and Medicines Many of the mothers in the refugee camps have not enough breast mille te feed infants. This has been brought about by their desperate flight from the war zones and the state of fear and terror they have been subjected to. The matter of infant feeding in camps is of the utmost importance to preserve the helpless infants' health and growth.
Tt is hoped that this appeal will reach those who are in a position to provide relief in this problem. One remedy is to provide a free supply of cows' milk from dairies; a second method is to engage a number of milk amahs for the camp: a third method would be the fre supply of milk products. Whatever method is available, it would be highly desirable if charitable women's organizations would look after this matter of milk feeding as the strictest care should be taken in respect to the sterilization of milk bottles or feeders, rubber teats, etc. before and after use.
It_ must be remembered that the artificial feeding of infants is not customary to the large proportion of refugee women from poorer classes. Therefore an appeal is made to Chinese ladies of position and education to organize a relief measure of this nature in refugee camps. A unique opportunity exists for infinite good to be done during this crisis in explaining to women in humble and poor circumstances the principles of child welfare. In a number of camps something has been done by women's organizations and the refugees have benefitted by free issues of milk through the generosity of a certain public spirited dairy farm. However, there are still large numbers of poor mothers who require aid,
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