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INFANT MORTALITY AND ITS CAUSES. 179
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* , About One-Fourth Of All The Children...
_great Is ? it or any that wonder it is that no uncommon the mortalit thing y of for children physician in t s owns of public is so
Institutions in London to be told that the puny child about whom Ms 16 advice is sought is the sole survivor of eight or ten others , ? who
pined away and died , " or were carried off by various diseases * There is here a great field for philanthropic enterprise , but one not quite unoccupied . The Ladies' Association for the Diffusion . of
Sanitary Knowledgef has been for some time in full operation . A number of well but simply -written tracts have been largely
circulated , and the kind of subjects selected may be judged of from the names of a few : " The Worth of Fresh Air" " The Use of Pure
, "Water , " " The Health of Mothers , " _" How to Manage a Baby , " < c The Black-Hole in our Bedrooms , " and last , not least , " The Power
© f Soap and Water . " This seed will not all go to waste although the full harvest may be late . No great revolution in the habits of an
existing generation should be expected ; it is through the young that great results must be effected . The Committee of the Council
for Education in England , and the Commissioners of Education in Ireland , in co-operation with the Board of Trade , have lately taken
this practical view of sanitary reform . An elementary work on hysiologyand a series of diagrams showing the structure of the
human p frame , have been produced under their auspices . But it seems the plan , meets no warm support from the teachers
themselves . To us it appears that the instruction of young pupils in the mere elements of a branch of study of so wide a range presents
unusual difficulties . Too much should not be attempted . A general view of the intricacies of the human frame would scare most pupils
from the subject , while it would confuse many anxious to understand it . Impress a child with certain leading and easily
comprehended facts . Teach him that the oxygen of the air purifies , but that the gases of sewers are a deadly poison to the blood . Explain
to him the functions of the skin and their uses , the nature of food Without tees for purposes lacing tending restrictions to ameliorate on the the expenditure condition of of the the London poor Mr . .
pany money , P improved eabody judiciousl dwellings y , directs combining attention in the to utmost one object possible : " degree The construction the essentials of
of healthfulness , comfort , social enjoyment and economy . " establishment * Amongst of the hosp means itals for for the lessening special treatment the mortality of their of diseases children , must the
, not ment be in omitted the general . As a hosp rule itals , children , and very ' s diseases few such are cases not are suitable admitted for . treat The the
most Hospital liberal for princi Sick p Children les ; every , in thing Great that Ormond can add to Street the , comfort is conducted and happ on iness of the littlpatients is provided for them
e . compelled In connexion to leave with their the homes hospital during is an the Infant day can Nursery " have , their where babies mothers well of these nurseries
taken care of , on payment of a small sum . The intention tended families is excellent would and , their but not it too home is much . worth encourage considering amongst whether the poor the , system absence if irom much their
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Infant Mortality And Its Causes. 179
INFANT MORTALITY AND ITS CAUSES . 179
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/35/
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