VICTIMS OF BAD MILK

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 31, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 44.

VICTIMS OF BAD MILK.

"Most of the 400 babies who died in Connecticut during July were victims of poisoned milk or other unsuitable food," says Secretary C. A. Lindsley, of the State Board of Health, in a report on the death rate during the recent hot spell. "That the prevalence of infantile affections is due to heat is a fallacy," he continues. "The large majority of deaths occur among bottle-fed babies. Milk is fed to children from 12 to 48 hours after it is taken from a cow. On the least exposure the milk gathers innumerable germs.

"Until the baby has passed the nursing stage, its stomach is not prepared for other food than that supplied by nature. Any artificial food is a trial for the infantile digestive organs to which they are frequently unequal. The mother who can nurse her baby, but for selfish reasons refuses to do so, assumes a fearful responsibility."—Report of Health Officer.