Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-04 | Page 2 | Save Babies

r SAVE E THE Nurse Them Is the theT the Best est Way ay Says ays City ity T T c B A AS I i E ji S Health Commissioner Nurse your baby is I the slogan of Uncle Sams Sam's baby week now in progress thi throughout t the country Why ask tho the mothers For these ten reasons reasons rea rca a sons replied Dr Samuel Sam Sani uel tG G. Paul city health commissioner Dr Paul has been health com com cont commissioner J V I missioner of Salt Lake for six sit years bears and in f I that time has devoted i his efforts toward bab baby welfare I S 1 One death out of every five which oc occur occur oc- oc 47 cur at all ages is that of ofa ofa JS a bab baby laaby under 1 year of f fag i ag age 2 2 In the city city of New York during 1911 I babies under 1 year of age died from bowel trouble and 9 out of every 10 of these babies were bottle fed 3 Out of the babies under 1 year ear of age who wh died from all causes In New York City during 1910 one- one third died before they were 1 month old 4 A large proportion of th these se babies would have lived If they had been nursed by their mothers 5 Mothers Mother's milk is the only safe food for a bab baby during during- the first six months of its life If the weather is warm the baby should not be weaned until It Is 9 months old Cows Cow's milk or prepared food can never equal breast milk as the proper food for the baby 6 Breast fed babies rarely have bowel trouble Bottle fed habl babies s rarely escape having It particularly during warm weather 7 Babies fed on breast milk show the best development the teeth will appear at the proper time the muscles and bones will be stronger and walking walking walk walk- alk ing will pot be delayed 8 A breast fed baby Is not so likely lo to o have bronchitis or croup and If attacked by any disease has a a. much better chance of living than a a. bottle fed baby 9 Pneumonia in babies is fatal more often in bottle fed babies than in breast fed babies 10 Your baby will have th the best chance of living that you can give It If it is breast fed Surely these facts are worth considering considering consid consid- ering before deciding not to nurse your nurse your baby