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APPENDIX.
Teaching of Infant Care.
3—3.30 p.m. Weighing of infants and advising of mothers
(one girl to attend weighing of each child). Writing of
notes of last lecture.
3.30—4 p.m. Lecture to Girls.
4—4.30 p.m. Mothers' tea and practical work.
SYLLABUS OF LECTURES ON INFANT CARE, ETC.
1. Care of Infants (Introductory).
2. Feeding.
3. Feeding (continued).
4. Clothing.
5. Cleanliness and training.
6. Sleep and exercise.
7. Weaning and Dentition.
8. Diseases of Infants.
9. Question on whole course.
10. Correction of questions. Summary.
LECTURE 1. I INTRODUCTION.
Infantile Mortality.—Many deaths preventible. Need of
education in care of children as in other matters. Suffering
and sickness amongst those who survive, also caused
by ignorance.
Consider condition of young infant.—Weakness of muscle
(cannot turn, lift head, etc.). Softness of bone, delicacy
of nerve, want of teeth, utter helplessness.