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may require.
Z. Every child should have rsgula
dental examination and care.
3. Every child should have instruc
| ton In the schools In health and II
| safety from accidents, and every teach
or should be trained In health pro
grams.
9. Every child should be protecte,
| from communicable diseases to which
he might be exposed ut home, In schoo
or Of play. and protected from impure
milk and food.
7. Every child should have propet
sleeping rooms. diet. hours of sleep ant
play, and parents should receive exper
Information as to the needs OF children
OF various ages ~ to these questions.
=. Every child should attend q schoo
which has proper seating, lighting
ventilation and sanitation. For younger
children, kindergartens and nursery
schools should be provided TO supple
ment home care.
Q. The school should be so organized
as to discover and develop the specia
abilities Of each child. and shoulc
assist In vocational guidance for chill.
dren. like men. succeed by the use Of
their strongest qualities and special In
tereSts.
Has Right 70 Play.
10. Every child should have some
form Of religious, moral and character
training.
IL. Every child has a right to play
with adequate facilities therefor.
IL. With the expanding domain OF
the communityS responsibilities fol
children. there should be proper pro-
vision for and supervision Of recreation
and entertainment.
Is. Every child should be protected
against labor that stunts growth, either
physical or mental; that limits ed,lca-
ton, that deprives children of the RICH;
Of comradeship. of Joy and play.
IA. Every child who Is blind, deaf
crippled or otherwise physically handi-
capped should be given expert study and
corrective treatment where there is the
possibility Of relief, and appropriate
development or training. Children with
subnormal or abnormal mental condi-
tons should receive adequate study
protection, training and care.
Where the child does not have
these services, due to inadequate in
come Of the family, then such services
must be provided to him by the COM
munity. Obviously, the primary neces-
sity in protection and development OF
children where poverty is an element in
the problem is an adequate standard
of living and security for the family
within such groups.
Is. Every waif and orphan in need
must be supported.
10. Every child is entitled TO the
feeling that he has home. The eX-
tension Of the services in the commun-
ity should supplement and not sup
plant parents.
II. Children who habitually fail to meet
normal standards Of human behavior
should be provided special care under
the guidance of the school, the COM
munity health or welfare center oil
other agency for continued supervision
or, If necessary, control.
10. The rural child should have a:
satisfactory schooling, health protection
and welfare facilities as the city child
Needed for Protection.
10. In order that these minimum
projections Of the health and welfare
Of children may be everywhere avail
able, there should be q district, county
or community organization for health
education and welfare, with full-timC
oflcials, co-ordinating with q State
wide program, which will be responsive
to o Nationwide service of general in
formation, statistics and scientific re-
search. This should include:
(a) Trained full-time public health
onicials with public health nurses
sanitary inspection and laboratory
workers.
(b) Available hospital beds.
(c) Full-time public welfare services
for the relief and aid of children ir
special need from poverty or misfortune
for the protection Of children from
abuse, neglect, exploitation or mora
hazard.
20. The development Of voluntary
of instruction, health and recreation
through private effort and benefactior
should be encouraged. When possible
existing agencies should be co-ordinatec
with each other and with governmental
services.
It Is the purpose Of these conferences
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. Those
standards are defined in many particu-
lars In the reports Of the committees
of the conference. The conference rec
ommends that the Continuing Com
mittee TO be appointed by the President
from the conference shall study points
upon which agreement has not beer
reached, shall develop further stand
ards, shall encourage the establishment
of services for children, and report to
the members Of the conference through
the President.
think that from the great interest
shown by the participants In this
White House Conference from every
part of the country our country will
be enabled to take q number OF firm
steps forward in the care of our chill
dren. We have the information. We
have q general attitude of heartfelt
cooperation. All that we need to do
is to join our efforts together in all
parts Of the country and give to the
American child a new charter Of health
happiness, training, freedom and citi-