Such schools, which are now beginning to spring up everywhere, may be said to have their origins in the _Consultations de Nourrissons_ (with their offshoot the _Goutte de Lait_), established by Professor Budin in 1892, which have spread all over France and been widely influential for good.

At the _Consultations_ infants are examined and weighed weekly, and the mothers advised and encouraged to suckle their children.

The _Gouttes_ are practically milk dispensaries where infants for whom breast-feeding is impossible are fed with milk under medical supervision.

Schools for Mothers represent an enlargement of the same scheme, covering a variety of subjects which it is necessary for a mother to know.

Some of the first of these schools were established at Bonn, at the Bavarian town of Weissenberg, and in Ghent.