Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-15
PRECAUT|ON FOR
| BOTTLE FED BABY
State Expert Gives Advice in the
Matter Of Prepara-
ton, &c.

Following is the ninth article OF series
| for Mothers Column, contributed by
the medical consultant of the State Re
construction Commission, submitted by
the commission through the Clearing
House of the Delaware State Program.
1t is entitled "For the Bottle Fed Baby
Home Pasteurization Of Milk" II 10 lows
Always prepare the feeding for the whole
day at one time. This will be made up ac-
cording TO the formula which has been
made out by your physician. After prep
aration, divide the milk into the amounts
specified for each feeding and place the
amount for each separate feeding in its
own bottle. Put cotton shoppers into
each bottle. You must now have pan
or kettle large enough 30 that you can
stand all the bottles in il upright, in
enough water to surround the bottles and
come up nearly to their tops. A thermom-
eter for taking Temperature Of the
water is essential. Place the receptacle
containing the bottles on the stove, and
slowly heat the water up to 145 degrees
Fahrenheit. Hold it at this temperature
for thirty minutes. Then cool rapidly by
pouring out the hot water and replacing
it with cold. Remove the bottles and place
them in the ice box or in some cool place.
All that is necessary now is to take q
bottle out at feeding time, remove cotton
stopper, put on a sterile nipple, warm it
and the feeding is ready for use.
What is the object Of pasteurization
and why must this method be followed
closely? The object OF pasteurization is
to kill germs which are present in the
milk, by heating ,or half an hour at 145
degrees Fahrenheit All will not be killed
by the process, but vast majority of
them will be- BY cooling rapidly and
keeping In a cool place the growth of
those organisms which are not killed will
be greatly delayed.
If you have no refrigerator, quite a
serviceable ice box may be made at
home out of small packing box, some
excelsior and felt, or felt paper Informa-
ton and instruction on any or all of these
points will gladly be given you at any of
the Child Health Centers of the Recon-
struction Commission.
Nipples must be scrubbed after use.
Be sure and turn them inside out when
scrubbing. After thoroughly cleansing
them, place them in solution of boric
acid until needed. They will then need
only TO be rinsed before placing on the
bottle
When warming the milk for use, il
should be brought up to body temperature
The simplest way of testing this is by
sprinkling some on the back of the hand
and judging as to whether it is of the
same temperature or not. Never under
any circumstances judge the temperature
by tasting. Your mouth may contain
many germs which although they are
harmless to you may be harmful TO the
baby.
Immediately after a bottle is used,
empty it, rinse it out with boiling water
several times, scrub it with the bottle
brush and boric solution, rinse again with
boiling water and put it in some cool
place where it is protected from dust and
dirt, until it is needed next morning.
In preparing boric acid solution, put
in as much of the powder as tho water
will absorb, that is, use saturated solu-