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5- Re bottle feeds.
(a) Milk Kitchen is kept for milk feeds
only. No washing up of any kind is
done except of bottles and teats and
weaning cups and plates, in the Milk
Kitchen.
(b) Careful attention to feeding at the
correct time at the correct intervals.
(c) Care and preparation of the bottle
(cleaning, scalding etc.) and of teat.
Covering with glass-cloth. Teats
are kept in a jar covered by a lid;
both jar and lid are boiled daily.
Bottles, teats, spoons, weaning cups,
bowls are boiled daily and kept
covered. Bottle feeds are measured
by glass measure provided only.
(Bottle markings are not reliable).
Immunisation treatment against
diphtheria and whooping cough has continued
and the value of vaccination against
small-pox is also stressed, it being
pointed out that the best age for vaccination
is about three months. The Mothers
of all children under 12 months as they
enter the Nurseries are tola of the
advisability of universal infant vaccination
in the absence of medical contraindication.
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