Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 - Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis
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to see that an enormous saving of public and private money will
thus be effected. The Act is adoptive, and not compulsory. This was a wise precaution, for an Act of this kind cannot be effectual unless it is carried out thoroughly by the community adopting it, and it will not be adopted until a community has clearly realized its advantages and the methods of attaining them. An important adjunct of this organization is the School for Mothers. Such schools, which are now beginning to spring up everywhere, may be said to have their origins in the _Consultations de Nourrissons_ (with their offshoot the _Goutte de Lait_), established by Professor Budin in 1892, which have spread all over France and been widely influential for good. At the _Consultations_ infants are examined and weighed weekly, and the mothers advised and encouraged to suckle their children. The _Gouttes_ are practically milk dispensaries where infants for whom breast-feeding is impossible are fed with milk under medical supervision. Schools for Mothers represent an enlargement of the same scheme, covering a variety of subjects which it is necessary for a mother to know. Some of the first of these schools were established at Bonn, at the Bavarian town of Weissenberg, and in Ghent. At some of the Schools for Mothers, and notably at Ghent (described by Mrs. Bertrand Russell in the _Nineteenth Century_, 1906), the important step has been taken of giving training to young girls from fourteen to eighteen; they receive instruction in infant anatomy and physiology, in the preparation of sterilized milk, in weighing children, in taking temperatures and making charts, in managing crĂȘches, and after two years are able to earn a salary. In various parts of England, schools for young |
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