Show Protect th the Babies t H Childhood is the time of infection says Dr dward Edward R. R Baldwin Baldwin Bald- Bald f. f win i in an arti article le on tube tuberculosis published in the Jour Journal al of the f fr fx American Medical association The danger does not point to the f a adult but to young the the young boy goy or cr girl It Itis is therefore of the greatest importance that babies and small smaIl children be properly protected fr from m germ genn diseases They withstand many attacks if they have 1 l proper nourishment to build up their resisting powers while children children children chil- chil dren underfed are subject to the slightest ills Dr Paul has suggested the establishment of several pure 1 I f. f milk depots denoth this summer for the babies By all means means his f should be carried out There here ought to be e experts to f r. r s see e that the milk is pure too All offenders who try to sell doc doe docto doctored I to red and unclean milk deserve the most severe punishment I I Every baby should have the best pure milk and every mother t. t t who is unable to employ trained nurses to help her with her little littler r ones is entitled to free advice from city experts that will aid herin her herf herl l f in giving giving- the giving the b best beet t possible care to her children Dr Paul and the city health department have pone done some splendid work in the thet t p past st along these lines Hues They are anxious to increase se the scope of their usefulness f They should be encouraged in ih this desire Salt Lake is proud of its health department as it is proud of this city's showing as a a. healthful place It wants to keep that record one worthy of pride II t Taking good care of the babies is a splendid means of do doing ng this i Keep the children healthy and strong and they can look after aftel I themselves when they grow older t Dr Baldwin was quoted in the Journal of the American Medical Medical Med Med- ical association as follows r fv Finally as a corollary coronary adults are very ty little endangered b by close contact with with 0 open en tu tuber tuberculosis and not at all aU in ordinary association Childhood is the time of of time the of and that j from extension of the primary these statements as we may it is time timo for a ref re- re f action against the extreme ideas of ot infection now prevailing P- P r There has been too much read road into popular literature by health boards and lectures that has no sound basis in facts and it needs to be dropped out or re- re fc 1 More protection of ot children and better hygiene for adults arc logically demanded but beyond this the preachments about the danger of infection to adults in the pr present ent stath of society aro arc without Justification from an ef t mental standpoint t. t |