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of a labourer, with her one, two, or thn-e rooms 

 and six children, be expected to treat the tin 

 and rub the child as advised ? " If not, why not ? 

 They are entrusted with these priceless gifts. I f 

 we have so cramped, cabined, and cribbed them 

 that pigs, dogs, cattle, and horses are be 

 provided for, who is to blame ? 1 1 is a shame 

 that our paupers, prisoners, and lunatics have 

 ample breathing space, and carefully prepai 

 good food, and suitable recreation rooms and 

 grounds, while many honest labouring poor and 

 their children are thus treated. Frequently have 

 I heard in the deepest pathos, from poor but 

 honest parents, such deeply pathetic words as 

 these : " How much better it would be for our 

 children if we were dead or locked up in prison. 

 At home we cannot give them sufficient clothing 

 and food; but if we were dead or in jail they 

 would be taken into some such Home as yours 

 and be well cared for and trained." Such ought 

 not to be, and will not be if we do our duty. In 

 the meantime, let a nurse be provided to go round 

 and not only attend to the children, but also 

 carefully instruct the mother. 



Some ques- It may perhaps meet some difficulties if I set 

 out here some questions which have been asked 

 of me by many medical men who had read my 

 papers, and who wished the fullest information 

 about the treatment. Some of the questions are 



