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in all classes of life. Sir William Broadbent, when
recently speaking of the india-rubber tube for feeding
bottles, said "it was never sweet" and was
"infected with microbes," also that the so-called
comforter, a rubber teat constantly seen in the
mouths of infants and frequently dipped into sugar,
glycerine, or the mother's mouth, was an "invention
of the devil!" The obvious difficulty against keeping
these rubber tubes clean has led largely to their disuse,
and the boat-shaped bottle, in cases where handfeeding
is absolutely necessary, is much to be preferred.
Dr. Hope, Medical Officer of Health for
Liverpool, has shown that the incidence of death is
no less than 15 times greater amongst children
under three months of age, bottle-fed, than amongst
an equal number who are breast-fed.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFICATIONS.

* The combined Districts.
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