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skin should be washed after each motion, and its napkins or
clothing, when soiled, should be put into a tub of water to
which a handful of washing soda has been added, and
afterwards boiled in a copper.
Keep your house thoroughly clean and sweet, and
do not allow any refuse, manure, stale food or rubbish
to collect inside or outside your house. Burn all you
can.
FOOD. It has been abundantly proved that infants
brought up on the breast seldom suffer from Summer Diarrhoea,
therefore always suckle an infant if possible, and
particularly do not wean during the Summer months,
June, July, August and September. If, however, you are
obliged to bring your infant up by hand, give it good cow's
milk diluted with boiled water, according to its age. No other
food to be given to an infant under seven months, except by
medical advice.
All milk must be boiled immediately it arrives, the jug
containing it must be covered with a clean cloth to keep out
dust, flies, &c., stood in a basin of cold water, and kept in a cool,
well-ventilated place—the outside of a window-sill in the
shade will answer very well.
The feeding bottle must be one without any indiarubber
tubing, with just a teat fitting on to the bottle, and both the
bottle and teat must be kept scrupulously clean. The bottle