Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1916 — CARE FOR CHILDREN DURING HOT WEATHER [ARTICLE]

CARE FOR CHILDREN DURING HOT WEATHER

Dr. Hurty, State Health Commissioner, Gives Wholesome Advice For Children’s Care. A local physician states that children are not in near so much danger from infantile paralysis as they are from summer complaint, and other troubles resulting from improper care during the warm months of summer. Dr. J. N. Hurty, state health commissioner, gives some rules for mothers to follow in the pare of their children that we deem worthy of publication. Dr. Hurty lays down these rules: Rule 1. Children should, in all seasons, sleep in well ventilated rooms, it not only promotes healtlifullness, but also quiet and restful sleep. Rule 2. Do not coddle them; teach them to care for themselves as soon as possible and in every way possible. Rule 3. Teach them to breathe property. Deep chest breathing through the nose and not through the mouth. If your child does not breathe through its nose, see a doctor. Rule 4. Encourage outdoor life, such as games and sports, also light garden work, if possible, when they are old enough. Rule 5. Watch carefully the carriage of the child, being sure that the chest is expanded, thus throwing the shoulders back into proper position and giving the lungs room for development and free action. Rule 6. Give the children plain, simple food and plenty of it at regular hours. Lack of proper digestion causes lack of nourishment, often the beginning of a consumptive tendency; or, in other words, the likelihood to contract the disease. Rale 7. Have all the children in bed at an early hour. Insist upon regular hours of sleeping. Rule 8. Keep children’s teeth in good condition. Rotten teeth cause dyspepsia and ill health, make children dull, lowers their efficiency and makes them liable to infectious diseases. Rule 9. Teath the children to eat slowly and chew their food well. Give them plenty of pure, cool water to drink. Rule 10. Teach children their bowels must move every day and they must not put off going when they feel the necessity. By following bhe above rules much sickness among small children may be prevented.