Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Many pennies are spent in pickles, small pieces of strong cheese, etc., which would buy- much more wholesome food, and children are trained to require such additions to their meals Salted fish, such as bloaters, haddocks, etc., are constantly purchased instead of the more nourishing and digestible fresh fish, like plaice, skate, etc. Endless farthings and halfpennies are wasted in bad sweets and cheap pastry, all bad for children's digestive organs. It is not so much the means that are wanted, but the know- ledge to spend them on the proper food. Stewed tea is another fruitful source of evil both to adults and children. If after it is made it was poured off the leaves, it would be wholesome enough, but that is another point for the nurse to explain. If it could be realised it became medicine, not tea, when left too long, the mischief might be avoided. One point the nurse can urge everywhere in town and country, vis., the necessity for boiling all water before it is used for drinking. It is so simple, and yet saves so much ; nine-tenths of the zymotic epidemics are conveyed in milk and in water. Boiled milk is sometimes ordered, and if brought to the boiling point, not beyond it, the milk undergoes less change. In epidemics, however, it is wiser to thoroughly boil it. It in- volves a little trouble and forethought, of course, but the result is worth it, and the reasons for the