Show ONLY HEALTHY PEOPLE SHOULD HANDLE BABIES One of the most important things a mother can do to keep her baby healthy Is to prevent his coming In close contact with anyone who has an infectious should be prevented not only from the usually communicable diseases of childhood such as scarlet chicken and whooping cough but the undetected infections that can be communicated even when the carrier does not know that he or she has Only healthy Josephine Kenyon warns In the November issue of Good Housekeeping magazine should handle a This Kenyon not only the sisters and brothers and other but the permanent and temporary helpers in your home as anyone who handles the his clothing or linen or his A trained baby's nurse will undoubtedly have had a complete physical and her health can be assured by the but a thorough check-up on the health of any part time helper should be Kenyon suggests that you talk with the applicant for the job in a friendly way and that you wish to have around your only healthy The best way to be sure of that is by medical Has she had one If would she mind asking her doctor to give her a card saying that she Is free from communicable If then explain the value of a health for herself as well as for the baby's |