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on the food necessary for the proper development of children,
also food values and health makers. Practical lessons
are given on the purchase, preparation, cooking, serving and
eating of food. Instruction is given on the choice and care
of clothing and practical lessons are given in laundrywork.
Lessons are given on the cleaning of the home, the
danger of dirt, foul air and flies, and sanitation, on value
of fresh air, sunshine and sufficient sleep, on water for
drinking and cleansing purposes and on personal
cleanliness.
"The older girls receive instructions in Home
Nursing and First Aid, in the feeding, clothing and
bathing of infants, and the care of the young children."
15—Co-operation with School Attendance Officers.
The two School Attendance Officers, Messrs. Welch
and Baynes, work in close co-operation with the School
Medical Service, and are of great value when we are dealing
with children excluded from School for uncleanliness, or for
some contagious disease, and who do not attend the Clinics
regularly. They also notify us of children who are staying
away from School on the plea of illness, and are not being medically
attended. (In those cases where legal preceedings are
taken, thev arrange for medical examination in the Clinic).