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10. All danger of infection from milk and meat of tuberculous animals
may be avoided by boiling the milk and thoroughly cooking the meat, preferably
by boiling. Members of consumptive families should specially
attend to this rule.
11. Close and crowded rooms, concert halls, theatres, and public-houses,
should be avoided.
12. The rooms occupied by a Consumptive person should contain no
unnecessary furniture; and, especially curtains, bed hangings, clothes
hanging about, should be avoided as far as possible. The rooms should be
frequently cleaned out when the Consumptive is not in them.
On the Consumptive ceasing to occupy any room, it should be thoroughly
disinfected. This will be done on application, by a Borough Official, free
of charge.
13. Consumptives should pass as muoh time out of doors as possible,
and when indoors the room should be well ventilated.
When sufficient clothing is worn the windows may safely be kept open
day and night, unless the weather is very severe ; but draughts must be
avoided. As much sunlight as possible should be admitted.
14. No one else should occupy the same bed with a Consumptive person,
and where possible a separate bedroom should be used.
15. When the above precautions are taken there is no danger of a Consumptive
person infecting anybody else.
Medical Officer of Health.
How to Feed Baby.
Issued in consequence of the large number of Deaths under
One Tear of Age.
1. With few exceptions, mother's milk is baby's best food till he is nine
months old, but infants must always be weaned before they are a year old.
2. They should have the breast at first about every two hours by day
and every four hours at night, the interval being gradually increased by
three or four hours by day and six to eight hours at night.
3. If mother's milk does not appear to satisfy, do not on any account
give biscuits or other food without medical advice. It may be that the
breast is being given too often and baby overfed.
If the mother is unable to nurse her child entirely, cow's milk prepared
as described below should be given alternately with the breast.
4. The mother should have four good meals a day of plain food, and
perhaps one or two glasses of milk between ; but intoxicating drinks, as
spirits and beer, should be avoided. It is a mistake to think that nursing
mothers require stimulants.
5. The baby's mouth and the mother's nipples should be carefully
cleansed after each suckling.
6. When for any reason a baby cannot be nursed at the breast, it must
be fed on milk, and usually fresh cow's milk is the best. This should be
prepared as follows:— Three table-spoonfuls of boiled milk should be
mixed with six table-spoonfuls of barley water and a quarter of a teaspoonful
of white sugar; the mixture when warmed will make a meal for
a child a month old.