The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1919-09-27

where living cQn-
ditions are otherwise ideal, barns and
out1ouses 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 se
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 tnat
produced under the most careful SUI
pervision. To pasteurize milk at
home. put it in a bottle, cork 1t with
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
the bottom Of the pail. it will prevent
the bottles from humping. Heat the
water to temperature Of 145 de-
grees Fahrenheit, keeping 1t there for
80 minutes. After pasteurization, the
milk should be gradually cooled to be-
low so degrees Fahrenheit in running
water and kept In 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
..C's' for the proper care Of milk fn
the home, according to dairy speeiat-
lists are, keep mill covered, clean,
cold.
Never for one minute keep milk un-
covered or IN a warm place. The uten-
sils used to receive it should always
be scalded before using and kept COW
cred when not in use. Milk which has
been poured from the bottle should not
be returned to 1t.
Milk bottles should never be allowed
to come out Of a patients room, or
sent back to the dairy, until they have
| been thoroughly boiled. Milk when
| properly cared for Is one Of the best
foods obtainable. 1t Is nourishing, dl.
gestible, and usually economical.
Food will also cause sickness il Il
carries disease germs. Since thor.
ough cooking destroys the germs. the
danger Of contagion or infection arises
/ chiefly from raw foods. Fried meats
In large quantities, are not healthful
1 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 ths
body is not nourished merely by oval
lowinge food; in order to nourlsh TIT
body, food must also be digested, alb
sorbed and used by the tissues Of tht
body. The agreeable taste or odol
/ of food or even the pleasurable though
of it helps to digest 1t. All fruits ant
vegetables eaten raw should be thor
oughly washed.
Garbage should not be allowed t.
become breeding place for flies. Gar
bage disposal Is matter Of cleanli
/ ness and public decency, and shout.
not be neglected SO that it becomes I
mensse to public health.
Flies, cockroaches, and other scav
enging insects may carry germs, ant
thus infect the food. Such insects ar
always dangerous, and should not b
tolerated, while rats, mice and vermil
should not be allowed to remain in tn
house.
1 Clean houses, clean hands. cleal
milk, clean food, pure air, and no in
sects. and there will be less opportu
nifty for the germs Of contagious dis
eases to accumulate.