The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-08-01
infant MORTALITY
ITS PREVENTION
Terrible Responsibility of Dis.
eased Parents Explained by
State Board of Health.
Diseases of Childhood.

sprld. is strikingly set forth In q
s''tement just issued by the Georgia
0~e Board Of Health, explaining in
pan words the influence of heredity
on liant mortality.
Peo,le who refuse to face these
Nclss says the Board of Health. are
oehoeraely laying both themselves
and theh offspring open to untold
misery AID suffering. Parents at.
n'cteo wiz tuberculosis, heart disc
use, syphliif kidney disease. epilepsy
OF other se.ious constitutional disc
sses, cannot >xpect to produce child
with normal resistance IN disease
Aiia ohiaVora"" environment any
more thah oiseased plant can be
expected to prodLce a nerYac, sowar
VI all hereditar7 diseases, syphilis
10 undoubtedly the, one which works
N'o e'ea'est havoc The child may
never come INTO the World alive at all,
Or IL It does. IL may Ne bopelesslv of.
niceed. Ricketts,. monsters. blindness,
hydrocephalus. insanity are only
few of the evils that may result
A healthy, normal cAnd. can be
produced only by healthy normal mar.
ants. Even then 1T Isl extremely
necessary that prior to the birth OF
tho infant the mother be freed az
much ae possible from worries and
cares. that her surroundings Be SAM.
tary and cheerful: and that he. diet
exercise and clothing be properly reg.
ulated.
Importance OF Proper Feeding. I
But even after the healthy child
has opened It's little eyes TO the sun.
shine. the responsibility of the par.
ents is equally great. No dollhouse
plant is more susceptible to unfavor.
able Influences than a newborn
child. Proper food. fresh air. bath
Ing and proper clothing. are the chief
sssentiale,
Improper feeding 10 the greatest
single cause Of infant mortality. For
Information concerning the proper
feeding OF infants. the Georgia State
Board of Health has issued a circular,
No. IL. entitled Keep Baby Well
During the Summer which mey be
had for the asking.
Above all, says the Board of
Health, do not get the erroneous idea
That there are some diseases OF; child
hood which the child Is bound to
have, and which are so trivial that
the sooner they are over with the
better. This Is altogether wrong.
Practically all the diseases of schiId.
hood can lead to serious complications
and permanent weakness or death.
Children should never be exposed to
contagious ailments. IL 1t can possibly
10 avoided, and those suffering from
measles. scarlet fever, chickeh-pox,
whooping cough, mumps, diptheria,
etc. should be isolated. quarantined
end attended by competent physian.
Sanitary Precautions.
A light, AIRY upstairs room Is pre-
ferahle. II possible. the bed should
be an iron one. The single, firm mat
tress should be entirely covered with
rubber sheet or oil cloth, and on
top OF this the sheets, blankets and
Counterpart should be spread. Quilts
should not be used. The pillow
should also have rubber or oil cloth
covering under the slip Carpets, pfc.
.Uyes. and all unnecessary furniture
shoaald be removed. All clothing that
goes ffcom tho room should be soaked
In disInfecting solution before 1t
is sent octH to be washed. Your ply
stefan will tell you how. All other
sanitary precautions should be taken,
such as separate dishes for the
sole use of the spsatient. All dish
charges must be Thoroughly disinfect-
ed before they are taken from the
room. The nurse and PHI stefan
should be the only persons allowed
In the room. and they shoiN.d cover
their clothing and hair with wa hable
Guy aaa SONh. AAAh0c ouQNlu\ De
washed and disinfected.
When the child reoovers, II should
be bathed. disinrected. wrapped In a
sheet wet with disinfecting solution
and carried into an adjoining room to
DO dressed. In event of DEATH. the
body should be disinfected. sealed In
coffin and given private burial as
soon as possible.
The room should be sealed up, with
paper pasted over fireplace, cracks.
keyhole. etc. Hang up bedclothes;
open drawers Place tub containing
water In center of room. Place pan
In water In pan put crystals of pota-
assium permanganate and over this
quickly pour formaldehyde out OF
larger mouthed vessel. Leave room
Immediately. Keep it locked and
sealed up 12 to "a hours.
Against such diseases as smallpox.
diphtherie, iockjaw meningitis. ty-