s the outfit.

BABY'S NECESSITIES

Baby's basket on the day of confinement should contain:

One pound of absorbent cotton.
One pint of liquid albolene.
One half ounce of argyrol (mentioned in the mother's list).
Safety pins of assorted sizes.
A powder box containing powder and puff.
An old soft blanket in which to receive the child after birth.
A soft hair brush.
Three old towels.
Small package of sterile gauze squares.
Scales.
Diapers.
A silk and wool shirt (size No. 2).
An abdominal band to be sewed on with needle and thread.
A pair of silk and wool stockings.
A flannel skirt.
An outing flannel night dress.
A woolen wrapper.

THE CONFINEMENT ROOM

By special preparation, the ordinary bedroom may be fashioned into a
delivery-room. Carpets, hangings and upholstered furniture must be
removed. Clean walls, clean floors, and a scrupulously clean bed must
be maintained throughout the puerperium. Bathroom, and if possible, a
porch should be near by. In the wealthy home, a bedroom, bathroom and
the nursery adjoining is ideal; but I find that real life is always
filled with anything but the ideal.

The dispensary doctor is compelled to depend upon clean newspapers to
cover everything in the room he finds his patient in. The only sterile
things he uses he brings with him, and should he have to spend the
night, the floor is his only bed. A student who was in my service told
me that there was not one article in the entire home, which consisted
of but one room, that could be used for the baby. He wrapped his own
coat about it and laid it carefully in a market basket and placed it
on the floor at the side of the pallet on which the mother lay and by
the aid of a nearby telephone secured clothes from the dispensary for
the babe.

Always select the best room in the house for a home confinement. If
the parlor is the one sunny room, take it; remove all draperies,
carpet, etc., and make it as near surgically clean as possible. While
sunshine is desirable, ample shades must be supplied, as the eyes of
both mother and babe must be protected.

THE BED

A three-quarter bed is more desirable than a double bed. If it is low,
four-inch blocks should be placed under each leg, the casters having
been removed to prevent slipping. The bed should be so placed that it
can be reached from either side by the nurse and physician. The
mattress may be reenforced by the placing of a board under i