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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
Mothercraft and Fathercraft Competitions.
The second Competition for the Borough Shield was held
in the Town Hall in July, 1929.
The syllabus, which consisted of ten classes, for six of which
each competing Centre could enter, was as follows
Class 1. Compulsory.
An essay on ante-natal care and preparation for confinement
and the coming baby.
No more than five entries out of the following classes can
be sent in by any one Centre.
Class 2. Needlework.
Make a pair of cotton crawlers.
Class 3. Needlework.
Make a pillow case.
Class 4. Renovating.
Make any garment from an old one.
Class 5. Laundry.
Exhibit one cotton laundered garment.
Class 6. Cooking.
Exhibit oatmeal biscuits, giving recipe and cost.
Class 7.
Show uncooked food, giving recipe and cost of making dishes
for a dinner, for a child of 2 and 5 years respectively.
State amount (in tablespoons) you would give to each
child.
Class 8. Fathercraft.
(i.) Bootmending.
(ii.) Make any toy.
(iii.) Essay on:-How to help Wife, (a.) During
pregnancy; (b.) With regular feeding of children;
(c.) How to train children in obedience; (d.) and in
good manners.