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[1899
Here it is very plainly seen that it is in the third, or Summer
quarter that Enteritis, Gastro Enteritis, Muco Enteritis, and similar
complaints are, like Epidemic Diarrhœa, most fatal, and that like it
are also most fatal to infants under one year old, which, to an
extent, goes to prove that they are in fact diarrhoeal diseases.
Looking on them then in this light, I find that the death-rate
among infant children is enormous during the third quarter, as the
following figures prove:—

These figures afford very serious food for reflection as to what
should be done to prevent this terrible loss of life. Some of it, in
fact a great deal of it, is absolutely preventible, if only the parents
could be reached and taught what is the right thing to do to ward
off the evil, and also when it attacks their children the right thing
to do to prevent fatal results.
There are several means of prevention parents can adopt.
These are a few of them:—
Before the attack. To
1. Keep their infants clean in person and clothing.
2. Keep their homes clean.
3. Keep their bed and bedding clean
4. Nurse their infants at the breast and avoid artificial feeding.
5. Give constant care and attention to their infants.
6. Store their food (milk) where it will not be contaminated
with dust, whether blown from the street or from their
back yards.
7. Keep the air in their rooms sweet by systematic and thorough
ventilation.
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