The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-10-16
TELLS OF WORK
IN CHILD HEALTH
Mrs. Morgan, Director Of
Child Welfare Work,
Outlines Plans.
KENOSHA IS ACTIVE

What Wisconsin is doing for the
health of its children is outlined in
report received by the health de-
partment here today from Mrs. Mary
P. Morgan, special agent Of the United
States Children's bureau at Madison,
and director of the Bureau of Child
Welfare and Public Health Nursing
of the State Board of Health.
Mrs. Morgan is well-known in Ke-
nosha for her work in the interests
of child welfare and her untiring et-
forts to establish infant welfare sta
tions in all cities of the state.
The Bureau of Child Welfare and
Public Health Nursing, according to
Mrs. Morgan, administers the so-called
Sheppard-T owner funds, a federal
fund for the promotion of the welfare
and hygiene of maternity and infancy.
1t is matched by appropriations from
the state. The use of this fund IL
limited to service for expectant
mothers and children under school age
and for this reason most of the work
of this bureau is devoted to them.
Calls for Conferences. q
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Welfare and Public Health Nursing
includes mother and baby health con-
ferences, instructions of expectant
mothers by monthly advisory service
to all public health nurses.
Results to be expected are the inn
proved health of mothers and babies,
the reduction of infant and material
mortality and the Standardization OF,
public health nursing
1t is the aim of the State Board OF
Health not to carry this on as state
work but to assist counties and COM
munities in establishing permanent
child health work.
The addition of the third womanl
physician in 1924 will make possible
the establishment of four more regu-i
lar county mother and baby health
centers: Forest, Marinette, Oneida
Villas, Marthon, jackson, Clark, Woods
Jefferson, Waukesha, Racine, Wall
worth, Grant, Green, Dane, Rock
Washington, Sheboygan- and Manito-
woe, and local center at the U. Sc
Glue factory at Carrolville.
The original plan of moving the
county center from one location to
another in the county each year IS
being followed. Two places from
which the centers have been moved
are carrying on with local funds and
personnel. These are the cities Of
GAINESVILLE and the villages of Colby
and Plymouth. Fennimore Is making
arrangements and will soon be able
to carry on a mother and baby health
center without state assistance.
Have Welfare Specials. i
One physician travels with the Child
Welfare special from April to Novem-
Der holding mother and baby confer
ences in many parts of the state and
in the winter holds conferences by re-
quest at various points; another wo-
man physician has charge OF twelve
regular county centers which she visits
once every four weeks and spends the
remaining week in holding special con-
ferences in other points of the same
counties; another woman physician
will have charge of eight regular
mother and baby centers which she
also visits every four weeks and
spends the remaining time in conducts
ing mother and baby conferences by
request at any points in the state.
From January 1922, to January IL
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school age have been examined at the
centers and 1902 were examined on the
Child Welfare special during 1928, and
348 expectant mothers had been given
examination and advice at centers and
on the Child Welfare special.
Out of this number 1895 children
were found to be normal, but in al
most every case the mother required
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hygiene. i
Little Mother Classes.
This work has been carried on as
originally planned and during 1924,
| full time organizer will be employed
to intensity the work The depart
ment of Public Instruction, The Board
of Vocational Education, the Board Of
Normal Regents are cooperating with
the State Board of Health, and an eff
fort is being made to have this work
taught in every Home Economics
course in Wisconsin during 1924, and
eventually in every school in Wiscon-
sin.
The interest shown by the mothers
and the distance which they come with
their babies to secure advise and the
many requests received for child
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consin mothers appreciate the value
of this work.
Physicians throughout the state are
sending the names of patients who
are expectant mothers to use to re-
ceive the monthly instruction, which
are receiving much favorable comment
from mothers as we'll as physicians.
Many more expectant mothers should
be receiving these instructions and
anyone may have them by sending
their name to the State Board Of
Health.
-Four nurses are stationed in differ
ent sectionz Of the state to organize
end conduct the mother and baby cen
tiers which the physicians attend and
70 make home calls for follow-up work.
These nurses are being received with
open arms by rural mothers who look
forward to their coming in order to
secure advice on the general care If
their children.