Evening star., 1922-10-14
HYG|EN|STS TAKEUP
MATERNAL DEATHS
Mortality on Increase Despite
More Attention, Speaker
Declares.
EDUCATION is NEEDED
Association Convention to End To-
day With Visit to Chill
dren's Hospital.

| Maternal welfare work. in its var
Gus aspects. was the general topic of
I discussion at today's session of the
thirteenth annual meeting of the
American Child Hygiene Association.
| The convention ends this afternoon
| with a visit by the delegates to the
Ctildrens Hospital.
discussion of maternal welfare was
/ led by DR.. Arthur II. Morse of the
Yale Medical School. Dr. W. J. Bell OF
the Toronto board OF health and Miss
Grace Abbott, chief OF the children's
bureau If the Department of Labor.
Maternal mortality is Increasing
despite the attention which has been
given the Aubject DIR. Bell declared.
Methods pursued for the pas, years
toward REDUCING maternal mortality.
| the speaker said. are not sufficient,
and in spite OF extensive research and
development eff modern methods,
there is little progress.
Describes Health Education.
| Describing q method OF health edu
| cation through the public health
! nurse. recently inaugurated I'm
! Toronto. DIR. Bell concluded: when
we get this teaching justified into the
public we will have a marked lower
| ing Of our maternal mHrtalty. This
practical system OF health education
striking at the fundamental cause or
| our high death rate in pregnant and
parturient women, and on Ms exten-
| sion we must place the greatest de-
| pendence for reduction to the ire
ducible minimum in this connection.
! DR.. Morse, speaking on the service
/ of an obstetricai clinic to com
| munity, recommended clinic whose
I various activities should form l."
! themselves a departmental unit OF Il
advantages of such a clinic to a com
munity DIR. Morse emphasized thei"
| Importance as a means of instruction
| for the nurse and student
Efforts for Education.
| Greater efforts must be made to-
ward education of the laity regard
! ing the necessity of adequate super
vision through pregnancy and skill
ed attention az the time of delivery.
| the speaker continued.
| A medical session is being held b.
the convention thh afternoon at the
J auditorium Of the District Medics
this city presiding. tn the program
| for the discussion of technical sub
jects concerning child hygiene are
| DR.. Borden S Veeden Of ST. LOUIS.
| Or. Edgar j. Huenekens OF Minneapoii.>-
Or. William H Park OF New York. !,r
| John Hart Davis OF Cleveland ana d.
| Clarence J. Grieves of Baltimore.
| The new board of directors, elect
| ed at the business meeting last night
Z
lard Hotel, this meeting being foi-
! lowed BY the organization meeting or
F.; the new executive committee.
Beard Of Directors.
! The board OF directors consists Of
DR.. Allan Brown. Toronto: DIR. Mar
Dryden, Richmond; Bailey 3. Burritt.
New York: DR.. Merrill E. Chapman.
! Boston: DR.. II. J. Gerssenberger.
Cleveland: Clifford Grules. Chicago;
| Miss Mary Gardner, Providence: DR.
Arnold Gessell, New Haven; Dr. 3. {
Hamill, Phila delphia: DR.. J. II. Mason
/; Knox. jr.. Baltimore: horace aA.I,
son. Boston; DR.. Lawrence I. RoyS Sef'
| Norfolk; DR.. Anna 4. Rude. Washinf
! ton; Dr. H. X i. Shaw. Albany; MIA
/ Margaret X Stack. Hartford; Corr
P, coran Thorn, Washington; Dr. Paull'
/ Van Ingen. New York: DR.. Joseph
f; Wall. Washington, and Dr Charles T.
Zeigler, Pittsburgh.
! Al the annual business meeting las
night. the American Child Hygiene A.
soclalion formally approved its con
! solidation with the Child Health organ
| iZation of America.
Commenting on the recent transfer
! of The associations headquarters from
Baltimore to this city, DIR. Bolt said
/ that the organization is now better
/ able to keep in touch with government
| and other agencies carrying on HIS
| rern;ty and child welfare work.
Mrs. H. W. Farnam of New Haven.
Conn. brought the following messag'
| from the Belgium government: Mann
thousands of little boys and girls send
/ Of their gratitude for help given them
in the darkest hours of the war by the
commission for the relief of Belgium
Their gratitude distance and time Co"
never dim.