CHAPTER VII. INFANT CARE

I. Fiske, John. The Meaning of Infancy. Houghton. 1909. $.35. The value of infancy to the child, the parents, society.

Forsyth, David. Children in Health and Disease. Blakiston. 1909. 336 p. Illus. $3.00. Physiology and psychology of infancy; hygiene of childhood; diagnosis and care of children’s diseases.

Griffith, J. P. Crozier. Care of the Baby. Saunders. 1914. 455 p. Illus. $1.50. Special attention to care of sick infants and children.

King, F. Truby. Feeding and Care of Baby. (_a_) Macmillan, 1913. 162 p. Illus. $.40. Practical, comprehensive, modern, many illustrations. Handbook of the New Zealand Society for Health of Women and Children.

Morse, John L. and Talbot, Fritz B. Diseases of Nutrition and Infant Feeding. Macmillan. 1915. 346 p. Illus. $2.50. Comprehensive, authoritative and practical discussion of milk, maternal nursing and artificial feeding.

Newman, George. Infant Mortality. Dutton. 1907. 356 p. $2.50. Social study of the extent, causes and prevention of infant mortality; extensive statistics.

Pfaundler and Schlossmann. The Diseases of Children. Trans. from the German by Shaw and La Fetra. 7 vol. Lippincott. 1908-14. Illus. Collection of articles by eminent German authorities on development, feeding and therapy, as well as disease.

Ramsey, Walter R. Hygiene of Infancy. Dutton. 1916. 198 p. Illus. $1.00. Infant physiology and growth; daily care; feeding; ailments and diseases, and their care. Thoroughly modern, simple, practical.

Standard works, both popular handbooks and technical volumes on pediatrics: Cotton, Fischer, Holt, Kerley, Starr. Other standard works on pediatrics by Carr, Chapin and Pisek, Koplik.

U. S. Census Bureau. Vitality Statistics. 1913. Includes tables showing infant mortality, by causes and years.

I._b._ West, Mrs. Max. Infant Care. (_a_) U. S. Children’s Bureau. 1915. 37 p. Illus. Free. Simple and practical directions for care and feeding.

Pamphlets on infant hygiene and care issued by State and city Departments of Health, and by American Medical Association Press.

Pamphlets on infant mortality, child welfare exhibits and campaigns, issued by the U. S. Children’s Bureau.

Daily Record Sheet. Issued by School of Mothercraft 31 in set. $ .25. Blank form similar to schedule in text, for daily records.

Weight Chart. Issued by School of Mothercraft. Uniform with Record. $.05.

II. American Journal of Diseases of Children. A. M. A. Press. $3.00. Scientific articles; reviews and reference list of current publications and articles in pediatrics, infant care, nutrition.

Archives of Pediatrics. New York City. $3.00. Scientific and popular articles on child hygiene, infant care and welfare.

Pediatrics. New York City. $2.00. Technical and popular articles on infant hygiene and welfare; book reviews.

III. Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Baltimore. Membership organization of physicians, social workers, teachers. Annual conference. Printed proceedings include valuable papers. Arranges exhibit material, issues pamphlets.

Child Welfare Exhibit Association, New York City. Issues graphic exhibits, pamphlets; conducts local surveys and exhibits for child welfare, including infant mortality.

Russell Sage Foundation, Child Hygiene Division. New York City. Conducts research; issues pamphlets.

(See also Chap. XX.)