The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-05-31
FTARY Of
BABY WEEK
! u nevine Gives Summary
a.by Week in Excellent
Paper Talk

following is a paper writ
Mrs. Drvine and OH ac-
of IFS merit. will be filed in
brary Of theh North Dakota
rsity: :,
are realizing more and
tlr Importance of the child,
% children of today, will be
,pn and women, the nation
morrow. What a wonderful
,unity is open to mothers in
sy and age. when the inven-
of sewing machine, wash
achine, electric stoves, tele-
ps and hundreds of other
mold conveniences, llave re-
her from many arduOus
duties. She no longer thas to
her wool, spin and weave
10th. and then make by hand
garments her family wear.
new appliances have made
bic more spare time. May
Ot use this time thus given
a way that will be most pro-
e TO ourseles, our family,
ur generation. Science keep
pace with invention, has
ht us that our great death
is due in large part, to lack
nowle'lgc of the laws, tina!
10 do with health. We have
Jed that $4,000 women died
$. in one year from cOndi-
caused by childbirth. 1000
ese died from childbed fever.
is almost entirely prevent
and the other 5000 died
diseases THAT were prevent
or curable to a great extent.
pave learned that out of every
, babies born, one dies. that
700 children under five years
&c die in the United States
g year, and Of this number3
half or two hundred fhOus-1
die of ,I5reventable diseases.
nave also learned that ignor-
Is the great cause of This
Fter. In the mase of mater
Deaths. these are oft times
10 lack of knowledge by the
nef OF proper prenatal care
deaths from child-bed fever
0p mostly TO carelessness. or
OF knowledge on the part of
doctor. or midwife, in not
ns everything thoroughly
ip' III the death rate among
lfen. lib" greater number are
!" '''' ignorance of mother as
laws OF health and the pre-
"'' "1dlsease. One of THE
Is That has proved more fat
IAN anything else, is that wo-
nave not realized how really
ssary to The health of the
is mothers milk. There is
~ "o substitute. that is as
=, =. M"ther's milk is always
1' anu always sweet and much
p"'"r sickness of babies is due
[%'ran t,,n or unsanitary milk.
'"'r thing that women must,
|" i Is that next to mothers
1 '''r" is nothing so health
'"s % as modified cows milk,
~ ":"' IA care must be taken that
,", a''A and every thing il touch
tho" mre II reaches the baby must
n'' 'n'"'r",'shly sterile. Mothers
% H. learn that proprietary
TO- to- 'u'i, as condensed milk,
s' " mix. and other infants
~ n. 'a'k hone making and life
d. d. Iualifies. One-half of all |
sS on,Is is due to baby sore eyes
s,"alm'a s,' moratorium. Wo-
r,' ,""'''d demand that the doc |
a" hur''' or midwife insert the
%"pS a,. OF nitrate of silver into
,,"t uses OF their new born baby
nr.'n' n;n blindness. We are
"ns aug, that impure air. had wa.
ou;' illuminated food, flies and 4
th'''"'>. th' are disease carriers
Ia..! "s enemy Of the Child. Wei
.r a,n'n" ,," that prevention is
tha. '"''' the cure of disease.
,r.'. .". much disease is caused
,s '''S :, the hands and other
u, ,lat III ar" not sterile to thc
Irn,. "''l''ers should teach thcir
" I.n T." thoroughly cleanse
# "s before eating. and not
un pl'r'lS in their mouths. or
IL r'' their hands before
S ~ ball and that it not
.;" ;" swap toys or exchange
,nn- - gum. When women and
mil, realize their great op-
lcin and the great part it is
power 70 play, in the
Wants yg.ts -,