Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-12-27
LEGISLATIVE HELP
!, FOR MATERNITY Bill
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With the coming session Of til,
* legislature having the duty of consid
ering whether Nevada shall embark
in a cooperative arrangement witt
the federal government for the pro
lection of maternity and infancy, i
is not generally known that this stat.
is already, in premilinary way, MOI
IS the character of the work wei
understood.
Mrs. H. S. Wheeler, executive sec.
retry of the division of child welfare
of the state board of health, has ar
office in room l6, city hall, Reno, and
call at that office will be productive
of information. Yesterday Mrs.
EfWheeler gave some Of the details Of
tn work as it has progressed to date
n The maternity and infancy act Of
fongress, then known as the Shep-
bard Towner bill, became a law in
November 1921. Governor Boyle
acting under the privileges granted by
the act, accepted its provisions, re-
ceived the initial contribution and APP
pointed a state board, which will.
function until6O days after the adj
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
out for the work as follows Dis
trict No. !, White Pine, Eureka and
Lander counties; No. ?, Elko; No.;
Lincoln and Clark Counties; No. 4
Nye, Esmeralda and Mineral counties
No. S, Churchill and Lyon Counties
No. 6, Humboldt and Pershine
counties and No 7, Douglas, Ormsby
Storey and Washoc counties.
These districts are laid out be-
q cause of their geographical relations.
vt is proposed to have special
nurse and demonstration in charge OF
each district where the plan is fully
developed. At present districts Nos
/ and 2 are the fields of activity. In
districts No. /, comprising White Pine,
Eureka and Lander counties, Miss
Nettic Johnson has already established
infancy centers in Ely, East Ely, Nc
Gilland Ruth Expansion i'll work
will extend later to Lander and Eure.
ka. In district No. 2, Miss A. p,
Camp has established headquarters in
Elko and is now engaged i'll visiting
the outlying places i'll the county. sucf
as I-anloil1e and Smith Valley. The
work at Ely has been established.
since October and at Elko since
!, October 81. .'~
The work has not been elaborated
by the installation OF nurse and 6
demonstration in Reno because the
1 Nevada Public Health association, al
ready covering the field in another
way, has nurse OH call. NO great
expansion of the work is possible
until the legislature makes provision
for meeting additional appropriations
available from the federal govern
The maternity act provides So,OU
per wear outright; another arbitrary
ALLEGATION of $4,000 for matching ant
a population ratio ALLEGATION OF $S,-
500 for matching. If the Legislature
shall appropriate $5552 per year that
sun, with the federal contribution
will mount up to $l6,044 for expcndi-
ture in Nevada per year. An ap-
preparation of $l1,O44 will be request
ed for the coming two year work Of
the legislature.
The work of the nurses is to sci
IN agencies for the dissemination Of
modern knowledge and for giving IN
= struction in modern practices tor 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 all times and the acceptance OF tns
m;nistrations of the nurse will not bt
compulsory. The nurses will bt
capable of giving practical advice a
the critical period OF mothers ant
and an infants career. They Wi
spccialize on care of infants; technic Q
the bath; requirements OF sleep, cloth
Inc and ventilation; dietary essentials
natural nursing and the preparation
and technic of artificial feeding The!
! Mill give public demonstrations am
n lhctures and will hold themselves o.
cali in emergency cases for limite'
ptriods cooperating, on request W.T.
tie local physicians. Another and I'M
p4rtant part Of their work is IN con
|. rett;on with the needs and problem