Children well and happy : $b A manual for the Girl's Health LeagueKimball, May Dickinson
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Children well and happy : $b A manual for the Girl's Health League
Kimball, May Dickinson
Hygiene; Infants -- Health and hygiene
The aftercare of a vaccinated child is important. A dressing of clean,
sterile gauze should be placed over the point of vaccination and
held in place with strips of adhesive plaster. The dressing should be
changed only by the physician or under his orders. If it sticks to the
scab, it should not be pulled off; the cloth should be cut away around
it and a small piece left adhering to the arm and a fresh dressing
placed over this. Do not apply vaseline or any kind of ointment to the
point of inoculation. Nothing must touch it but clean boiled water and
sterile dressing handled by clean hands.
A vaccinated child should have a bath and a change of underwear daily,
but it is important that the dressing over the vaccination should
be kept clean and dry. The child should not be permitted to play
in gardens, stables, or dusty streets until the arm has completely
healed.
APPENDIX A
ORGANIZATION OF THE GIRLS’ HEALTH LEAGUE CLASSES
I. PRELIMINARY MEETING
The mothers and teachers should be invited and urged to attend the
meeting for the organization of a class. The success of this movement
for the health of our girls and for the saving of our babies depends
largely upon the interest and coöperation of the mothers and teachers.
The organizer should preside, and the school physician should be asked
to explain the object of the league.
At this preliminary meeting membership cards should be distributed to
those desiring to join the class. These are not to be signed until the
girls have taken them home and secured the signatures of their parents
or guardians. While everything possible should be done to make the club
proposition attractive, no girl should be urged to join against her
will. An unwilling member is not a good member.
In order to secure careful personal supervision and free discussion, a
class of not more than twelve is desirable, but as many as twenty-four
may be directed by an experienced teacher.
The form of membership card is given below:
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