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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Do not give soothing syrups, teething powders or purges
without the doctor's orders.
Babies should be weighed regularly.
If a baby cries often,
does not increase in weight,
does not sleep,
is frequently sick,
is constipated,
has diarrhœa,
snuffles,
has cold feet,
has a discharge from the eyes,
or has a rash on the body or under the napkin,
it is not well and should be seen by the doctor.
Babies may be weighed at the Town Hall, Milton Road, on
Mondays and Thursdays, at 3 p.m.
* Some of these may he obtained, at cost price, at the Town Hall, on
Monday and Thursday afternoons.