Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-16
MANY CHILD WELFARE
LAWS NOW OPERATIVE
Mrs. Perkins Tells the Women
Voters What Legislature Did
Tor Children OF State.

IN an Address before the members
nf thr League of Women Voters at
thrf luncheon yesterday. Mrs. Ina y.
!, Perkins, director tor the child Wei
fsr. Commission, gave some very In
terratlne and pertinent facts regard
iug the child welfare legislation ~ this
state, in Iart she said Tho recent
session Of the ~ lawnre Legislature
save cordial hearing aud fnc support
Ga several child welfare hills The Re
construction Commission was charged
hA law Ca make legislative recon-
mondations nn hrhalf of children. u
Nd 80 10 nine bills. al hut one of which
were rnaetcd. Members of the Della
ware Hrauyh OF thc National League
81 Women Voters gave substantial
assistance ia the passage Of the fol-
loN lng child welfare hills initiated by
thn Reconstruction Commission
Creation of child Wcltarr commits
sion consisting ut mine mcmhcrs IL
devotion a hrond child Welfare program
invludine maternal aud child health
-prk aud such other child welfare sub
ivtta a. the Commission may soc III
N undertake. study ~ condition ar
fpVpinE children and promotion of leg
lalatipu tor their welfare to bc also a
dpnnlte part 81 the work of the Com
nltsslon THE law carried an appro-
pfiatiou of f2h.0O annually and S35
noo additional annual appropriation for
vach ~ the wears Of 1927 and 1922
srpoal of tho old masters and an
prontirss law making impossible the
hiudins of children. Passage of this
lass MARKS & real miie stone u tht
ttogress al thr state The Law Was
aanoat dead lrttrt onr th,re being
ruN about twenty ,hildrrt bound
uudUf d tu recent Ntars. However, as
Ions as q stpud Du the statute hook
u held possibility q lcgaliz,d slavery
fpr ehtldrru and VA. hluth on thu
tat name ot the state
a hll requiring ~, usa of and dcsig-
nating tac prnph,aet..s that may
~ uavd ID lh, ,,,s If d, nev horn
q prevent inflammation and blind
ness
\ bpl reqWuue th4t attendants AZ
hlld birth shall rlke CHS entry ou the
arlh rcrtu,utc 81 tile kind 81 pruphy
tactic used ih TIM ,N.s 81 habits a.
nlrth and reaulne tia, thv havk ~
thv tirth oertin,ata shall have printed
htrpon at le8st SUMMARY ns the pot
ton of tile law ia r,eard u hirth
registration and th, Us, at prouhN
s,tie AGAINST inflammation >. a., tt,s.
an amendment inelud.aE lsaader
prn, isions in regard a. nsutntng &C.
4pn against putatNr father and .n
rreard % larger sum that may y, Sc
uted Tho amendment 81 this Law
aiso carries provision for isgitunation
81 ehildrrn bprn out 81 wedlu, n esther
>, subsequent marriage ut thc parents
81 D, written arkuoWledglncn 81
narrniaRc dltd I'D rrothonolary
afii,e
HtNiSion ~ lht marrltE, law % pro
ntbt th, marrlagc ~ the Ncnereally
diseased first cousins. and persons on
9tohattou ~ parole except with per
nlssion ~ the court IL Institution
aANing them in charge and establish
ug tho marriascahlt age al sixteen
ut eirls and eighteen for boys
Members a. thr League also helped
o., state Board ID Health and tht Rc-
construction Commission IL secure the
sassaKt ul iaW apprupriatinE 5000
4 lhp state Board 81 Health u furnish
ttet d.phihrgsa utiuNiu Sghhk test
as and aid,ih,I.s lnmuuization
ssrum and 4 hil e pro, de s. 0nU for
tht state BOARD q. iiraifh 70 employ
4 nurse O. supcrViSo and instruct n,
uudNiNts 80 tAt state.