| Show 0 CARE CAPE OF INFANTS the utah state board of A health c I 1 th recently issued the 1 owing bulletin concerning the care and feeding of infants A large majority of deaths of infants occur during duing the warm months danger of contamination of the food is the greatest also the infants vitality is depressed by heat and it is more susceptible to disease it should bo be kept as cool as a n possible clothing should be light and loose A thin slip and diaper is sufficient tepid or cool bathing should be frequent give cool boiled water between feedings fredin s the breast fed baby has much better chance than the bottlo bottle fea in c n summer in bottle feeding only milk known to be pure should be used milk should be pasteurized in ill hot weather over feeding should be especially avoided the richness of milk should be weakened by dilution with boiled water only milk marketed in bottles should be used dont fail to completely sterilize by boiling all utensils used in feeding the baby flies kill hill many babies by carrying disease germs carefully exclude them from the babas bottle and food and prevent them from lighting on the lips when sleeping the babas bed should be screened with netting carefully tucked in screen windows and doors and destroy every ny fly that gets in the house keep the house and premises cs clean diapers used in diarrhoeal cases should be immediately immersed in a disinfectant solution never expose diapers or discharges charges to flies loose green movements mean sickness stop the milk at once and call the doctor any milk given after bowel trouble begins will surely the baby dont wean vean the baby in summer unless by the doctors advice to prevent the digestive disturbances tur bances during the hot er and to check them when present s removal to a 1 cool locality is very effective and may be to save life |
