Feminine Interests

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 555, 7 January 1929, Page 5

Feminine Interests

OUR BABIES

By Hygcia. under the auspices of i the Royal New Zealand Society for i the Health of Women and Children (Plunket Society}. "It is wiser to put up a fence at I the top of a precipice than to maintain an ambulance at the bottom.” TO OUR READERS We publish below a list of the Plunket nurses throughout the Northern provinces. The services of the nurses are free to all, but the branches of the society are always i glad to welcome new members, and we trust that, those who feel they have benefited by the advice and assistance of the nurses will join the society, and thus take part in extending its usefulness. The minimum annual membership subscription is ss. but larger subscriptions are welcomed to enable the society to extend its work.

DIRECTOR OF PLUNKET NURSING: Miss A. Pattrick, Plunket Rooms, 76 Lower Stuart Street, Dunedin. ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: Miss G. Hoddinott, Plunket Rooms, 76 Lower Stuart Street. Dunedin.

i addresses of plunket nurses AND SECRETARIES: Auckland.—Plunket Nurses Qoulstone, E. M. Stronach, Carmichael, H Lumley, Walbran, Burke, Johnson, Ogden, Cox-Smith, Hughes and Lewin. Plunket Office, 96 Symonds Street. Telephone 41-703. Office hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on week days, and 10 a.pi. to noon on Saturdays. Hon. Secretary, Miss E. i Partridge, 50 Grafton Road. Telephone 40-359. Cambridge.—Plunket Nurse Parker, Plunket Rooms, Victoria Street. Telephone 192 m. Hon. Secretary, Miss Hooker, Hall Street. Tele phone 141 m.

Oargaville.—Plunket Nurse Thompson. Plunket Rooms, Hokianga Roach Hon. Secretary, Mrs. M. L. Irvine. Hamilton.—Plunket Nurses Macdonald and Hooker. Plunket Rooms,

Victoria Street. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. M. Bisley, 34 River Road. Ngaruawahia.—Plunket Nurse Davy, Plunket Rooms, Great South- Road Hon. Secretary, Mrs. T. Paterson “Te Whare.”

Ohakune.—Plunket Nurse Corbett. | Plunket Rooms, Clyde Street. Hon. j Secretary, Miss C. Donald. Pukekohe.—Plunket Nurse Clark, j Plunket Rooms, Massey’s Avenue. j Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Perkins. Taumarunui.—Plunket Nurse Worthington. Plunket Rooms, Library Buildings, Kokialia Street. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Tomlinson, Box 33. j Tauranga.—Plunket Nurse Templeton, j Plunket Rooms, Devonport Road, j Hon. Secretary. Mrs. W. Harris, I Fifth Avenue,, Cameron Road. Te Arolia.—Plunket Nurse Houghton. • Plunket Rooms, Rewi Street. Hon. j Secretary, Mrs. Sprague, Stanley Road. Te Awamutu.—Plunket Nurse McLeod. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Swar- j brick, Box 54. Te Kuiti.-—Plunket Nurse Nelson. \ Plunket Rooms, Rora Street. Hon. j Secretary, Miss D. Hill. Rimu | Street. Thames.—Plunket Nurse Perrin. Plunket Rooms. Central Hall, Pollen Street. Telephone 273. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. D. Mackay, Bowen Street. Whangarei.—Plunket Nurse Thomas. Plunket Rooms, Central Park, XVaters Street. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Briggs, 15 Manse Street. KARITANE HOSPITAL: Karitane Hospital and Motkercraft Home, Murdoch Road, Mount Albert, Auckland. Training Centre for Karitane Baby Nurses. Matron. Miss V. McLean. PLUNKET NURSES’ SERVICES | FREE THE SOCIETY’S BOOKS The society’s book, entitled “Feeding and Care of Baby,” can be obtained from the matron, Karitane-Harris Hospital, the Plunket nurses, and the honorary secretaries of the societies. Price, 2s 6d. Postage, 4d. “Feeding and Care of Baby” can also be obtained from the leading booksellers throughout the Dominion. The society’s publications. “The Story of the Teeth” (Is), “Natural Feeding of Infants” (including components of various milks) (Is) can be obtained from the same sources. THE GOVERNMENT PAMPHLET “The Expectant Mother and Baby’s First Month” is issued by the Government free, and can be had on application from the Plunket nurses and from the registrars of births throughout the Dominion. To prevent a hand sewing-machine from slipping' about the table when in use, place two or three gelatine lozenges, slightly moistened, underneath the baseboard. When making new cushions put in two or three handfuls of lavender. It gives the room in which they are used a subtle fragrance, as the cushions are so frequently fhaken and moved. :