1948-01-31 — Page 5

EVERY SATURDAY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1948.

WOMANSENSE

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WOMEN DOCTORS FIGHT LOSING BATTLE FOR INFANT HEALTH

TTACHED to Western By HARRIET ́HARVEY

Health

Centre.

buried

deep in the heart of Wes- to a hospital. Less critical cases are tern District, are four barn-like treated by the doctor.

rooms.

There is no heat in elther the doc- for's or the nurses' treatment room, where a baby often must be entirely unclothes.

overcrowded, and the doctor and her

100 rushed four nurses, aro

with clinical work to give much time to

are

badly needed preventive instruction, Kowloon's Indy doctor-wna eduented

has at Hongkong University and hern with the Infant Welfare Centre To these. T young energetic

for two years. woman doctor gora euch morning at

Intr ** thard room, a mother

The who

Harcourt eight. By the time she has returne has no bathing facilities at

Infant Welfare home

Centre home to her own two children at 0

is better equipiped. The ΓΕ13 1135 (most of them, haven't may take p.m., she has trented between 60 and her child to be bathed by a nurse or

warmer and more pleasant. The walls 10 diseased babies and even not herself. Here also sick mother and

#re pallet. Benches Art provided for waiting rutal care to their mothers and

for examtulng babies may trentiment

any stay throughout the day mathers, and fables natal

to others. Some 14 addition mothers and

to have their health problems watch- patients are placed both in the does their bablys come to the Centre during cd

by " and remedied a trained nurse, for's office and in the general trent- the day, and if unable to see the tive the

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room la especially impera- ment room. The nursery room is busy doctor

treated by four

treatment of

of our most painted and well-lighted. Cases are ATY trained nurse assistants,

complaint-improper feed provided for mulleal ion." Western's Jady doctor said, and medicine.

“Undernourishment and extreme in- Harcourt's Indy doetur was eduent- digestion are most often caused by ed in Cantun, spent three years In + mother's

ignorance of regular hospital pediatries and has been with freding methods. A mather may the Government since 1939. Married, feed her baby every five minutes or with no children, she is devoted to

To fair similar rooms at Harcourt Health Centre in Happy Valley and Kowloon Health Centre on Nathan Hoad, two other women doctors go at Baum, du the antne job and re- turn to their homes at 4 pan. Each In united by four trained purses. These are Hongkong's three Infant Welfare Centres, They ar run by the Government's Mesleal Depart- ment to care for the Infaut health of ontkom.

Crowded Rooms

* cold.

T Western, the not:

elisalty sated lap. The mothers weiter their babies crowd into the regis trazione Fonda, where they stane long quetres, witting for a nurse to register the bables and to derkle whether they are sick enough to bu sent to the duetor or whether they can be treated by a nurse. Most re- standing. There are only *

main

few benetnes,

After registering, the sick mothéra und babies quies to a second room, where they crowd around a nurse who I giving treatment.

Since there are an chairs in the room, the mute sits on a packing: rate on the flour, places her instru-

ments and medicines on a WAW

I tabl and real a baby's kin disease ur eye soren, while it is being held in its mother's lap.

Olliers, with more serious ailments, etime in the satni rohy to be add- mitted to the doctor's office. When nimitted, baby in examined, and if his care is a serious one, he de sent

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Crowding into a treatment room at Western Infant Welfare Centre, mothers watch while the nurse treats a baby for ne ek infection.

This lady doctor, nitached to Harcourt Infant Welfare Centre, treats a sick baby in her celinie. Well trained

in pediatries, she sees 60 to 90 babies each morning and

attends to their mothers in the afternoon.

