Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-12-20

ditions are otherwise ideal, barns and
outhouses are too often placed close
to drinking wells and cisterns. This
practice Is dangerous to health.
Where there is no drainage system,
extraordinary care Is needed to keep
the ground water pure. All well or
spring water must be carefully watch
ed. Boards of health will gladly ex-.
anime samples of water and report
whether II Is safe to drink.
Water Is essential to health. but II
must be pure.
Properly pasteurlzed milk Is usunlly
the safest kind to use. No milk Is
safe unless frequent tests show that II
Is untainted by disease germs. Raw
milk should not be used except that
produced under the most careful SUI
pervision. To pasteurize milk at
home, put 1t in a bottle, cork It with
n piece of clean cotton or paper cap,
and then place II In small pail of wa
ter. II an inverted pie-tin. with a
few holes punched in 1t, Is placed In
the bottom of the pail, II will prevent
the bottles from humping. Heat the
water to temperature of 145 de-
grees Fahrenheit, keeping 1t there for
30 minutes. After pasteurization. the
milk should be gradually cooled to be-
low 80 degrees Fahrenheit In running
water and kept In cool place. Pas
tcurization will kill any germs that
may be In the milk. MIX from dis
eased cows should never, under any
circumstances be used. The three
"C's" for the proper care of milk In
the home, according to dairy special
lists are. keep milk covered, clean,
cold.
Never for one minute keep milk UNI
covered or in warm place. The uten'
sis used to receive 1t should always
be scalded before using and kept COW
cred when not In use. Milk which has
been poured from the bottle should not
he returned to 1t.
Milk bottles should never be allowed
to come out of patients room, or
sent back to the dairy, until they have
been thoroughly boiled. MIX when
properly cared for Is one of the best
foods obtainable. Ii Is nourishing, di.
gestlble, and usually economical.
Food will also cause sickness If II
carries disease germs. Since thor
ougl cooking destroys the germs, the
danger of contngion or infection arises
chiefly from raw foods. Fried meats
In large quantities, are not healthful
Pork should never be eaten unless
thoroughly cooked. Soups and stews
and Oroths should be thoroughly heat
ed before serving.
Ii must he remembered that the
body Is not nOurlshed merely by swal
| lowing food; I'm order to nourish tho
| body. food must also be digested. alb
body. Tie agreeable taste or Odol
IF food or even the pleasurable thought
| of II helps to digest II. All fruits ant
vegetables eaten raw should he thor
oughly washed.
Garbage should not be allowed L
become a breeding place for flies. Gar
bage disposal is n matter of cleanli
ness and public decency, and should
not be neglected so that 1t becomes 1
menace to public health.
Flies, cocl;roaches, and other scav
englng insects may carry germs, ant
thus infect the food. Such insects nr'
always dangerous, and should not bt
tolerated, while rats. mice and vermlT
should not be allowed to remain in th'
house.
Clean houses, clean hands. clear
milk. clean food, pure air, and no In
sects, and there will be less opporli
nifty for the germs of contagious dis
eases to accumulate.