United States Service, Public Health Road to Health

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Is the baby nursed at the breast as he should be? Is he kept clean? Does he get plenty of fresh air and is he kept out of the hot, stuffy kitchen? Do you know that bottle babies should have orange juice each day after the first month? Do you know that flies and mosquitoes carry disease, and do you keep them out of your house by proper screening? Do you know that all colds are catch ing and may lead to dangerous disease in others, especially children? Do you know that sickness is often spread by dirty hands? Do you always wash your hands before eating or handling food? When any of your family is ill with scar let fever, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, or other preventable diseases, 18 your health officer always notified so that he can help to keep the disease from spreading to others?