1939-09-16 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1939.

BRITAIN HAS BECOME A HEALTHIER NATION

When the first batches of militiamen, one-third recently presented themselves for in

of

the Children

children newly

DRINK

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CAEWO

attendance.

to

military service under the new com-admitted pulsory scheme, the authorities were

the schools,

those

of eight and those of twelve years, of

pleasantly surprised at the remarkably age, are regularly examined for the high standard of physical fitness of discovery of minor ailments, definite the men.

diseases of any kind, and physical or mental defects.

The reports of the medical officers were the same;

whether they were examining young men from the rịch of the poorer classes there were re- markably few instances of poor physique.

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This is a considerable improvement on the condition of affairs in Britain

Should any defect be found, the child's parents are informed and the school nurse or a voluntary worker watches over the case to help ensure that proper treatment is obtained. If the parents are not in a position to obtain adequate treatment, provision

a generation ago. On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 the phy-is made by the public authorities for sical condition of many

treatment in a school clinic or hospital, the industrial areas was poor.

men from

-

Generations of labour under, the factory conditions prevailing during the last century had lowered the vitality of the industrial masses. Many social services had been established to remedy the evil, but the strain of war showed that considerably more must be done than had ever been contemplated by the Governments of a previous generation.

Profound changes were soon made, and the excellent results are now to be seen in every school and on every playing field and recreation ground in the country. A more vigorous, healthy and vital nation is now reach- ing manhood and womanhood in Great Britain.

Extra nourishment, and above all milk, is provided for expectant and nursing mothers as part of the gen- eral service for maternity and child welfare. Milk and other foods are provided for school childern, either free of cost or at a reduced price; Hearly 9,000,000 gallons of dried or liquid milk were supplied in 1938. For the children whose parents can afford· to pay for it, the milk supplied in school costs less than half the normal price, while children of necessitous parents receive the milk free.

Special schools or classes are pro- vided for children who are found to be blind, deaf, mentally defective and so on. These schools or classes are sometimes provided by the authorities, and sometimes by voluntary bodies with financial support from the notion- al exchequer or from local funds. The parents of children suffering from certain special defects are compelled to send the children to school for the whole period between the age of seven

and sixteen,

or

One of the most important steps taken to improve the health and physical condition of the people is the child welfare service. It consists of various sections, many of them being voluntary associations, while others are run by local authorities. Through- out the country there are centres where expectant mothers can obtain

In cases of moral delinquency, medical advice and assistance, and where children under the age of seven- whose children are brought for exam-

teen need such care or protection as ination and expert attention. Health their parents or relatives cannot pro- visitors also attend mothers and ex-vide, the children are brought before pectant mothers in their own homes.

a juvenile court, which may consider The results are summed up on the it advisable to commit them to the mortality rates of young children. In

care of the local authority. The chil- England and Wales in 1901 there were dren are then generally boarded out 151 deaths per 1,000 births in the first with foster parents, the local authority year of life. By 1938 the correspond-having the same rights and powers ing figure had been reduced to 53. over them, and the same liabilities in During only the past four years the respect of them, as if they were the maternal mortality rate has been re-childrens' parents. duced by 35 per cent. Now a nation- The physical, mental, and wide midwifery service has been welfare organised on a salaried full-time basis, and still better results are expected.

moral

of British children is thus provided for, with the result that a healthier, more vigorous, alert and self-reliant nation is now growing up.

CARE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN

Compulsory education begins in It is notified that from Monday, 18th Britain for children at five years of September, the Vaccination Centre at age, and between the ages of five and the Harbour Office will be closed as fourteen the great majority of theman Anti-cholera Inoculation Centre. come under the care of the School Anti-cholera inoculation certificates Medical Service. In the public Ele- will be issued as usual at Port Health mentary Schools the School Medical | Office (11, Ice House Street) and at Service annually examines about all Government Hospitals.

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