Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — DANGER OF SUMMER [ARTICLE]

DANGER OF SUMMER

Chicago “Healthograms” Tell of Many Menacing Evils in City. Wash Vegetables, Don’t Overfeed Baby and Watch Milk, Is Advice of City Physician" to Citizens— Lower Death Rate. Advice for the feeding of new-born babies, warnings against impure milk and unclean vegetables, and another box of literary pills in the form of the übiquitous "healthogram” are mingled In the latest report of the health department, with the cheering information that the public health situation is greatly Improved over the last few weeks. In the week there were 47 deaths less than the week before, the death rate being lower than that of last year. The deaths from acute contagious diseases show a reduction of 50 per cent May, 1910, passed into record with the third highest death rate for the month in 15 years. Deaths from pneumonia were more numerous than In any May tor 50 years, with the exception of two. The reason for the prevalence of pneumonia and the high mortality from the Impure air disease Is assigned by the health department to unseasonably cold weather. Here are some samples of the latest output of the healthogram physician which are guaranteed to prevent many illnesses if read once and thought of twice a day. > "No spit—no consumption.

“Summer—the time to shun meats and take to vegetables. “An uncongenial occupation warps the body and withers the soul. “To relieve worry and sleeplessness take a bath—hot followed by cold. “When you must drink, drink Adams ale. Lake Michigan is full of it “Dirty milk is better food for bacteria than it is for babies.” The bulletin points out that a stomach of the child at birth holds only one ounce and warns against overfeeding. Artificial feeding is to be avoided and not to be resorted to unless it is absolutely necessary, the bulletin advises. s Investigation of a case of typhoid fever in the family of a wealthy Chicagoan resulted in the discovery that the disease had been contracted by eating raw vegetables which had been washed by the farmer in a pool of dirty water. Taking this case as an object lesson, the health department points out that all vegetables always should be washed in the kitchen. Under no other circumstances, says the bulletin, should lettuce, celery, cabbage, radishes and similar vegetables be eaten raw. <