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Show H r: "SAVE THE BABIES." B j The Utah state board of health is distributing throughout the Hj late a circular entitled "Save the Babies," which contains rules for H I the feeding and care of infants in the summer. The circular contains H much which is valuable to the mother. BH The following ds taken from the circular: Hj "More than one thousand infants under the age of one year an- Bj nually die in Utah. A large proportion of this frightful waste of B life is absolutely unnecessary, as it surely could be provented by H proper care and management. An appeal is made to mothers, on fl "whom chiefly rests the salvation of the baby, to acquaint themselves B with the life-saving methods of child hygiene made known by mod- B crn science and to faithfully apply thorn, in place of the antiquated H v and irrational customs which are so destructive to infant life. Bn ! Infant mortality is vastly increased during .the summer mouths. K-, J ' vllot weather lowers the vitality of the child and exerts an injurious B J effect upon its food, ami it is necessary to observe the most rigid pre- B .cautions in ordei to prevent grave danger, In no class of diseases B ', are preventive measures more essential and also more effective than Bj J . in the; deadly suMmcr'ComplaTntsvof.wrnfunlstudJtliereXca Hi question that ninny lives may be saved by the intelligent observance of the rules." One of the closing paragrnplis contained in Hit2 pnmphlol, which should be closely heeded, is as follows: "FLIES Carefully exclude flies from the baby's bottle and food, and prevent them from lighting on its lips wliile sleeping. They carry death to thousands of infants." |
