The nursery is housed in a large Chinese house with a small garden loaned for the time. AN porches and verandahs are gii; sed-in, and there is ample space for more babies still Sun streams in through many windows, and on dull or rainy days tle babies are stil warm and in no danger from draughts, Heavy padded curtains keep winds out, and the warmth of big stoves is conserved for the rooms.
In the garden, dozens of small diapers are spread around to dry. The big receiving hall downstairs, with tiled floor, is an excellent place for servants to sleep, and for use as a drying room in bad weather. The first floor is given over to small babies, One large room is for an isolation ward, although serious cases are sent to a proper hospital for treatment.
Across the landing, a passage opens into the small office, then the big glassed-in verandah' where new inmates are under observation, and children with minor eye troubles sleep in the sunshine. The room inside is very warm. A big stove keeps the atmosphere cosy, for here it is that the children are bathed, dressed and changed.
Dr. George Ching, the attending physician, who is also a volunteer helper, was busy dressing a nasty head wound for a recent arrival. neighbouring table held two squirming mites who were protesting about their baths—these were also new babies and scarcely larger than a good-sized hand. Other rooms held more cots—some with two or three mites laid out in a row—and Chinese girls, assistants to the four qualified nurses, were feeding them cereal of milk according to approved formula, Besides the four qualified nurses, with the head nurse an excellent organizer, there are fine young Chinese girls assisting. They are also volunteers, although they are given meals at the nursery.
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