+-----------------------------------------------+ | Registry Department | | | | CITY OF ________ | | | | County of _____, State of _____ | | | | CITY HALL | | | | The following is an abstract from the RECORD | |OF BIRTHS in said City: | | | | _No._ _____ | | | |__________________________________ {SON} | | {DAU.} of | | | |____________________________________________ | | | |was born in ________________________________ | | | |I hereby certify that the above is a true copy | |from the RECORD OF BIRTHS in the Custody of the| |City Registrar. | | | | +------+ | | | CITY | | | | SEAL | | | +------+ | | | | _City Registrar_ | +-----------------------------------------------+ MODEL BIRTH CERTIFICATE =Protection against flies and mosquitoes.= The baby must be protected from flies and mosquitoes because malaria and other diseases may be transmitted in this way. Flies are carriers of filth and disease germs and therefore should never be allowed to touch the baby’s lips or the baby’s bottle. It is important that netting be placed over the baby’s bed and be large enough to tuck in under the mattress. It should not hang down over the sides of the bed. CHAPTER IV BREAST FEEDING =Suggestions for demonstrations.= 1. Demonstrate how to hold the baby when feeding him. 2. Demonstrate how to weigh the baby. Every mother should nurse her baby if she is well and has the milk; it is her most important duty for the time being, and all other things should be secondary to it. =The reasons.= Breast milk is nature’s food for the baby. It is fresh, sterile, and always at hand. It is the least expensive food that can be given, and contains the proper elements of food in the right proportions. Breast-fed babies seldom have bowel troubles—which are apt to be so fatal in bottle-fed babies, especially in hot weather. Ten bottle-fed babies die to one fed on the breast.