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Special Baths:—
How to give a Mustard Bath.
How to give a Sulphur Bath.
How to give a Soda Bath.
(5) House Management.
Method in housework essential.
Cleanliness and ventilation essential for good health.
Clean beds, how to make beds.
Cleanliness of cooking appliances.
Cleanliness of hands and nails before cooking.
Clean sinks.
Spread of infection in the home, especially of such common conditions as impetigo,
scabies, sore eyes, diarrhœa, vermin.
Common dangers arising from flies, offensive dustbins, garbage and excreta. How
to avoid such dangers.
How to make muslin covers for food.
Improvised safes for food.
How to preserve and protect food in hot weather—e.g., milk, meat, fish, butter, bread.
(6) Sewing.
Advice as to suitable clothes required for babies, infants, and children of 1-5 years and
5-14 years; parents being discouraged in the making of old-fashioned garments.
For the baby:—
Cutting out from suitable patterns and the making of woollen garments,
vests, long flannel and gowns.
Knitting: belts, vests, socks, boots, coats, bonnets, leggings, garters
and mittens. Advice being given on kind of wool required, good
and bad stitch for knitting these clothes and what to avoid in
the making.
At 3 months:—
Adapting long clothes to short.
Renovations.
Bibs—suitable and unsuitable—how to make suitable bibs—special
patterns.
Children 2-5 years:—
Cutting out from suitable patterns and the making of garments for
children 2-5 years.
Combinations—knitted or made of viyella, etc.
Sleeping suit or nightdress, body and knickers, body and petticoat,
simple kimonas and frocks, overalls and crawlers.
Help in the making of clothes for older children
Renovations, adaptations.
Mending and patching.
The Teacher will give advice and show how to cut out, piece together and tack, but
the actual cutting and sewing should be done by the mother.
(7) Laundrywork.
Method essential to washing.
Suitable materials required for washing.
Hot or cold water.
Soaps.
Soda.
Various preparations in common use—good and bad,
When to use soda.
When to boil.
When to soak before washing.
How to wash flannels.
How to wash woollens.
How to wash napkins.
Mangling, drying and airing.
How to wash coloured clothes.
How to retain the colour.
Finishing and ironing of plain and fancy articles.
Treatment of flannelette to resemble nonflam.
II. Short additional talks to be given by a Medical Officer.