Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-14
HOW TO CARE FOR BABY - :
DURING SUMMER MONTHS

, pa rison with the benefits~,to the indi-
,vidual and the community from the
practical elimination of the disease
spreading fly.
Although fresh manure is the favor
lite breeding spot. flies lay their eggs in
other places as we'll. such as outhouses,
refuse piles. etc. In these places. from
which no manure is taken to spread
on the fields, considerable saving may
be effected through the substitution of
borax for powdered 'hellebore.s Applied
at the rate of 0.62 pounds per eight
bushels of manure, boraX is as effective
as powdered hellebore in killing the
larvae. but costs less than half cent
for each. bushel of manure treated.
In larger quantities, however, or when
the manure itself Is spread at greater
rate than fifteen tons to the acre, some
damage to crops may result. Large
quantities. of manure are often used by
market gardeners and others, and there
is always danger of carelessness in APP
plying the boraX.. The use of the more
expensive but safer hellebore is there
fore recommended for the treatment Of
manure. BoraN is recommended for all
other refuse in which flies may lay
eggs.
Deemed Public Duty.
Scientists who have been working
for years to eliminate the fly are con-
WINGED that the use of one or the other
duty wherever manure and refuse exist.
Sanitarians, however. strongly advise
the removal of refuse heaps or other
unnecessary rubbish or breeding places
for flies. In breeding places which
cannot thus be disposed of-such as
manure or stables-the daily use of
powdered hellebore will keep the flies
ing grounds. The best results are OBJ
tainable in a community where every
one cleans up his premises, traps or
kills the flies and systematically treats
the manure and otner breeding places
with powdered hellebore.
The fly is not only nuisance to
human beings and live stock; it spreads
disease and filth and is a menace to
public health which cannot be tolerated
in the face of demonstrated remedy
Details of the experiments, with other
information on the subject, are con-
tanned in professional paper, bulletin
245, of the United States Department
of Agriculture
Care for Babies Health.
The baby-saving committee of the
children's council has prepared di-
rectory of organizations which care for
the health of babies, showing their To-
cation and the conference hours. The
revised directory is as follows:
Diet Kitchen Association, with five
branches as follows:
NO. 2aOU Dumbarton avenue north
West-Conference hours. TUESDAY, We'd
nesday and FRIDAY. II to II O'Clock;
Wednesday, Z:3V TO $3.50 O'Clock, ana
SATURDAY, ID to IL o'clock.
No. 1884 Washington circle-Confer-
ence hours. Tuesday. Wednesday, tri-
Jay and Saturday. TO O'clock.
Childrens Hospital branch, 18th and
streets h W 70 rsnr
Tuesday, thursday anu Saturday, 1880
to AZ o clock.
Gospel Mission branch 216 John Mar
shall piace-Conference hours, tuesday,
Thursday ana FRIDAY, 2:5U to $3.50
o'clock.
No. 1245 Az street southwest-Con-
ference hours, Tuesday, Wednesday and
FRIDAY, to 3 O'clock.
Washington Diet hItchen Association
ana instructive Visiting Nurse Society,
9TH and II streets northeast, over Yeat-
mans drug store-Con1erence hours,
tuesday and FRIDAY, z:au to 5:3u
clock.
Friendship House and Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society, Friendship
house, d24 Virginia avenue southeast
Conference hours, Tuesday ana Satur-
oay, to O'Clock.
mothers who wish information are
requested to call telephone Weso $50. e.
"a .,+s sChildren's .Clinics. 20 sgai;
:. Childreps clinics. including those fm.I
babies:
Children's Hospital, 18th and Y streets
Observation-Disclosures hours. to 3
o'clock daily
Emergency Hospital, New York ave-
nue. between 18th and 18th streets
northwest-Conference hours. 1 to 2
O'Clock daily.
. Neighborhood House, 466 N street
observation-disclosures hours, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. 3 to O'Clock.
Noel House. 1888 Kramer street north
east-Conterence hours, Tuesday, to
o'clock. Physicians ana nurses are in at
tendance.
Baby hospital camp in Rock Creek
Park, for sick babies under two years
of age, with or without mothers; ar
rangements can be made for older chill
dren. In order to make arrangements for
care of babies and children at the camp
call telephone Main 992. West 334 or
West 376.