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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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LESSON IX.
Feeding the Baby.—Artificial Feeding.
Storage of milk.
Sterilisation of milk.
Cow's milk prepared to resemble human milk.
The baby's feed.
Times of feeding.
Amount of each feed—capacity of baby's stomach.
LESSON X.
Feeding the Baby.—Artificial Feeding and Feeding Bottles.
Patent foods.
Different types of feeding bottles—their advantages and disadvantages.
Where to keep the bottle between feeds.
LESSON XI. (Practical).
1. Demonstration of different kinds of feeding bottles.
2. Washing the baby's bottle.
3. Preparing the baby's feed.
4. Preparing barley water, lime water, albumen water and
whey.
5. Measuring quantities.
6. Sterilising milk.
LESSON XII.
Weaning.
How and when to wean.
Diet from weaning up to two years.
Food stuffs to be avoided.
Times of meals.
LESSON XIII.
Sleeping.
The room.
The furniture.
The cot.
When to put a baby to sleep.
Position when sleeping.
Amount of sleep required.
Overlaying.
Dangers of soothing powders.