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In winter, stockings should reach up to the knees ; no part of
the leg should be bare. The arms should be protected by long
sleeves.
FRESH AIR.
The windows of the bedrooms and living room should always
be kept open at the top. The rooms should be thoroughly aired
twice a day.
The baby should be taken out of doors in the day-time as much
as possible when the weather is fine. Babies should not be taken
out at night.
Never sleep with a baby in your bed. Each child should sleep
in a separate cot. Many babies die every year because they have
been overlaid in bed by their parents.
WASHING.
The baby should be washed all over every day with soap and
warm water.
G. F. McCLEARY, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
7, Belsize Park Gardens, N.W.
Copies of these cards were sent to all the doctors in Hampstead,
many of whom have since been supplied, at their own request,
with additional copies for distribution among their own patients.
The cards have also been distributed through other agencies.
During the year the Hampstead Health Society organised a
body of voluntary Health Visitors to co-operate with the Council in
the prevention of infantile mortality in the Town and Belsize
Wards. It was thought advisable that the visitors before beginning
work should attend a course of lectures on infant management, etc.
These lectures were given in November and December, and were
well attended. The syllabus of this course of lectures is given
below.
LECTURE I.
"Health Visiting." "Breast-Feeding"
By The Medical Officer of Health.
Aims of the Health Visitor—Methods of work.
Scope of the instruction to be given by the Visitors.
The nutrition of the infant—Growth.
The essentials of infant feeding.
Advantages of breast-feeding.
Comparison of breast-feeding with other methods of infant
feeding.
The proper regulation of breast-feeding.