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.
~sterilize and save the babies!"

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This is the watchword of the Atlanta
Registered Nurses Club. and in theil
bootb at the Pure Food show they are
nraaching twice daily the doctrine Of
s+erfIization and cleanliness to large
crowds of Atlanta women. Here are a
fsv Of the "a don'ts that are being is
-na5 bv the nurses, the observance OF
which. they claim, would reduce the
infant mortality of Atlanta fully so pei
cent:
Some Don'ts.
l. Don't forget your babies need
pure milk
Don't forget TO put the milk
on ice as soon as it is delivered to
YOU.
3. Don't forget to keep the tenn
uerature of milk refrigerator 55
degrees Fahrenheit-not above this.
4. Don't forget that pure milk
may be contaminated by unclean
nursing bottles, nipples, pans, etc.
>. Don't forget to boil the bot
ties.
Don't forget to boil the nipples.
Don't forget to sterilize the
E. Don't forget to use a spoon
when testing the milk.
g 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
s, -,
pacially during the hot weather.
u. Don't give your child a drink
from the public drinking cup.
IS. Don't forget your child needs
fresh air. Open windows at night;
keep out of doors in day.
"A. Don't forget the ventilation
and hygiene of the nursery.
10. Don't neglect the care of the
teeth.
I'VE want to teach every mother in
Atlanta how to properly care for hel
baby" Mrs NJ. l. Farrell, chairman
Of the nurses committee, said thi;
morning, and if 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 Baby's Milk.
THE most important part of oul
demonstration is in showing how tC
care for the baby's milk, from the time
# is delivered by the milkman until il
is consumed by the baby, When the
milk is received in the home the bottle
in which is comes should be thoroughly
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placed in a refrigerator that should be
kept al a temperature of not less than
As degrees.
when it is desired to use the milk
it should be taken from the refrigera
tor and placed I'm water heated to a
temperature Of 9S degrees. 1t should be
kept there until it feels warm to the
back Of the hand. The milk should not
he tested by heating.
After being heated to the proper
tamperature. the milk should be mod
flied under the most aseptic precau-
tions, and the milk is then ready foi
pasteurization and sterilization. The
milk is put into sterile bottles, and
placed in a sterilizer, where 1t is kept
Tor 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 mill
kept in the vessel for 80 minutes unit
1t is thoroughly sterilized. The mill
should then be put on ice and fed tc
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.