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STOKE NEWINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
ADVICE TO MOTHERS UNABLE TO SUCKLE
THEIR BABIES.
1. Feed your baby regularly, by the clock, and not by guesswork
or whenever it cries. Babies get indigestion, feel uncomfortable,
and cry if they are not fed at regular times.
2. Never give your baby a dummy teat. It is simply a bad
habit, and dirty and dangerous.
3. As babies sometimes cry because they are thirsty, sips or
water which has been boiled and cooled may be given.
BOTTLE FEEDING.
Bottle Feeding.—Give only milk until the baby is about nine
months old. Do not give condensed milk or any other infant food
unless ordered by the doctor.
NEVER GIVE SEPARATED OR SKIMMED MILK
TO A BABY.
Milk.—Get good milk fresh twice a day. Boil it at once, pour
into a clean jug, cover with a clean cloth, and stand the jug in
cold water. In hot weather the water should be changed so as to
be as cool and fresh from the tap as possible.