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by
Gina Kolata
Started reading
March 28, 2020
It took years for the change to be complete, but the result was a vigorous public health movement that emphasized simple but powerful measures like cleaning up water supplies and teaching people what now seem to be basic lessons of health and hygiene—keep flies away from food, wash your hands before handling food, give your babies milk, not beer, quarantine the sick.
"give your babies milk, not beer" I've got some questions about what the English were up to in the 19th century.
