Handbook of housekeeping for small incomes / by Florence Stacpoole.

  • Stacpoole, Florence.
Date:
[1898?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Handbook of housekeeping for small incomes / by Florence Stacpoole. 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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    Lactometer, use of, 263 Layette, list of articles for, 247 Lime water, recipe for, 271 Litmus paper, to detect acidity of milk, 258 Mail-carts, 285 Milk from one cow, 255 Milk, a fertile soil for disease germs, 259 Milk, a complete food for iufants, 253 Mixing milks, superstition on the subject, 255 Navel cord, care of, 220 Nervous system of expectant mother, 217 New-born baby, care of, 219 Night gowns, best kind of, 245 Nursery, the, 286 Paddling, danger of, 228 Peptonised milk for delicate babies, 268-270 Preparation of the infant’s bottle, 262 Punctuality in infant feeding, 267 Rain water for baths, 224 Rickety children sensitive to cold, 243 Salivary glands of infants, 251 Salt, importance of, 282 Scurvy, 261, 262 Seeing baby washed, 227 Separated milk, 264 Short coating, 244, 245 Signs of health in’a baby, 265 Skin, description of the, 231-233 Sleep, importance of, for child- ren, 284 Soap for children’s baths, 225 Spine in infancy, 285 Strippings, value of, 264 Sun on the head, danger of, 286 Swathes for infants, 239 Swathes, how long to keep on, 244 Teething, 277 Temperature, of bath for new-born infant, 220 Temperature of infant at birth, 220 Temperature of room for new- born infant, 219 Temperature of infant’s food, 266 Treatment on day of birth, 221 Warmth, necessity of, for new- born infant, 219 Washing of new-born infant, 219, 220 Weaning, 275 Weighing babies, importance of, 220, 264, 284 Weight of babies at birth, 2S3 Wet-nursing, 273 Wet-nurse, choice of, 273 Wet-nurse, food for, 274 Whey food, 271 Woollen clothing, its importance for babies and children, 236-238 Woollens, how to wash, 248 Woollen night wear, importance