FEEDING OF INFANTS
* Use of Humanised Milk
REPLY TO’ COMMENT IN MEDICAL JOURNAL
A reply to an article derived from the “British Medical Journal,” criticising the use of humanised milk in the Truby King system of infant feeding, has been made by the executive ot the Plunket Society. The writer of the article (published in “The Press” on Wednesday) expressed the criticism when discussing the book “Mothercraft,” by Mary Truby King, and the annual report of the Plunket Society. The reply by the executive of the Plunket Society states:— "The Plunket Society is not responsible for any statement which appears in the book ‘Mothercraft,’ written by Miss Mary King. ‘Mothercraft’ is not published under the auspices of the Plunket Society, and is not its qfficial text book. "The references to the humanised milk recipes completely overlook the fact that there have been considerable alterations to the Plunket dietary in New Zealand in recent years—considerably more milk is now advocated than formerly, and additions to the diet, such as vegetables, egg yolk, and cereals are ordered from six months of age onwards. The Plunket nurses are taught the importance of dieting a baby according to its individual requirements, and although recipes are get out for routine use, it is emphasised that these recipes are to be used only as a guide. . . “The society’s chief aim is to encourage breast feeding, but when this fails the society approves the use of certain products manufactured by the Karltane Products Society, but exclusive use is by no means the rule. “The management of the Karitane Products Society is n the hands of a board of directors whose services arc entirely voluntary and gratuitous. There are no directors’ fees or dividends of any kind, and, in accordance with the terms of tl foundation deed, the whole of the surplus profits accruing from the distribution of its products is required to be spent in the advancement of the mothercraft movement in New Zealand or elsewhere.”
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23747, 19 September 1942, Page 4
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329FEEDING OF INFANTS Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23747, 19 September 1942, Page 4
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