Maternal mortality report
1934-10 1934 1930s 19 pages impression that the health of the working mothers in these places shows definite signs of deterioration, and that there is among them an undue proportion of minor sickness, anaemia, nervous fatigue and malnutrition. These conditions are not fatal and do not appear in stat...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : The Maternal Mortality Committee
October 1934
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BEACE420-861C-4F33-8012-B502DFF22479 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/0CEA1F47-A16C-4BC5-925B-E142D0D4938F |
| Summary: | 1934-10
1934
1930s
19 pages
impression that the health of the working mothers in these places shows definite signs of deterioration, and that there is among them an undue proportion of minor sickness, anaemia, nervous fatigue and malnutrition. These conditions are not fatal and do not appear in statistics, but they necessarily damage the woman's fitness to bear and bring up children, quite apart from the effect on the family of an ailing and discouraged mother. It is impossible to measure the extent of disability so caused, but there is sufficient evidence of serious malnutrition among women to make it more than ever desirable that they shall be able to obtain such advice and assistance as is needed, not only during pregnancy and childbirth, but in the interval of childbearing. It is not possible to do all this under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, but it is within the power of Local Authorities to set up Gynaecological, or Women's Clinics under the Public Health Acts, at which post-natal supervision can be arranged, and advice or treatment given for other ailments. It is suggested that Local Authorities should be urged to set up such clinics, especially in industrial areas, as a means of protecting and safeguarding the health and well-being of working mothers. (18)
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