Report of the Children's Commission to the governor and legislature, January, 1915.

  • New Hampshire. Children's Commission.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Report of the Children's Commission to the governor and legislature, January, 1915. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Brandeis University Libraries, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Act Creating Commission 9 Letter of Transmittal 11 Recommendations 12 Ultimate Aims 13 Bill of the Commission 15 Part I. General Report A. Preliminary Statement 23 B. Existing Conditions in the State 26 (a) Dependents 26 (b) Desertion 30 (c) Mothers' Pension Law. 31 (d) Defectives 32 (e) Delinquents 38 (f) Infant Mortality 39 (g) Health of Children 42 (h) Child Labor Conditions 43 (i) Conditions Surrounding Children in Pub- lic Schools 43 (/) Acknowledgments 49 Part II. Detailed Reports A. Infant Mortality—Professor Woods 53 (a) Infant Mortality Rate for State as a Whole 53 (b) Registration of Births in New Hampshire 59 (c) Infant Mortality Rate in Manchester and other places over 5000 population 62 (d) Table showing Deaths of Infants under one year of age, per 1000 living births, by years, for cities and towns of 5000, and over ^ 63 (e) Recommendations for Improvement 66