The Coconino sun., 1916-03-24
FLAGSTAFF WILL CELEBRATE JULY THE FOURTH
 THE HKS WILL HAVE CHARGE OF THE CELEBRATION WILL MAKE IT HUMMER

of the rooms during the day should be kept at 6S to 70 degrees, the general failing in this matter being to have it too warm. A thermometer is the best guide, as it is often impossible to know whether the temperature is right by guess. Every day should see baby outdoors, unless the weather is too extreme or the baby is born in mid-winter, before it can gradually become accustomed to the cold air. The use of chest protectors, cotton pads and extremely thick clothing, should be avoided.
 Pneumonia is one of the complica- tions to be feared in measles and whooping cough and it is, therefore, extremely desirable to prevent your baby from exposure to either of these, as they are less able to combat this complication, than older children.
 Much more could be said on this important question, but if I have i'm pressed on you the great importance of keeping your baby from close asso- citation with children or adults who are suffering from bronchitis or colds in the head, shall be satisfied.
 I told you before that there are two main routes of infection. In the second one the bacteria are introduced by means of the food into the stomach and intestinal canal. Milk is the chief food of infants. Not only babies thrive on milk, but bacteria find it highly nourishing and multiply in it better than in anything else, except perhaps the intestinal canal of weak baby. It is the presence of these bac- teria in the intestine of the infant that is responsible for the great number of diarrheal diseases in young babies. Up to few years ago the death rate from these troubles were appalling, especially in the large cities. Even now it is the cause of the greatest number of deaths. Smaller towns where it is less crowded and where the summers are not so severe, are comparatively free from these Airead outbreaks. Nevertheless, some men ton should be made of these condi- tions.
 The best way to prevent these troubles is to use mothers milk. Where artificial feeding is necessary, owing
 to a lack of the other, or where the baby has reached the age to he weaned, too great care cannot be exercised to secure milk from healthy
 COWS, milk which has been properly handled. All cows should be free from
 tuberculosis and there is only one way
 to be sure, which consists of applying
 the tuberculin test. Even with the
 greatest care it is impossible to get
 milk which does not contain some bac-
 teria. Up to a certain number they
 are not especially harmful when taken
 by children. It is in the summer time that babies are most troubled with these ailments. The extreme heat of summer undoubtedly has a weakening
 effect on their system, lowers the re-
 sistance and allows more readily the growth of bacteria in the intestine Also in the heat of summer it is more difficult to keep the milk cold enough to prevent rapid bacterial growth and until it reaches the consumer may be so contamined that even the strongest baby cannot prevent being effected either by the bacteria themselves oi the poisons already formed in the , milk. To prevent much of this trou- ble, it is desirable to keep the little
 ones from exposure to extreme heat to dress them lightly and feed them little less than usual. See to all
 their little comforts and observe all | cleanliness in the preparation of the food It is just as bad to give baby a nipple on which flies have beer 7 walking, before boiling it again, as te give them the milk into which fly } may inadvertently have dropped
 Rather let them cry and go hungr. s until you are certain that everything is right by preparing another feeding than to have them cry and suffer fol days on account of your carelessness , Treat all slight digestive derange ments by prompt measures, as thu
 thorough cleaning out by oil and in jections and withhold milk for da!
 so that the digestive apparatus ma! rest and regain its equilibrium.
 If we should trace the reason fol r Baby Week, we would find that it il . the outcome of the free ice and pur' l, milk for baby campaigns in our large