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LECTURE V.
"The Relation between Visitors and Doctors."
"Common Diseases of Infancy."
By Dr. W. A. Mallam.
General signs of ill-health.
Diseases of the Digestive System—
Thrush, Vomiting, Flatulence, Colic, Constipation,
Diarrhœa.
Diseases of the Respiratory System—
Bronchitis, Pneumonia.
Diseases of the Nervous System—
Convulsions, Spasm of the Larynx.
Common Rashes.
Dentition, Rickets, Scurvy, Atrophy, Tuberculosis, Conjunctivitis.
Infectious Diseases—
Scarlet Fever, Measles, German Measles, Diphtheria,
Chicken Pox, Vaccinia, Whooping Cough.
LECTURE VI.
"Relief Agencies."
By Me. T. Hancock Nunn.
The general qualifications of a Visitor—
Care of the Poor.
Knowledge of conditions.
Knowledge of agencies.
Training.
Co-operation.
The need of a working ideal.
The principles of Personal Charity.
The principles of Co-operation.
Preventive Co-operation.
Remedial Co-operation.
The Visitors began work early in the present year. Their work
is done under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health, to
whom they report periodically, and no doubt when it is more
developed it will be productive of much good. But voluntary health
visitors, valuable as their work is, cannot take the place of trained
and experienced health officers. Hampstead is fortunate in having
in Mrs. Fisher a health visitor of exceptional ability and attainments.