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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    Rickety children and those affected with diarrhoea should always wear a band of flannel round the abdomen, and this is useful for adults. War should also be waged upon the custom of exposing infants and young children with bare necks and arms. Flannelette is very cheap, and little long-sleeved dresses or jackets worn under the low-necked dress can easily be made for 46.. or 6d. Most parents are alive to the necessity of good boots and warm outdoor wraps ; but there is a curious carelessness in allowing children to run about for hours bare-footed and half clad in the house who would not be allowed to cross the street without a hat for fear of catching cold . It is want of thought again, and the mothers are sorely troubled when an attack of bronchitis fol- lows, and wonder how it was caught. Children should always wear flannel or flannelette drawers. Many a chill is caught by sitting on door-steps or the pavement with no protection from the damp cold stones. Another favourite custom is to air the family wardrobe between the flock bed and the mattress in sickness and health. If a mother understands these garments are soaking up the imperceptible perspiration and holding the bad air, they will soon be removed and placed in their proper receptacle—the chest of drawers. The practice of adults and children sleeping in the undergarments worn during the day is very unwholesome. Too frequently these are changed