Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
CHILDREN'S FARLEY
MAKES FINDINGS ON
NEEDS IN AMERICA

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mother should have post-natal medical
supervision for herself and child.
Every child should receive period
ical health examinations before and
during the school period. including ado
lescence, by the family physician, or the
school or other public physician, and
such examination by specialists and
such hospital care as its special needs
may require.
EVERY child should have regular
dental examination and care.
Every child should have instruction
from accidents and every teacher should
be trained in health programs.
Entitled to Protection.
Every child should be protected
from communicable diseases to which
he might be exposed at home, In school
or at play and protected from impure
milk and food.
every child should have proper
sleeping rooms, diet, hours OF sleep
and play and parents should receive
expert information as to the needs of
children of various ages IS to these
questions.
Every child should attend q school
which has proper seating, lighting,
ventilation and sanitation. For younger
children, kindergartens and nursery
schools should be provided to supple
ment home care.
1.-THE school should be 50 organized
as to discover and develop the special
abilities of each child and should as
siSt in vocational guidance, for chill
dren, like men, succeed by the use OF
their strongest qualities and special
interests.
Every child should have some form
Of religious, moral and character
training
Every child has a right TO q place
to play with adequate facilities therefor
Supervised Recreation.
with the expanding domain Of the
community's responsibilities for chill
dren, there should be proper provision
for and supervision Of recreation and
entertainment,
Every child should be protected
against labor that stunts growth, either
physical or mental, that limits educa-
ton, that deprives children OF the right
of comradeship, of JOY and play.
Every child who Is blind, deaf, Grip
pied or otherwise physically handicapped
should be given expert study and cor
receive treatment where there Is the pos
sibility of relief, and appropriate de-
velopment or training. Children with
subnormal or abnormal mental condi-
tons should receive adequate study, pro-
lection, training and care.
Every waif and orphan in need mus,
be supported.
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the services in the community should
supplement and not supplant parents.
Children who habitually fail to meet
normal standards OF human behavior
should be provided with special care
under the guidance Of the school, the
community. health or welfare center OF
other agency for continued supervision
or, II necessary, control.
Rural ChiId's Rights.
where the child does not have these
services, due to inadequate income OF
the family then such services must be
provided to him by the community.
1.-The rural child should have as salts
factory schooling, health protection
and welfare facilities as the city child
I'm order that these minimum pro-
tections Of the health and welfare OF
children may be everywhere available
there should be district, county OF
community organization for health ed
ucation and welfare, with full-time Of
ficials, co-ordinating with q Statewide
program which will be responsive to g
Nationwide service OF general informa-
ton, statistics and scientific research
This should include:
"(a) Trained full-time health officials
with public health nurses, sanitary in
spection and laboratory workers. (b)
Available hospital beds. (c) Full-time
public welfare services for the relief
and aid OF children in special need from
poverty or misfortune, for the protec-
ton Of children from abuse, neglect,
exploitation or moral hazard. I'D The
development of voluntary organization
Of children for purposes of instruction,
health and recreation through private
effort and benefaction. When possible,
existing agencies should be co-ordinated
Purpose Of Conference.
ut is the purpose Of this conference
to establish the standards by which
the efficiency Of such services may be
tested in the community and to develop
the creation of such services. These
standards are defined In many particu-
lars in the reports of the committees Of
mends that the Continuing COMMITTEES
to be appointed by the President from
the conference shall study points upon
which agreement has not been reached
shall develop further standards. shall
encourage the establishment Of services
for children, and report to the members
of the conference through the Presi-
dent"
The Committee on the Handicapped
insisted that neither public authorities
nor private agencies sh1lld separate