# -is prevent

wurde.**

"Although I realise the Colony necessarily far behind London stan- dards, I cannot help but compare the welfare centres here with those London. There, the mothers as all people have at one line in place in the world--are

from becoming much

That the Government should have three Infant Welfare Centres at all is a pleasant token. Hut three do not every even seratel the surface of a large The gradually and health-needy population. taught the necessity of good health, an part of the population that They are often unwilling or apathetic des find its at first but as they

way to these rentres realise the is not affected suffciently to changes effects of cleanliness and good health any health standards.

hants, they become cager to

The Pioneer Health Centre in Lonckun provides in truction #125 pleasant

surrinnings. Children ate fake

there uner every six months for a

Losing Battle

retori aro work on but they are Aghting a

general, check-up. In this way, any losing battle and they know it. Their

trouble

treated carly and epiclonies are prevented.

work is valuable as a few fingers

us the dyke against the flood of in- *There are gymansums and social fun! clisease. halls where the mothers can come But even women will stop fight-

too great.

and chat. The nurses know the dif- ing if the odds are ferent, conditions under which the Already", several of Hongkong's families live and cases can be treat- women doctors (most of whom are ed accordingly. Indirectly, through married) have retired because they the mothers, the whole health true fet they were accomplishing ture of the community has been Bothing changed.

mly twice a day, or whenever abe pediatries, Her sudary t: $575 feels like it.

month. "Sutar of the babies which comm

All three Wonen agree that i- most seriously 1/1 are norance

dirt are the primary

1 will be serious nutter if more suffering from the simple condi- meses of the Colony's infant di- "In Hongkong, where there is a doctors retire from Government ser-

one of improper feedin When this savaititts, Eye diseases, kin sores and

vice because they can make nu pru- happens,, we ask the mather to ear infections are emized chiefly by scheme would be difficult. But until

re-

birge floating population, such agress in a "make-believe" system. man with the child throughout the dirt, they say, The mothers do not

The Welfare Centres look nice from day and try to teach her the neces

realise the necesty of keeping their ed, we can make no advance in the find

some preventive medicine is provid- the outside but it is frightening to sity of remillar feeding. Sometimes babies clean.

they are only paste-board they believe

sometimes they "Alllmugh a few mothers,"

Colony's bealth. We can only try to fronts. tort.

Unfortunately, we haven't Party doctor at Harratt, "bring for the thorough instruction in their healthy children for baths. neweled m these eases and in others. and general check-up, the number in We have time only to net as a stop- small and we do not see nust of the step to death and # temporary hildren until they are ill."

lleviation to silmusids which will

three

Weitere Centres ari Jerop up aran, due to a mother's fe nut, in any case, welfare centres Int clinics, this doctors agree. Said the Body door at Weteri

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Dirt & Ignorance

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band Petershy afters Webent 10y derfor treat voms with anti-natal problems on

Fludas they for deny.

The Esatla

s

teart-natal

the atheron she

spend infectiong, ineares,.

meat

Wed..

Tes

and

Every afternoon vegetable comps 1 given to under- fed uiring mothers and fresh milk as proverted for thuge babins whose muthers cannot przfuer adequate

molk

The lady doctor herself is a live-

"I will

shid

Put It bluntly-fam not

proud of the work I am doing here. We actually

arcmplish little Ο get sick, come in and get treated, o nothing. The mothers and babies home and get dirty, get sick again and then come back to get treated. This is just stop-gap akl,

Preventive Instruction

6 patch up people all day long just to have them come back a few weeks later with the same allment. Although the Government supplies us with adequate medicine, we

by and energetic woman, deeply de- haven't the tinie or the stall to give

voted to the work she is doing. She

A two viren of her

what is most needed--preventive in- struction.

five and the other 1 Toonths old.

"We do д little of this by al- Her husband, specialist in internal tempting to teach the mothers regular medicine. hectureal

Chinese feeding habits and providing a place universities before the war and t for thuse mothers who are interest-

in the United ed to bothe their babies.

But we

present studs received her haven't fine to do enough of this and i

States. Sibe

work

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pediatrics sity of health."

wawren from Hongkong University until we do, we will be unable to at afterwards took six years' post- impress upon the mothers the neces- raduate various Lemben harpstals. Her pros sent pas is $600 a month.

Kingloon Infant

Welfare

A baby with skin disease is bathed by a nurse at

Harcourt Health Centre.

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"We need a place with a quiet at- X7E all live by definite habits mosphere where a mother comes and

from the time we get up listens to interesting instruction so

Cne, the situation is almost exart that the general heation to in the morning until we retireBy BEN NYE, in

fae sam s at Western. The changed, At present we are advance at night. When a young woman treatment rootos are inadequate and ing nowhere.

