Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-04

permanent ncAlLn ccnhIe coulu not ps
maintained She also told OF the amount
of appropriation needed to rightly carry
on this work, 100000, showing that the
appropriation Of s25 900 made two years
auo had been wholly inadequate. Had IT
not been for the subscriptions from private
sources totaling the amount expended,
over $50. 900, it would have been impos-
sible to carry on the work satisfactorily.
Miss Marie T. Lockwood, supervisor OF
nurses, reported her work for the year,
prcfacing her report with the statement
that various phases Of Child Welfare have
been part of Delaware's business for many
years, notably care of dependent and de
linuuent: societies for prevention oil
cruelty; homes for dependent, and reform
schools for the delinquent In other
words aside from schools and education,
the mentally and morally sub-normal
child had received the first consideration
of large numbers of Interested citizens.
Even before the World War there were
certain foresightcd Delaware people who
believed the normal child should be saved
from becoming n physical or moral charge
on society, and who were working slowly
TO the end of keeping them normal. How
ever, il took the war To accomplish the
desired end, which was to procure pubic
health nurses, establish health centres,
and enlist the cooperation OF physicians
TO carry on health education. Through the
weighing and measuring OF children,
Delaware awoko 10 the wastage OF youth
ful human bodies that was going on It's
borders. The death rate OF infants, both
CITY and rural, WAS n disgrace To civiii-
cation. The prime object IN conducting
the Health Centres, she said, has been TO
l. Ia. 10, effartn
keeping we'll children well through periodi-
cal weighing, measuring and advising on
hygiene. sanitation and proper food. Hum
dreds of children have received the bone-
fits that the state has made possible
through Health Centres
Miss Lockwood submitted some figure
To Indicate the extent of the work IN SIX
months. Total number of Wilmington
cases. 20,74S; rural cases, 3,6S3, total
"a AL. home visits made by Wilmington
nurses l2,0S0, rural nurses, ,Gls; centre
visits made by Wilmington centres, S,6ts
| rural centres, $40; 755 school children
were examined hy rural nurses IN al
| dition 20 the home and center visits
DIR Chester II Wells, special Board ni
Health commissioner addressed tho cor.
vention briefly on the great value 81
medical examination IN the schools.
EVENING erssioH.
Tho niqbt session was held in Dover
| Century Club rooms. on Dover treeu
| and waa vell attended Charles + Ernest
General director. led the audience II
community singing Mrs Laird. stat
chairman Of the Reconstruction Com
mission. presided
Chester n Wells. gave nm outline @
some of the work done by the state ijoRff
of health also pointing ont the condition
from a health standpoint as they exist
IN Delaware today. which showed larh
~ the full observance of the health laws
and the failure in come localities 70 eninfc'
tho same lie stated that much could hf
done in the way of having . clean hi
of health in all the towns and cominunifte'
in the State. If moro money WAS avsitahif
for combating diReaFas
Prof John Shilling spoke on behalf q
/ the State Board 81 Education aa % odura
| tional affalrs Some things needed =
| brinu about change IN cducatluna
/ affairs arc quahfiod teachers, comfortable
| sch0ols $50 dayR attendance and on'
/ hour ~ lunch. He also urged better school
/ buildings. adm advancement ot education
/ along all lines
| Miss Clara Southwick, executive eecre
tarv of the Consumers League, spoke q
/ tho wage for women, some being know
AS high As s25 per week grading down t'
/ s. per week When tho mother s engage
/ in an industry, some provlMvl must u
/ made for the children. She declared tina
no mother Is able TO take care OF her chi
! drcn on the amount received from th'
/ Mothers Pension fund.
/ Wiley Swift, special agent on laws an {
administration for the National 1hlit
| Labor Committee, spoke on Laws and th'
i Child He said the most hopeful thnt
/ for the country was the existence Of suci
j bodies as the Child Welfare Association c
agitatc and urge better laws and bette
+ conditions for the children. Tie statee
i that in the past five years more Interest
/! than ever before had been taken IN the
growing child which will naturally pro
! duce better men and better women.
J. Paul Green Of Wilmington, che
probation officer, spoke from the stand
I point of the Juvenile Court. He explained
! the probation system and the good 1T wa
accomplishing in reforming many who
, might otherwise become hardened crimi
! mails Parental negligence, he claimed, wa!
+ one of the main reasons for many bat
children He urged the teaching of goo'