CARE OF INFANTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15250, 13 March 1913, Page 4

CARE OF INFANTS.

~ *. , THE JCHRISTCHURCH CON- _ | FERENCE. I —_ [BY TELBGBAPH. —PRESS ASSOCUBOK-! ■'. CHWSTCinmcH, Wednesday. j _ j The conference of representatives of the various branches of the Society forth* ' Health of Women and Children was continued to-day, Mrs. W. W. Morton, president of the Canterbury branch, being % the chaiT. Br. Truby King and Bg I Valintine, chief health, officer, wer»ai», \ present. - It was decided that a special meettfjz ' of the central council should be. «*» every six months in Dnnedin to discos , points brought forward by special *?>»»£ tees of branches in other parte Of-.*££ Zealand. It was decided that an? «?-, posalfl of the society to form addit*«W branches should be referred to the PubM Health Department. , A remit from' the Dufledin brftnco, "That further measures be concerted w» a view to maintaining and # prmWW\ esprit de corps and conlormdyy nnuy, and harmonious working and devetofineu* throughout the various branches .-of_ W» society," was carried. Dr. Truby J&JV said that the resolution was an interna , one relating to committees. If there were one thing more than another reqw'SJ* - an organisation of this kind it was that w*J should be esprit de corps. Therei J '.-'' been one or two occasions when a bT °r" had eaid in respect to certain f »»»" - , that it did not want any help from w», . geneial committee, and preferred to au y what was necessary by itself. A BU ; . hardly showed union of working. • A remit from Dunedin. "That further . representation be made to &he Go* s ™" - ment of the desirability of legislation or , other public measures in the direction « preventing the use of long tube teeners and discrediting the dummy," was heartuy supported by all the delegates present, and the proposal was carried unanimousDr. King spoke at length condemnmg M» use of long tube feeders, which, he saw, were insanitary and detrimental to w>° health of infants. __." • , The conference discussed a prW* , from Dunedin that representation shouw i be made to the authorities of the ***££ | hospitals with a view to inducing ii&* - to further avail themselves of the «** ; vices of Plunket nurses for suitable home for infants discharged &»» <; such institutions. The remit was adopts- ... ~ . . A discussion, partly in committee, UK* place in regard to the care of boarfed-ou» . - children and the position of <> hlld^ m W public institutions. Speaking in regara . ; to these institutions, Dr. Vahntine **"} that he was of opinion that they shouw be in charge of the Education Department \ instead of the Charitable Aid Board. lfl| : Hon. Jas. Allen was also in favour ot the same proposals. "'~'!ifi