Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-30 | Page 6 | Baby Conservation is City's Hobby Health Department Leads Fight

Baby B by Conservation ti n Is Is City's itys ity's s Hobby I iH Health atI Q Department i p Led Leads Fight o ONE NE of Salt alt Lake Lakes milk stations where fresh pure milk is provided for or Salt Lake mothers I The efficiency of these stations has recently been increased by The Telegram ice fund which provides free ice for mothers who vho cannot afford to buy it At the bottom is sh shown a Salt Lake baby Dr T. T J J. J Howells lowells considers this an ideal b baby by J II nr I st 3 w A JA f y I d J 10 t i 1 f y t i f M fR f j N M. M I Salt Lake Sets P Pace ce in Guarding Health of Infants By T. T J. J HOWELLS M. M D. D Assistant City PhysIcian ALT T LAKE is one of the f w S SALT SAL cities o o ot othe the United States where a mother can get certified certified fied fled milk for or her tIer baby with free instructions as to feeding New York City lo loses Ions e ov over r thirteen thousand babies under one y yer er of ago age each Mch w- w wA A la Urge large e proportion of theadie these the die from bowel trouble during the months of Jul July and Augus and nine i out of or ten of these thee babies ar ate ste bottle fed I Of ot all 11 the babies bable who dl die dle under one I year of age 35 3 per cent or over one- one 1 third die before the they are one month old Most of those these at t birth are weak and sickly This is due largely to the fact fl that their mothers did not receive proper care during the few montla of the child that pr preceded e led the birth One way to prevent these deaths is forthe forthe for forthe the mothers to know how to care for themselves N and to h have ve advice from time to time a as to their condition The Salt Lake health department l Is III ready read to give hC the advice at the In Infants Infants' Infants Infants' infants infants' In- In milk stations providing the I w mother cannot lot afford efford to nay pey I her doctor doc doe i tor for the same Proper c care car irr at this time of life may mayr I r rAve nave expectant mothers mother from years yar of I poor health and Increase the number I of etron strong healthful babies Five Milk Stations Station Salt Lake loots five Infants Infant milk mUk stations sta ata In operation One It Is located atthe at atthe atthe the Public Hatty building and nd four toW are at al the public 8 schools 1001 viz vis Jack Jacl son Ion Fremont Lincoln and anti Riverside Each Bach station has haa consultation hours houra I I for tor the physician with the mothers mother Mothers nay lla brio bring their babies for tor I I examination und I nd advice The service la is Intended for tor those who cannot aI atford af afford at- at ford to employ their own physician A nurse ia te In charge of each h station eta sta I tion with one assistant furnished by bythe bythe bythe the Relief society ty Salt Lake has the tho best beet mUk of any I City in the United States and It litI to te distributed at those stations at cost coat Salt Lake lost only nineteen children I la last t ye yer r u ider tWo years of age with bowel trouble