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Show DON'T FOR PERSONS WHO WOULD BE WELL Again calling the attention of the parents pa-rents and caretakers of babies to its repeated warning against the fatal effects ef-fects upon infants of the heated season, the department of health and charities of Portland, Ore., in its weekly health bulletin, gives advice to the publio on the importance of cleanliness and the disease dangers lurking in dirt. The bulletin says: "Clean water, clean food, clean houses, clean clothes, clean bodies keep us healthy. "Clean water is obtainable by all by boiling1 drinking water in those districts dis-tricts not supplied with filtered' water and keeping it free from contamination after it is drawn. "Clean food may be obtained as cheaply as an inferior quality by close observation on the part of the purchaser. pur-chaser. "Clean houses are In the power of all housekeepers. "Clean clothes are within the reach of every one. Clothes worn next to the skin should be turned inside out and aired over night. "Clean bodies. To get the results, in addition to clean water, food, houses and clothes, the body must always be kept clean. The daily bath is the best treatment in the field of preventive medicine. "The National Consumers' league has recently issued a leaflet containing in part the following Information, which, if followed by the masses, must be productive of good results: " 'Buy food at the cleanest stores only. " 'Buy only clean, fresh foods. " 'Refuse to take food handled by dirty hands. Insist upon its belns: well wrapped. Paper bags are best. " 'Buy only purest candies. Is the candy pure and clean that your children chil-dren buy from a pushcart? " 'Do not buy decayed food, because it is cheap. " 'Do- not buy bread and cake from dirty bakers. Look into the baking rooms if possible. Are they clean? " 'Examine packages of cereals for worms. Packages of long-standing often of-ten become infected with worms, and are sometimes found at the best stores. " 'Does your grocer keep his butter and milk in clean, cold places, and are they covered? Does he keep his candies, can-dies, figs, berries, dates, bread, etc., exposed to flies or dust from the street in shop and show windows? Flies carry car-ry dirt and disease to food and man. - ' 'Are your grocer, butcher and baker cleanly in person? Are their clerks cleanly? Do they keep their goods on the sidewalks? There is danger dan-ger of disease in street dirt. " 'Refuse to buy food sold in open buckets, which Ftand uncovered in the store day after day. Are the flour barrels covered? Ib there any decaying decay-ing matter in connection with the vegetables veg-etables or fruit? " 'The law requires all food manufacturers manu-facturers to label their products truthfully. truth-fully. Read these labels carefully. They are your protection from fraud. Labels must tell what is inside the can box or bottle. If it is a compound it must be stated. Read the small print, as it is often more important than the large. Does the label tell the truth about the weight of the package? Don't buy foods containing artificial coloring matter. Don't buy foods containing con-taining chemical preservatives. " |