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In 44 instances the baby was said to be entirely
breast-fed, and the mothers almost always stated that the
child had not been given any food other than breast milk;
it is sometimes difficult to believe this.
Of the hand-fed babies 21 were fed on cows' milk and
barley water and 26 on Nestle's milk.
In all cases I found the bottle kept clean. Fourteen
mothers were found to have been using a bottle with a tube.
In only six of the homes was the food cupboard wanting,
but in the two not very clean homes the cupboard,
although present, was unused.
These numbers, of course, represent only the deaths.
We had in addition 225 cases of Diarrhoea where the babies
did not die.
I feel quite sure that a great deal of the Diarrhoea we
meet with in these young babies is due to the use of that
filthy abomination, "The Dummy Teat." Unfortunately
the mothers cannot be brought to realize the harm this
thing does. In almost every case of Diarrhoea that came
under my notice the baby had been given a dummy teat
to suck in spite of all I had said to the mother when I
visited her after the birth of the child.
Having found that Glaxo is so much better than fresh
milk after recovery from Diarrhoea, we are supplying it to
the mothers at a reduced rate, the Necessitous Children s
Fund having paid for the first supply.
Employment of Mothers.
Of the mothers visited after the birth of their infants
150 were found to have been regularly employed, whilst