The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-28

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 it Is safe to drink.
Water Is essential to health, but 1t
must be pure.
Properly pasteurized milk is usually
the safest kind to use. No milk Is
safe unless frequent tests show that It
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 it in a bottle, cork it with
piece of clean cotton or paper cap,
and then place 1t In small pail of wa
ter. If an inverted pie-tin, with O
few holes punched in it, Is placed in
| the bottom of the pail, it will prevent
the bottles from humping. Heat the
| water to a temperature Of Las de-
| grees Fahrenheit, keeping II there for
| 30 minutes. After pasteurization, the
lnItE sn@sI a. III &c ss xe1fpd 10 biz,
low SO degrees Fahrenheit III running
water and kept in d cool place. Pas
teurization will kill any germs that
may be In the milk. Milk from dis
eased cows should never, under any
circumstances be used. The three
'sC's" for the proper care of milk II
| the home, according to dairy special
lists are, keep milk covered, clean
cold.
Never for one minute keep milk TN
covered or in warm place. The uten
sils used to receive 1t should Away
be scalded before using and kept Gov
cred when not In use. Milk which ha
been poured from the bottle should no
be returned to it.
Milk bottles should never be allowe
to come out Of patients room, 0
sent back to the dairy, until they hav
been thoroughly boiled Milk whe
nroperly cared for Is one Of the bes
foods obtainable. 1t is nourishing, d
gestible, and usually economical.
Food will also cause sickness II
> carries disease germs. Since tho
ough cooking destroys the germs, tn
; danger of contagion or Infection arise
! chiefly from raw foods. Fried meat
. IN large quantities, are not healthfu
Pork should never be eaten unleS
/ thoroughly cooked. Soups and stew
. and broths should be thoroughly hea
q ed before serving.
!. It must be remembered that Il
9 body is not nourished merely by swa
lowing food; In order to nourish IL
d body, food must also be digested, a
}. sorbed and used by the tissues of Il
: body. The agreeable taste or od
d of food or even the pleasurable thoug
Of 1t helps to diges.. it. All fruits al
vegetables eaten raw should be tho
oughly washed.
. Garbage should not be allowed
become breeding place for flies. Ga
Y bage disposal is a matter of clean
z ness and public decency, and shou
not be neglected so that 1t becomes
menace to public health.
Flies, cockroaches, and other sea
"a enging insects may carry germs, al
70 thus infect the food. Such insects a
ef always dangerous, and should not
d tolerated, while rats, mice and verm
i. should not be allowed to remain In t
IL house.
Clean houses, clean hands. Gle
milk, clean food, pure air. and no
sects, and there will be less oppor
nifty for the germs of contagious d
: = eases to accumulate.