The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

112 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.film has been removed from the inside,then wash carefullj with veryhot water. All vessels used for holdingmilk or cream should be cleansedin the same manner.Do not use milk bottles for any otherpurpose than the holding of milk orcream.Pdnse nursery bottles and nipples incold water and wash in boiling waterimmediately after each feeding. Turnthe nipple inside out and thoroughlycleanse. Rinse the bottles and nipplesagain in boiling water before using.Remember, above all things, to keepthe milk clean, keep it cold, and keep itcovered.(From circular issued by the NewYork Sanitary Milk Dealers' Association.)WHAT BERLIN DID, WE CAN DO.The death rate of the city of Berlin,which has a population of over 2,000,-000, was 17.95 per 1.000 for 1911. In1877 it was 35 per 1.000, and for thetwenty years preceding that time it hadaveraged about 36 or 37. It is apparentfrom these figures that the death rateof Berlin has been cut in half duringSome one always has to "get in thelast word." In formal debates it is therebuttal speaker. In informal debatesit is usually "the woman in the case."In this case it seems to devolve uponthe new editorthe last 34 years, the era coincidentwith the development of preventivemedicine. And yet there are peoplewho are still talking about the "theoryof public health." What is more real,more vital, than the facts which thesedemonstrate?figuresTHE LAST WORD.of The Health Bulletin.Next month we shall endeavor tolet some of our readers "have a say"on this page.The Secretary of the Board, theformer editor or The Bulletin, hasfound that the executive duties of hisoffice and the demands on his time forservice outside of the office make itwell-nigh impossible for him to findtime to do justice to the work of editingthis Bulletin. This duty has fallento the lot of the Assistant Secretary,who takes up the work with considerablehesitancy and misgiving.Several changes have been made in tliisissue of The Bulletin, and of coursewe are anxious to know just how our40.000 readers will like them.With the next issue we shall endeavorto reserve this or a similarspace for "Brickbats and Bouquets"from our readers. We want to knowjust what you want, how you like thechanges, and what your ideas are asto the most helpful material to be runin these columns. Of course, we havesome ideas of our own. but we want toget in touch with your ideas and seejust where we can meet on some commonground and work together withthe most efficiency.For this reason we especially invitecriticism of this issue. We want yoursuggestions. We want to improve thisBulletin and make it supply the latestinformation on personal health andpublic health in a simple, direct, popularform easily understood by the averageperson who has but little time orinclination to plod through long. hard,dry, technical articles.In a nutshell, these are our ideas.Now what are your views? Let ushear from you.