Foreword. 1. Preparation for Parenthood 2. First Duties to the Infant 3. Natural Feeding 4. Food and their Values 5. Artificial Feeding 6. Weaning and After 7. The Teeth 8. Early Troubles 9. Ailments and Diseases of Childhood – I 10. Ailments and Diseases of Childhood – II 11. A Nursery Miscellany 12. Eyes and Eyesight 13. The Nervous System 14. Psychology of the Child 15. Mental Defect 16. Household Sanitation 17. Vital Statistics; Abortion; Illegitimacy 18. Maternity and Child Welfare Services. Index.
Biography
Victoria E. M. Bennett was, at the time of original publication, Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health, Lecturer and Examiner in Public Health at the Battersea Polytechnic, Examiner to the Royal Sanitary Institute, Lecturer and Examiner to the National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality, Carnegie House, Piccadilly, Medical Officer to Ante-natal and Infants’ Clinics at Kensington and Brixton, late Assistant School Medical Officer to the County of Durham, late Medical Superintendent of the Victoria Caste and Gosha Hospital, Madras.






