. The milk
should then be put on ice and fed to
the baby when sufficiently cooled"
The nurses booth to-day is in charge
Of the graduate nurses of the Davis &
Fisher Hospital, with Miss Tallman,
the superintendent, as chairman.