Hygiene of Maternity and Infancy: Hearings...on H.R. 12634, Jan. 15, 28, 19191919 - 60 pages |
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... result of these studies it has published many bulletins and leaflets , which have in- creased the general interest in these vital matters and widened the realization of the importance of maternal and child welfare to the Nation . Many ...
... result of these studies it has published many bulletins and leaflets , which have in- creased the general interest in these vital matters and widened the realization of the importance of maternal and child welfare to the Nation . Many ...
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... resulting losses of life and vigor are matters of grave concern . The Nation can not afford such waste of human resources . New Zealand has reduced her infant mortality rate to the lowest point achieved by any country by a system of ...
... resulting losses of life and vigor are matters of grave concern . The Nation can not afford such waste of human resources . New Zealand has reduced her infant mortality rate to the lowest point achieved by any country by a system of ...
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... result of the stimulus supplied by government funds , the local government board could report in March , 1917 , that " all the metropolitan boroughs except Camberwell , all the 82 county boroughs except Gateshead , 51 of the 61 county ...
... result of the stimulus supplied by government funds , the local government board could report in March , 1917 , that " all the metropolitan boroughs except Camberwell , all the 82 county boroughs except Gateshead , 51 of the 61 county ...
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... result , only one - fifth of the 486 pregnancies had had any medical supervision , and only two of the 486 had what we call minimum ade- quate prenatal care using the standard of Dr. J. Whitridge Williams . Worse than the lack of ...
... result , only one - fifth of the 486 pregnancies had had any medical supervision , and only two of the 486 had what we call minimum ade- quate prenatal care using the standard of Dr. J. Whitridge Williams . Worse than the lack of ...
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... resulting figures . As soon as you begin to analyze those figures you note the large number of children who die from causes relating to conditions of the mother during pregnancy or at confinement . The next lo ical step after these ...
... resulting figures . As soon as you begin to analyze those figures you note the large number of children who die from causes relating to conditions of the mother during pregnancy or at confinement . The next lo ical step after these ...
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1,000 live births administration aid and infant American Child Hygiene appointed appropriation baby BAKER bill birth registration area board of health board of maternity carried cent Child Hygiene Association child welfare childbirth Children's Bureau cities cooperation created death rates death registration area Department of Labor divisions of child DOROTHY REED educational extension executive committee fiscal FRANKEL Gastric and intestinal give governor health boards health department health officers HERSEY hospital hygiene of maternity infant deaths infant hygiene infant mortality rate infant welfare instruction JEANNETTE RANKIN Kansas KNAPP legislature machinery maternal death maternal mortality maternity aid maternity and infancy McLEMORE membership MENDENHALL Miss RANKIN NOLAN North Carolina nursing profession physician population practically pregnancy and confinement prenatal prenatal care present public health nurses purpose representative ROBINSON RUDE rural areas rural districts Secretary of Labor separate board Smith-Lever special board thing tion United Wisconsin women Zealand
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Page 5 - No portion of said fund nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
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