Care of Infant Life.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 148, 25 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

Care of Infant Life.

Ik the School of Arts, Sydney, lately/^ri Spofforth delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture on " The Care of Irian; Life." There was a goodly gathering of ladies present. The lecturer dwelt' upon the duties of a mother in. caring for her. child, and the rearing -of her. children. With ragard to infant mortality, nearly one out of two infants in Sydiiey! "hefiMlp reached its first birthday died, £hf caf« ' of so numerous a morality are;>ysll"kpj>W^ They are chiefiy/ want of. cleanliness,. W of .ventilation, careless diet and, clothing. ;i In one word, it was defective. liouseiio^l hygiene: Women, arid, the best of .women, are wofully deficient in sanitaryknQ)s^ : although it-is to the> woman 'that we JfSFI:: look first and last for its appUcation,,so ■:-.: far :as household hygiene is "couqctji^:; : Mothers do not know h.QW,,to?gi™ their' children?' Healthful existence, ibey call !it .medical, knowledge, -be.-. ,90 for doctors. If of the"; so;per;cenfc^ infants who die early we ;could know M;:. many are the children of.wetnurses, »», might startle the public. It.is P|«, absurd for infants to wear. long«clo» - ■ What does a babe really want s^doj||:, for ? Sufficient warmth with powder.. to £»>y its limbs was siimcient. Thebabe s^xistenra : - is principally, taken up;in ;three WS 1. feeding, sleeping, ; and;exer« S ing-^g| -Hence the folly .of long' clothes, lv« ; can take the place of niiik, an a^ofg,.... in which our labouring popu a^ou, b.QCO M town and country, are sadly deficie^^M; lecturer had no faultto^indwitha^g and cloth clubs, becauseheMSSJ-JJ, they were preservers of jnfcntfjft J^M clubs were wth them' all. M gjgg of feeding bottles, the lecturer ,ffl*Js* y bottles musb be kep|.P^S^MjifiaJ •■ delicate stomach,of ababerep^^^ anything that is not clean. * °^g J, sour quieter than milk. VFood Wag^, excelLt contrivances. warm;during the ...§s& £^fe; ■ of foods, sold for infants only co torn s a A good food should co "tain staich fco^ jv thl.body, glutfen to bmd W the.gy make flesh, mid.pho^hafe.-g^g^ - bone and teeth, which m »& -| childhood m^MsMSk regards vaccination,-theie at?p^ .^^ found more like m^fokl«:: who were against it..-"W^ ■&'*s&■■ ingocater>ananoherwhg^ 0 humanity,- it assuredly|g rsai dW thesublectofteeth^l^o^^^^. we hear a great, deal, of -M g^j; ■' 0& childfromtho^ b^iMSmm owing to .themismaiiageme^tnitn« faEi /■ accommodation andfdfidg^g^^ . Some mothers are f»g^^ffl infants feel theirfeet , months old. ' This was folly^mtn. - ffeak and was one case 01 ankles, bow legs, Jfto'twoca"^ these distortions Early putting,a child onJusg & . t while the bones of a plentiful j^MSHi|^ ■ milk ;'aM higFtime^w^aV .^i,the poor were, by^ell^^^ fe such matters as this, in J w remedy ypotforth suggested the w i iich is to be,^ >Jlth^ tfor yo«Bg served asa splendid, aj!^- •, j children; " , ,