Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-05-29

The Worlds Children
Observation-Disclosures

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Weekly Notes on Child Welfare
Topics Compiled by the [. 5. Chill
dren's Bureau.
baby Farms" Pennsylvania.
Infant boarding homes in Penusyl-
vania must now be licensed by the
State department of public welfare
according 10 provisions OF BABY
Farm Act recently signed by the
Governor. The. licenses must ifst he
approved by the local health authoh-
ties, or, in the smaller towns and
villages, by the person er agency
designated by the welfare department.
The Act provides for the registration
Of all children in boarding homes.
PREY ontion Of Accidents. New York.
Serious injuries TO nearly 1000
children In New York factories in one
year, reported by the State depart
ment of labor, have resulted in the
Inauguration Of a campaign for the
prevention of accidents to children in
industry by the American Museum Of
Safety, and the State departments Of
labor and education.
Child Study, Iowa.
Summer Courses in Child Life" ave
being offered by the University of
Iowa for the coming summer. The
courses will be given by the Iowa
Child-Welfare Research Station in
conjunction with the extension division
and other departments Of the uni
versity.
Maternity and Infancy Act. Rhode
Island.
Rhode Island has accepted the pro
visions of the Federal Maternity and
Infancy Act. Forty-three States and
Hawaii now cooperate with the Ma
tional Government under this act.
Child Welfare Council, Chile.
A Superior Council Of Child Pro
lection, created in Santiago TO CO.
ordinate public and private child
welfare work, viii consider problems
relating to eugenics, maternity. and
infant and child welfare; promote
nursing and social work; organize Ma
tional child-welfare congresses; aud
work with other organizations in Chile
and abroad having similar aims.
Health Teaching, England.
public-health pictures are shown on
one of the busy streets of the Borough
of Bermondsey (Bondon) every day
from 7 a. m. till II at night under the
direction of the Medical Officer OF
Health. A short rhyme is attached 70
each picture emphasizing and explain
ing its meaning. The public-health
department also has a moving picture
van which is sent about the city show
ing films on health subjects. A lee
turer travels with the van.
Children in Maving Pictures, Germany.
Baby movie stars" are frowned
upon in Germany, where recent
police order forbade the employment
of children under 3 in Berlin moving
picture studios, according TO the In
ternational Labor Office. A police
permit is required for the employment
of children between and the school
leaving age. This PRINT is given on
condition that the children are not
exposed to conditions injurious 10.
health or morals, or to unhealthy eK-
citement of the imagination. Chill
dren attending school may be en-
ployed only outside school hours.
Infant Mortality, Scotland.
Ninety-eight out Of every loo
babies born in Scotland in 1924 died
before reaching their first birthday
according to the latest report Of The
Scottish Registrar General. The
birth rate for 1924 was the loves
recorded since the war. The United
States infant mortality rate Was u
per 900 births in 1923.