Show first 24 i bours of life babas hardest time by MARIE K JOHNSON undernourishment la 19 ono one of tho the most moat common of the causes of infant mortality accord 1139 DK to a survey recently undertaken in chicago statistics a ll 11 0 w that of bables babies under one year of ngo age that died in 12 months 88 died in the first 24 honra light eight hundred an and d six died in the first six days excle marle marie K johnson sive of tho the first 21 hours and 1703 died from tho the seventh day to tile the sixth month E eight g it hundred anil and sixty died in the last six months of the year tile alio survey suney indicated chrt a surprisingly largo large number of infants are arc artificially fed which condition doctors agree had a 0 marked bearing on their undernourished conditions naturally no one food may prove satisfactory in every case although tile the survey showed that evaporated milk in many cn anses ses had proved an excellent substitute for mothers milk this may be explained by reason of tho the fact that evaporated milk la Is simply pure concentta con concentrated centra ted cows milk from which CO 00 per cent of tile the water has boen been removed it contains practically every element clement necessary tor for good health and Is consequently nn an excellent builder of bono bone and tissue although authorities on health recommend evaporated milk as a baby food like other substitutes for tho the natural supply it should not bo be considered as a food complete in itself addition of orange or tomato julec juice barley water or lime water Is important in providing adequate diet for the infant for babies milk ot of dependable depend ablo purity Is essential market milk will not keep for any length of time and Is also liable to contamination especially in hot weather while evaporated mills mill hermetically scaled in sterilized coata containers ta iners remains os as fresh and pure as on the day it was canned sterility in ox operated milk authorities agree la Is one of the roost most important points in its ita favor in processing evaporated milk Is subjected to xio degrees heat for a halt hour thereby oving all possibility ot of bacterial life being present in the milk neat hent Is the only preservative for this typo type of milk oni the client has the further beneficial effect of making the curda cardd of milk more flocculent and easier to digest |