dimensions, 133
rubber pillow cases, 138
rubber sheets, 138
selection of, 132
wooden, 132

Bed sores, 169

Birth registration, 63

Blankets, 140

Bleeding, 272

Blindness, 33

Breast feeding, 73

Bruises, 276

Brush burn, 278

Burns, 277, 278

C

Cancer, 111

Carriers, 17

Charts, 10, 246

Chickenpox, 236

Childhood, see Infancy, 60

Children, care of, 280
with adenoids, 284
with defective hearing, 285
with defective teeth, 286
with enlarged tonsils, 284
with eyestrain, 284
with incorrect posture, 286
with physical defects, 283
with predisposition to nervousness, 292

Chills, 270

Chronic patients, care of, 299

Circulars of information, 318
Department of Health, City of New York, 318
care of hair and scalp, 321
care of mouth and teeth, 318
care of nose, 320
diet of child twelfth to eighteenth month, 322
diet of child eighteenth to twenty-fourth month, 323
diet of child two to three years, 324
diet of child three to six years, 325

Cleaning room, 126

Cleanliness, personal, 41

Clothing, 47
disinfection of, 95
of infants, 68

Coccus, 4

Cold applications, 220

Cold, prevention of common, 241

Colic, 266

Compresses, cold, 232

Constipation, 52, 193, 266

Convalescents, care of, 294

Convulsions, 260

Counter irritants, 233

Croup, 271

D

Degenerative diseases, 20, 24

Development of child, 64

Diaper, 69

Diarrhoea, 266

Diphtheria, 245

Disinfectants, 251

Disinfection, 248

Drainage, 40

Draughts, 32

Dust, effect upon health, 36

E

Ear, disorders affecting, 268

Emergencies, 257

Enemata, 210
directions for giving, 210
for baby, 212

Environment, 29

Eruptive diseases, 236

Excreta, disinfection of, 249

Excretions, 52

Expectoration, 249

Eye, ailments, 267
compresses for, 232
foreign bodies in, 267

Eyestrain, 284

F

Fainting, 259

Fatigue, 53, 106, 181

Feeding of infants, 73

Filtration of water, 50

Flies, as carriers of disease germs, 38

Floors, 120

Fomentations, 229

Food, 35, 48, 188
classification of, 48
for children, 78
for infants, 72

Foot bath, 165

Fumigation, 254

Furniture, 120

G

Garbage, 37

Glossary, 3