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The following is a copy of the instruction paper which was
adapted from a leaflet used by the hospital physicians amongst
their patients. I may here add that the Public Health Committee
of the Hackney Borough Council were represented at this Conference
and approved of and supported its action :-
BOROUGH OF HACKNEY.
Simple Rules for the Prevention of Summer Diarrhoea.
Summer diarrhoea occurs during the hot months of the year,
and causes the deaths of hundreds of infants. It is largely due to
giving milk and food which has been exposed to the air, dust and
flies, or stored in a dirty vessel, and to the use of " comforters."
It is therefore Preventable.
Summer diarrhoea attacks bottle fed children especially, but
seldom those fed entirely on the breast.
Therefore children should be fed entirely on the breast, and not
weaned during the hot months of the year, except under doctor's
orders.
Comforters must not be Used.
The mother should consult a doctor directly a child begins
to suffer with vomiting or looseness of the bowels.
For Bottle Fed Babies.
The poison of summer diarrhoea is carried generally by the
milk, but the poison may be destroyed by boiling. Keeping the
milk cool also prevents the poison increasing.
Therefore—
1. Obtain milk fresh twice a day.
2. Fetch and keep milk in a jug previously washed out with
boiling water, to which a little soda has been added.