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" little mothers' " classes. The co-operation of the 

 clergy might be secured by their attendance at these 

 lectures. 



(2) Pre-natal Care. Occupation, exercise, diet ; 

 preparation of breasts for nursing. Assistance by the 

 State. 



(3) Childbirth. Prevention of obstetrical deaths 

 and of sepsis in mother and babe ; prevention of 

 blindness ; the question of midwives ; advantages 

 of birth registration. 



(4) Special care of premature and feeble infants. 



(5) Infant Feeding. General principles ; breast 

 milk and advantages of maternal nursing ; promotion 

 of maternal nursing ; aids for nursing mothers ; wet 

 nurses ; management of illegitimates and foundlings. 



(6) Weaning. Indications for, and advantages 

 of, gradual weaning ; treatment of indigestion in 

 nursling's. 



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(7) Artificial Feeding. Principles ; cow's milk, its 

 production and care ; pasteurization and boiling, their 

 effects and uses ; modified cow's milk, its advantages 

 over patent foods ; usefulness of patent foods in 

 special conditions ; treatment of diarrhoea in bottle- 

 fed infants. 



(8) Normal Development in Infancy. Weight, 

 teething, muscular co-ordination, mental development. 



(9) Hygiene of the Baby. - - Bathing, clothing, 

 airing, "hardening," sleep, exercise, rest. 



(10) Hygiene of the Nursery. Crib, perambulator, 

 bottles ; nipples and preparation of food. 



(11) Prevention of Infection. " Colds," diar- 

 rhoea, contagious exanthemata, whooping-cough and 

 tuberculosis. 



(12) Agencies for infant care and child help, 

 correlation of ; needs in the campaign against infant 

 morbidity. 



In closing I will simply reiterate that, in matters of 

 hygiene, what is best for the baby is best for the race. 



