Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-12-16

eril whether Nevada shall embark
in cooperative arrangement with
III, deral government for the pro-
tee, of maternity and infancy, ii
is generally known that this state
is lady, in a premlinary way, nor
is character OF the work we'll
unG stood.
! 5. Il S Wheeler, executive sec
retr Of the division of child welfare
OF state board OF health, has an
oil IN room d, city hall, Reno, and
C | at that Office will be productive
OF information. Yesterday Mrs
Wheeler gave some OF the details OF
tn work as it has progressed to date.
The maternity and infancy act OF
congress, then known as the Shcp-
pard- Towner bill, became a law in
November 1921. Governor Boyle,
acting under the privileges granted by
the act. accepted its provisions, re-
ccived the initial contribution and api
pointed a state board, which will
fuaction untilo0 days after the ad-
journment OF the coming legislative
session. Using the outright gift
from the federal government the
work has been organized in Nevada.
Seven districts have been mapped
cut for the work as follows: Dis
trict No. /, White Pine, Eureka and
Lander counties. No 2, Elko. No.3
Lincoln and Clark Counties; No. a,
Nye, Esmeralda and Mineral counties;
No. 5, Churchill and Lyon Counties;
No. 6, Humboldt and Pershing
counties and No 7, Douglas. Ormsby
Storey and Washoe counties
These districts are laid out be-
cause OF their geographical relations.
1t is proposed to have special
nurse and demonstrator in charge OF
each district where the plan is fully
developed At present districts Nos.
and ? are the fields of activity In
districts No |, comprising White Pine,
Eureka and Lander counties, Miss
Nettie Johnson has already established
infancy eenters in Ely East Ely, Nc
Cilland Ruth Expansion in work
will extend later to Lander and Eure-
ka In district No 2, Miss A. d.
Camp has established headquarters in
El6o and is now engaged in visiting
the outlying places in the county such
as Lamoille and Smith Valley. The
work at Ely has been established
since October and at E.lko since
October 27
The work has not been elaborated
BY the Installation of nurse and a
demonstrator in Reno, because the
Nevada Public Health association, al
ready covering the field in another
way, has a nurse on call No great
expansion Of the work is possible
until the legislature makes provision
for meeting additional appropritions
available from the federal govern
The maternity act provides $1,000
per year outright; another arbitrary
ALLEGATION OF $4,000 for matching and
population ratio al,ocation of $S,-
500 for matching. If the legislature
shall appropriate $5552 per year that
sum with the federal contribution,
will mount up to $lo,044 for expendi-
ture in Nevada per year. An ap-
preparation of $ll044 will be request
ed for the coming two year work OF
the legislature.
The work OF the nurses is to set
up agencies for the dissemination of
modern knowledge and for giving in
struction in modern practices for the
benefits of infants below school age,
and for the benefit of the mother be-
fore and after the birth of such in
fants. The agencies will be available
at an tiiiNS anu thN aNNNPhohNS OA tii~
ministrations of the nurse will not be
compulsory. The nurses will be
capable of giving practical ADVICE at
the critical period of a mothers and
and an infants career. They will
specialize on care OF infants; technic OF
the bath; requirements of sleep, cloth
ing and ventilation: dietary essentials;
natural nursing and the preparation
and technic of artificial feeding. They
will give public demonstrations and
lectures and will hold themselves on
call in emergency cases for limited
periods cooperating, on request, with
the local physicians. Another and i'm
portant part OF their work is in con-
nection with the needs and problems
OF expectant mothers.
Three-fourths of the work, Mrs.
Wheeler says. is educational, but it
also represents the time and energy