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1 teaspoonful of Sugar.
A bottle full (8 oz.) of water.
The child only attended the Weighing Centre once; he died a
few weeks later in Hospital; but one wonders what his chance of
surviving would have been had he been fed on more intelligent
lines.
"There is great scope for Infant Care Work in Stoke Newington.
The mothers are anxious to learn, and they appreciate the
advice given to them; but it is becoming difficult to cope with the
work and impossible to extend it (as it should be extended)
without the services of a trained and experienced woman worker
for about two days a week. Half of this expense could doubtless
be recovered from the Local Government Board, but the other
half would have to be obtained from some private source.
"Of the infants brought to the Town Hall during the year, the
partially or wholly artificially-fed children amounted to about
50 per cent.
"A Baby Show, which was the outcome of efforts put forward
by the Mayor, was held on June 18th, 1914. 41 of the children
who had been attending the Infant Care Centre competed. It
was not possible to dmit a larger number of the children owing
to limited space.
"The children's ages were from 6 months to 2 years and
4 months. They were divided into five classes for the purpose of
judging. Three classes were for children under 1 year and two for
children over that age.
"The infant competitors included 27 breast-fed, 10 hand-fed,
and 4 partly breast-fed children, and the 12 prizes given were
awarded to 9 breast-fed, 2 hand-fed, and 1 partly breast-fed
infants. The judging was done by Dr. Sophia Seekings, who
stated that she had never seen such a fine batch of children."