Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-08-29
SAVE THE BABIES

SAVE I'll
Something must be done to prevent
the excessive mortality among children,
much Of which Ii unnecessary. The
Iowa state board OF health is anxious
to enlist the services Of all agencies
taking an Interest in the prevention
Of infant deaths.
1t tg earnestly desired that charitable
associations, nurse associations, settle
ment associations, infant welfare assoc
Citations n the medical profession
work together to organize an 'sInfant
Welfare" campaign to SAVE THE
The state board OF health recon-
mends that the local boards Of health
delegate q trained nurse to visit the
1prnes Of the people to ASCERTAIN the
rue condition OF Baby Kingdom"
- a time not ripe Just now to begin
an onward march to conserve infant
MIeY The life Of every baby has a val
ue tnat cannot be measured in dollars
and cents. Let the communities wake
and study the conditions that are
ropping our. nation of the little ones.
The hogs OF h country are being we'll
cared Tor n great societies are being
formed to conserve our national re-
sources, and ought we not to take into
consideration at the same time the i'm,
mense loss OF human life, caused by
p~reventable diseases?
House diseases are becoming more
prevalent every day and health au-
thorities are constantly sending out
unhealthy conditions in order that
sickness and dehth may be prevented:
In FULL view Of all these warnings,
which are given free to the people,
there are those In our country who are
trying to break down all health In
ent that people are needlessly being
sick ana innocent children are dying,
The state board OF health has OBJ
served that In all sections OF our coun-
try there II an alarming infant NOR
tally from entirely ~preventahle dis
II known and should be eradicated. AS
the greateet asset OF Iowa il its health
U population, 1t ID important that ev-
cry baby be kept we'll and for these
reasons the board makes the following
suggestions to fathers and mothers:
Health Suggestions.
The hot weather Of this a OF
the year Ii extremely dangerous to the
lives Of infants and young children,
not only because Of the depressing ef-
fect OF high temperature In general,
but especially because It IL harder to
preserve all articles OF food, especially
cows milk, In hot weather.
For this reason It is especially inn
portant that cows milk to be used for
feeding babies should be the purest and
freshest that you can afford to buy.
During hot weather Ice 10 absolutely
necessary TOR tho p-reservation~ Of milk,
where . cool spring house L. not avail
baby which b not cooled by ice around
{ bucket AZ soon as It comes from the
DOW, n It should be kept next to the
ice until ready to be used. A little
money spent Tor Ice may prevent ILL.,
ness and hts much sreater expense for
nee Unless o r absolutely sure
your water supply Ii pure, It Is safest
70 use water which han been boiled for
Drinking and for the preparation of the
babysg food.
In practically all cases the mother
can and should nurse her own baby.
Breast milk is the natural food for the
new born baby. No other food can
compare with II. Ten bottle fed babies
die to one that u breast fed.
any kind Of artificial food or teas for
b baby while waiting for hit breast
milk to come. Put the baby to the
breast every four hours and give moth
Ing else but water that has been boiled.
The new baby needs nothing else and
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under no circumstances should the baby
nurse oftener than every two houra
during the day and two or three times
at night.
Do not nurse tho baby whenever it
cries. "A moderate amount Of crying
helps TO develop the lungs and every
baby should cry during the day. Ba-
giles who are nursed .~ifregularly, or
Whenever they cry, practically always
from the pain. Nurse regularly and the
baby will soon learn to expect its nurs-
ing at he proper time. GIVE THE
BABY A LITTLE WATER WHICH
HAS BEEN BOILED. SEVERAL
TIMES AsDAY.e After two months the
time between nursing should be two
and one-half to three hours In the day
time. with only one or " feelings at
night.
Do not wean the baby as long as he Is
gaining welghtandnever do so except by
advice OF your doctor. Do not follow
tho advice Of friends or neighbors abOut
weaning. II the baby remains well.
but after time stops gaining weight,
do not think that your milk 10 OF mo-
value, but consult your doctor about
adding M or two bottles to help you
out.
II it becomes necessary to- feed the
baby either entirely OF only In part
upon The bottle. remember that abso-
lutte cleanliness is necessary In all de-
tails OF the feeding. Because some
babies have lived through filth II no
argument that yours will. Al soon an
. bottle ID finished It should be thor--
cleaned with no water and borax Zone
teaspoonfM to = pint OF water) and
Get aside In q sunny place for further
cleansing before icing used again. II