The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

102 THE HEALTH BULLETIN,to the last examination room. Heretrained specialists will make carefulphysical examinations of the baby fromhead to foot. They will examine histeeth, his eyes, ears, nose, throat, andevery possible detail that goes to makeup a perfectly healthy, normal baby.Furthermore, these meflical experts willpoint out to fathers and mothers anyphysical defects or tendencies, and informthem, free of charge, how to reraetlyor overcome these defects by propercare of the baby.PUBLIC HEALTH EXHIBIT.A Perfect Baby Must be Well Proportionedas to Height, Lengtii of Arms, andLength of Legs.the score-card sbowing these facts, alsotlie name and address of the fatherand mother, whether the baby has beenbreast-fed or bottle-fed, whether or notit sleeps alone, whether or not it sleepsin a room with windows open, etc.From the reception room the babyand mother will enter a quiet roomwhere a doctor will test the child mentallyaccording to its age. For instance,a child of six months should sit alone,play with simple objects like a pencilor spoon, look in the direction of unexpectednoises, etc., while a child of twoyears should run, join words to makeshort sentences, be able to point to eyes,nose, ears, etc.. and so on. If babymeets all these conditions, he will bescored 100. or perfect.WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.From the mental test room the motherand baby will be conducted to a measuringroom. Here a doctor and a trainednurse will carefully weigh and measurethe baby. A table of standardshas already been provided for babiesof different ages. Baby's height willbe measure