OUR BABIES.
(By “Hygoia.”) , Published under the auspices of the Royal New Zealand Society for tho Health of Women and Children (Plunket Society). INFANTILE DIARRHOEA. Statistics show that the average death rate from infantile diarrhoea for the whole of New Zealand varies from one-tenth to one-twentieth of the average for the rest of the civilised world, and lias fallen to twothirds of what it averaged only a few years ago—eloquent testimony to the high standard of infant care and mothercraft knowledge. However, we must not let these reassuring statistics lull us into a sense of false se-
curity. We shall again put forth our explanation, warning, and instructions so that they may come before those parents who have not so far realised the importance of tho subject and lie fresh in the minds of the mothers of this summer’s babies.
As a disease affecting babies summer diarrhoea is a most serious and deadly danger. In New Zealand it occurs mainly from Christmas to tlio middle or end of March, the number of cases depending on the temperature. During a cool summer tho number is comparatively low. Tf the summer is hot the number may rise very high..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 50, 27 January 1938, Page 14
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197OUR BABIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 50, 27 January 1938, Page 14
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