ABSTRACT
A singular instance, supplied last year, proves the sad effects to children of the want of a mother’s care and nourishment. The ribbon trade of Coventry, as is well known, was so dull last winter that hundreds and thousands of factory workers were thrown out of employment. In 1857 the deaths had been a hundred – in 1858, they had been ninety-eight – in 1859 they had been one hundred and thirty-two; while in the severe and trying winter of 1860 they fell to sixty-seven. The milk of other animals differs in many respects from human milk; that of asses comes nearest to it, but it is expensive, and can only be afforded by the rich. The next best substitute is cow’s milk mixed with a certain quantity of water, according to the age of the infant.
