“…We have found a 48‐hour period between the two stages sufficient, and we like to proceed with the second stage before the Paul's tubes drop out, with the resultant soiling of the skin and possible infection of the wound. We have not used a “spur” type of double‐barrelled enterostomy; we dislike this procedure in infants because of the occasional difficulties associated with its closure and the consequent delay in re‐establishing normal bowel function (Jones, 1953). The average length of stay in hospital in our nine surviving cases was 17 days.…”