The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . were se\cral soiled diajn-rs, and oil a clotheslinestretched across the room were huiii;- two diapers. On this line was linn<; also alegend reading: ?When the Bahys Diaper is Soiled, Change and Wash it at Once. There were three other signs in the hooth, which read: (\) Iut Hahies toSleej) hy Seven OClock. They Do Not (Jet Enough Sleep If Kept Ip Late. (•2)The Bahy Should Sleep in a Crih and Without a Pillow. (S) A Bahy NeedsFrom l(i to 20 Hours of Sleep in Each 24, In a (jiiiet Room, I
The report of the Philadelphia baby saving show, and the proceedings of the Conference on infant hygiene . were se\cral soiled diajn-rs, and oil a clotheslinestretched across the room were huiii;- two diapers. On this line was linn<; also alegend reading: ?When the Bahys Diaper is Soiled, Change and Wash it at Once. There were three other signs in the hooth, which read: (\) Iut Hahies toSleej) hy Seven OClock. They Do Not (Jet Enough Sleep If Kept Ip Late. (•2)The Bahy Should Sleep in a Crih and Without a Pillow. (S) A Bahy NeedsFrom l(i to 20 Hours of Sleep in Each 24, In a (jiiiet Room, In Ilis Own Crih, WithPlenty of Fresh .Vir and No Flies, and Placed Ilion a Soft Feather Mattress. Room two. Sign: This Room is Unfit to Sleep In. Why? The floor of this room was also covered with a dirty carpet: the windows weretightly shut, and a hreak in the window was filled with rags. A sign placed on thewindow read; Sleep With The Windows ()])en. The room contained a wooden Ix-d, and in it were manikins representing amother and a sleejiing hahy. The hed was covered with a dirty comfort. Signs. 146 niRFJTdHV AM) ( : OF U? oil tlii-- lied rr:i(l: llii I?ai),\ Shdiild Slfc|> in ;i (rili. and Tlic l?c(| ( liillicsShould !)(• ^^a^ll;^l)l(? a?id \\aslicd. A chair |)hicc<l near tiic hcd liad a dirty apron thrown oxer tlic hack of il. andii|)<)ii it was jihiced a hinip. There were two sij;tis on (his chair, otic readinii DoNot Allow das to ]{nrn in Hal).\s Sleepiiia- Room; and the other, Inrii out allLight in tiie i{al)ys l?ed Hooiii. On a table in the room was |)laced a hottle of milk lor use in the nit;ht. .indn|Mpn this was a sifin readiiia: This Will Irohahiy Soni- Iliere was a bureau in (he room on wliicii were scattereil a nnml)er of articles ofelotllinji. It was pointec! out that a bureau siiould l)e moxabie or clexated abovethe floor to make it possible to clean beneath it. Another chair containe(l lh lluni; I p. Iher
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