The children of the nation : how their health and vigour should be promoted by the state / [Sir John Eldon Gorst].

  • John Gorst
Date:
1906
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Credit: The children of the nation : how their health and vigour should be promoted by the state / [Sir John Eldon Gorst]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I Introductory ...•••• Reasons for interference — Public safety — Public economy— National interest—Intervention of charity CHAPTER II Infant Mortality ..•••• Decrease of birth-rate—Condition at birth Death-rate Em- ployment of mothers—Plans for reducing the death-rate Artificial feeding—How people should be taught—Survival of the fittest—Pure milk—Municipal supply CHAPTER III Children under School-age . Parental care—Fresh air—Food—Medical supervision—Origin of infectious disease—Double government—Nurseries-Parental responsibility—Infant insurance CHAPTER IV Medical Inspection of School-children . • *5° A golden opportunity lost—Passing the doctor—Glimpses of deterioration—Powers of the Board of Education Remedial measures—Official visitors of school-children’s homes—Man- chester Ladies’ Health Society—Visiting Committees of the London School Board
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