Fifth annual Canadian conference on child welfare.

Date:
1926
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    often results in other arrangements being made for its care. It was thought advisable therefore to recommend to the Council the appointment of a special committee to prepare a set.of Neglected and Dependent Children Forms in three sections—Investigation, Admission and Institutional Record, Placement and Supervision. The Council would then take responsibility for publication of these forms and for obtaining their use, by agencies and institutions, whenever possible and desirable. Pre-Natal Letters. The recommendation of the last annual meeting has been carried out. Again due to the interest and energy of Dr. Reid a splendid set of pre-natal letters has been prepared, in both English and French (the latter through the courtesy of Dr. Batidouin, of the University of Montreal). Arrangements have been concluded for their distribution in the Maritime Provinces and Quebec; British Columbia and Saskatchewan publish their own letters but co-operative publicity is being arranged with the Departments of Health of these provinces. Definite arrangements re the letters have not yet been concluded with Manitoba or Ontario, but as soon as final word is received plans are completed for the printing and distribution of several thousands of sets. One of the chief recom- mendations in the letters is frequent consultation of the physician during preg- nancy. Maintenance of Children in Institutions. At the request of the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children of Nova Scotia, the Council is at present engaged in collecting and compiling for publication the comparative costs of the maintenance of children in institu- tions, in the various provinces of Canada. The material is being compiled separately for neglected, dependent and delinquent children, and classified according to source of funds, 1.e., private, municipal and provincial. Provision is also being made for comparison with the cost of mother’s allowances systems in the provinces, in which they are in force. This study should meet a long standing inquiry of the social worker. Special Health Pamphlets. The experiment arranged for last year for the publication of special health dodgers on “ The Child and Pneumonia,” “The Child and Tuberculosis,” “The Child and Defective Teeth,” will be proceeded with as soon as the manuscripts promised by the co-operating national organizations are available. These have been arranged for, but to date we have not been able to get the papers, due to heavy pressure of work in the offices of these national bodies. Posters Through co-operation with the National Dairy Council, a poster setting forth the value of pasteurized milk in the child’s diet has been printed and given wide billboard publicity in the cities of Montreal, St. Catharines, Calgary, Stratford, Peterborough, Chatham, Kitchener. Plans are under way for further publication in other cities. | Under the convenership of Mrs. Harold Riley, of Calgary, a special poster committee has been at work during the year and will report to-day. Juvenile Immigration SPECIAL ACTIVITIES Following the annual meeting last year, special attention was given to the juvenile immigration question. Your president and secretary, and Mr. Tom Moore, of the executive, saw Miss Margaret Bondfield and other members of