Hygiene in the Home

9s. 6d.) London: Mills & Boom, 19,64. THIS well produced book has an informal and friendly approach and is designed especially for girls who will soon leave school. It starts with the family in the home and considers personal hygiene, the house, heating and ventilation, water supplies and sanitary services. It has three well-informed and balanced chapters on food, on food poisoning and on the handling and preservation of readily infected food. It concludes with a brief survey of the benefits available from the national welfare services. It is a balanced presentation free from fads and fancies and is carefully written so that it is easy to read. It could be read with profit by many both young and old and is extremely well produced ior the price.