The People's Health
1932-07 1932 1930s 24 pages (D) Child Life. If the best results are to be obtained nationally, there must be continuous medical supervision for each citizen from conception to the grave, and a careful and continuous record kept of all events of importance medically. Every Health Centre will have its...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : The Labour Party
July 1932
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| Summary: | 1932-07
1932
1930s
24 pages
(D) Child Life. If the best results are to be obtained nationally, there must be continuous medical supervision for each citizen from conception to the grave, and a careful and continuous record kept of all events of importance medically. Every Health Centre will have its Child Welfare Department under the charge of a doctor, especially skilled in the recognition of the earliest symptoms of disease in infancy and childhood. Every mother will be encouraged to bring her children to this clinic at frequent intervals, whether apparently healthy or not. Where a defect is detected, it will be either dealt with in the Clinic, referred to the Home doctor, or sent on to a specialist, as is best for the child, and in any case the Home doctor will be communicated with. A dental inspection will be carried out at the same time and treatment given when needed. The health education of the public should begin in the schools and simple instructions in the laws of healthy living will be given during the whole of the school life of every child, by properly qualified teachers under the supervision of the School doctor. The School Medical Service will be attached to the Health Department and not to the Education. New schools will be of the open-air type and it will be the business of the School doctor to keep a watchful eye not only upon the school buildings, but also upon everything that takes place within the school. Every child will be carefully examined medically and dentally not less than once every year, and the examinations will be carried out in the Health Centres, usually by the same specialist who is in charge of the Child Welfare centre, and defects discovered will be dealt with similarly. (E) Mental Disease. It is important that insanity should no longer be regarded as a condition for which nothing can be done to relieve or cure. Seeing that some physical affection not infrequently accompanies and is the apparent cause of mental disease, wards for the treatment of early cases are best provided in large hospitals, and specialists in every branch of medicine should attend regularly at mental hospitals to see cases referred to them. Lower grade mental defectives are best dealt with in colonies where they can be taught and practice occupations suitable to their mental powers. In conclusion it may be useful to refer briefly to those health services which come under more than one subcommittee as described in the above scheme. Maternity. Some reduction of maternal mortality is to be expected as a result of an improved standard of life and better 12
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