Domestic economy and household science : for home education: and for school mistresses and pupil teachers / by Robert James Mann.

  • Mann, Robert James, 1817-1886.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Domestic economy and household science : for home education: and for school mistresses and pupil teachers / by Robert James Mann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Wlien, however, the household or home is not well managed and well cared for in respect to these prime necessaries of life; the result sooner or later is, that some one member of the family falls into sickness. Indeed, just because homes are ignorantly managed, and ill-cared for, sickness is very commonly met with in them. 'WTien sickness comes from this cause, or,—as it sometimes, al- though much less frequently does, from other causes, which cannot he as easily understood and controlled,—it has to be removed by remedial treatment and nursing, and this must be for the most part accomplished in the hoine. Good and bad health, sickness and nursing, are also, therefore, matters that have to be dealt with by this particular branch of economy. When all that relates to the direct necessaries of life, to the maintenance of health, and to the removal of sick- ness has been attended to, there still remains a large class of other things that have also to be considered in ordering the home. These, although not prime necessaries of life, are prime necessaries of comfort, and therefore not to be overlooked in a plan which avowedly regards good order, as well as absolute need. The furniture and utensils that are employed in the house, the warm bedding and beds, the tables and chairs, the curtains and carpets, and above all, the means and appliances for cooking and cleaning, are prime necessaries of comfort. Again, in most households it is found necessary to divide the work which has to be done amongst various people, and to have some of these especially trained for certain parts of it; such as cooking the food, cleaning the house, and waiting upon the inmates. The arranging of all this work has to be thought of and planned by the