The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-12


iltions are otherwise ideal, barns and
outh6uses are too often placed close
to drinking wells and cisterns. This
practice IL dangerous to health.
Where there IL no drainage system.
extraordinary care Is needed to keep
he ground water pure. All well or
spring water must be carefully watch
I'd. Boards Of health will gladly ex-
anime samples Of water and report
whether It il safe to drink.
Water Is essential to health, but 1t
must be pure.
Properly pasteurized milk ia usually
The safest kind to use. No milk Is
safe unless frequent tests show that 1t
Ia untainteti BY disease germs. Raw
milk should not be used except that
produced under the most careful su-
pcrvision. To pasteurixe milk at
home, put 1t In bottle, cork It with
a piece of clean cotton or paper cap.
and then place 1t in small pail Of wa
ter. If an inverted pie-tin. with q
Few holes punched in 1t, Is placed In
he bottom Of the pail. II will prevent
the bottles from humping. Heat the
water to a temperature Of 145 de-
rees Fahrenheit, keeping 1t there for
70 minutes. After pasteurixation. the
milk should be gradually cooled to be-
low SO degrees Fahrenheit In runr.ing
water and kept In q cool place. Pas
.eurixation will kill any germs that
may be In the milk. MIX from dis
sased 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,
sold.
Never for one minute keep milk un-
covered or In q warm place. The uten-
sils used to receive 1t should always
be scalded before using and kept COW
cred when not In use. MIX which has
been poured from the bottle should not
5e returned to It.
Milk bottles should never be allowed
to come out Of a patient's room. or
been thoroughly boiled. Mix when
properly cared for Is one Of the best
foods obtainable. 1t 10 nourishlng. d.
Eestible. and usually economical.
Food will also cause sickness II 1t
carries disease germs. Since thor
pugh cooking destroys the germs, the
ianger of contagion 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 broths should be thoroughly heat
ed before serving.
1t must be remembered that the
body Is not nourished merely by swal-
lowing food In order to nourish the
body. food must also be digested. alb
sorbed and used by the tissues of the
body. The agreeable taste or odor
Of food or even the pleasurable thought
Of 1t helps to digest 1t. All fruits and
vegetables eaten raw should be thor
oughly washed.
Garbage should not be allowed to
become a breeding place for files. Gar
bage disposal il q matter Of cleanli-
ness and public decency. and should
not be neglected 80. that II becomes q
menace to public health.
Files. cockroaches, and other scav.
enging insects may carry germs, and
thus infect the food. Such insects are
always dangerous, ana should not be
tolerated, while rats. mice and vermin
should not be allowed to remain in the
house.
Clean houses, clean hands, Glenn
milk. clean food. pure air. and no In
sects. and there will be less opportu-
nitt for the germs Of contagious dis
eases to accumulate.