Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-28
MOVE TOCOMB|NE ALL
CHILD CARE AGENCIES
Governor Denney Favors Aboli-
ton of Numerous State
Commissions.

The bulletin of tho Child Welfare
Commission for the past month speaks
OF the merger OF the various child
care organizations in the state. Dur
ing July a committee was appointed 10
consider the matter OF combining the
various organizations and draft plans.
This committee met on the ninth of
this month and consisted OF the rep
resentatives of the following orga-
nizations: Child Welfare Commission,
Mothers Pension Commission. chill
dren's Bureau. Society for the Pre-
Vcntion of Cruelty to Children, Della
ware Children's Home Society. JuVe-
nile Court. Juvenile Court Associa-
tion. and the State Board OF Charities.
After discussion OF the work or the
various societies in the state the
amount OF money spent by each, and
the evident lack of coordination and
cooperation existing between them,
the following resolution was moved
and unanimously adopted;
That this meeting recommend to
thu Governor the abolishing of the
state Board of Health. the Tuhercu-
,usis Commission, the Commissions.
controlling the Ferris Industrial
School. Industrial School for Colored
Girls Delaware State Hospital at
Farnhurst, and Delawaps Colony at
Stockley, and creating IN lieu thereof
q new state Department of Public
Health and Welfare. 10 be managed by
u board of appointed commissioners
with full power 10 employ all neccs-
sary trained and other assistants TO
~ Try out tho work now being done 10y
the said institution and commissions"
II was also planned 10 have the de-
partmcnt license and supervise the
woyk Of all private agencies or inst-
tLrione having 10 do with child care
MANY fVm, and 10 pay for the care OF
certain classes OF cases by depart
mcnt of Child Hygiene.
Governor Denney stated that nc
considered this ono of the most for
ward and constructive steps that has
been taken in the State Tor n long
time.
\ conference for rural nurses was
held in Kent County early this month
when plans for prenatal. school,
and school programs were discussed.
fourteen nurses met with the super
visor. including two new nurses, Miss
Mary 4. Raiser and Miss Bess Kenny
MCAvoy.
report Of the work done in the
Wilmington Health Centors during
September shows that PAL new cases
Ncre admitted: 2.0S1 return visits
made; 2lS visits made to the homes
fur the first time: 2,S69 in old cases
two transferred; 1913 discharged; three
rcadmitied; - referred and three died
II the other health centers there were
1856 new cases admitted; 6S0 return
visits made: 35S first visits made Il
homes; 903 old cases visited; IS dis
charged. and Ave died.
Research done by the Dental Unit
shows that good teeth help in makint
good students. After charting tn,
mouths Of 900 children. and working
out a plan by which they could giv'
each mouth a definite rating with 10'
representing no defects. and takinl
septic conditions only into consider
alton. they selected the ten with th'
highest ecoGe. and the ten with th'
lowest score. They then went 10 th'
81 hool and obtained the standing o
,he pupils. They found that the low
mouths averaged a. and that tn,
school standing was %. whereas, III
average high mouth was 91.2 and tn
school work averaged SO.
Then they had % children sent from
three grades, half with the highes
rating and half with the lowest rat
ing. They charted and rated tn
whole group. with the result that III
average high group, having a stand
ing OF S625 had mouths rating s9.7
and those with the average low stand
ing of 65 had mouths rating 66.6.