BANANAS CAN BE

DIFFERENT

MALAYA always has plenty Baked Pudding

of bananas on offer, even

LAVE

begins to apply cosmetics, she starts to form a habit with her make-up. Without the proper knowledge she often times

forms bad habits through her excessive or faulty use of lip rouge, mascara, cheek rouge, foundation, etc.

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avory hurd, unnatural appearance. Whenever used it should be first sharpened to a fine point then the with short, fine initation of the natural

The prime rule in good make eyebrows treated up is Moderation! Overdoing strokes in any part of it destroys the hair. over-all balance so essential to the realism, and the natural at- she uses brown mascara and applies A woman can never go wrong is tractiveness of the subject.

it-again sparingly.

wheir other fruit is short in with angers of bread and

a welf buttered pie dish supply, but because they are ter. Cover with

but tayer of skinned always there is no reason for and quartered bananus, then another ignoring them or for serving until the dish is three parts full. Add layer of bread and butter. Continue

Starting with the base colour Only those with very dark brown them up unimaginatively. Try, dessertspoonful of cornflour, (mix-or foundation, if it is applied or black hair should ever use a black these receipts,

ed to a smooth paste) to a heated evenly in a half pint of milk; add sugar to taste, matched to one's skin colour,

thin layer and car and then only as before,

sparingly. a pinch of salt, and a litte lemon

Layer Cake

Juice. When cool stir in one beaten you can't ask for more: but Check rouge should come next in

bake many

women attempt

to

you need: six ounces of four, eg. Pour into the dish and

the discussion. Pinks for blondes, eight dunces of sugar, a small in a moderate oven for half an hour, achieve a particular effect such orange pink tones for auburn and and light reds for brunettes and the teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda, two beaten

as the "suntanned look" when titans. In applying dry rouge CRAS. a teaspoon vanili Souffles essence, four ounces of butter,

in reality they have light skin, use a camel hair wash brush, fat, pinch of salt, four tablespoons of TAKE four bananas and cut them or a shiny skin texture.

une inch wide. sour milk and a cupful of mashed flesh and mash it well with a fork. in two lengthways. Remove the bananas.

If the foundation is on oil base, the and can be found in any art store It is used by water colour artists Brush two

sandwich this with Put in a pan a puddingspoonful of immediate use of powder in ro- melted lard. Sift the flour with the flour, one and a quarter of soft quired. A cake make-up applied selling artist's materials. salt, and cream the butter and sugar, sugar, a little hot milk, and bring to with a sponge should be powdered Dissolve the soda in the sour milk, the, boil slowly

cook a little also, but not at

application of the base: When it has thickened add in suc-

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And

you haven't any sour milk, sour more, whipping It."

the quantity required with a few

the

of rum,

the

I find that by dipping the brush the time of initial in a little powder first and then in the rouge I never apply too much and I can blend the rouge with the

rst application of powder.

But use only enough to give your- solf a natural bhish,

drops of lemon juice before start- cession the mashed bananas, a drop Eyes speak with far

more Ing mix

to your cale). Now add

cgs to the butter lastly thron Yoks of two eggs ond eloquence than the lips and as a re- sult the eyes should be made an at- whites

whipped to E and sugor, healing well all the time. stil froth.

Fill the banana

Instructive as possible. sking Stir in banann, flour and vanilla with the mixture, put them in It the brows are too wide they

a essence and mix well with the milk. buttered fireproof dish, and cook Bhould be thinned but still retain

their Divide the mixture equally between to 10 minutes in the oven.

shape and

On the subject of lip rouge, there is a right colour for every woman. A appearance of woman with very full lips or very thin lips should never use * dork

An eyebrow pencil helps to All In Up rouge for it accentuates the when it is too thin or requires fullness or the thinness. Using

the tins. Balce in a moderato oven When they are three parts cooked natural growth. from 20-30 minutes till light and sprinkle sugar all over, which should pale gold. When cold, put halves be golden brown when finished. together with apricot jam or apple Serve at once in same dish (enough lengthening. The commonest fault medium reds er pastel reds will give Jelly.

for. four people).

la over uso of tho penell resulting in a soft and enhancing colour.

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