Report on maternity insurance
1927 1927 1920s 16 pages MATERNITY INSURANCE "Insurance" here, covers the collective bearing of risks. The subject cannot be adequately treated unless all the social services bearing on maternity, whether supported by the State, by the Local Authorities, or by a system of insurance...
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London : Co-operative Printing Society Ltd.
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1927
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MATERNITY INSURANCE "Insurance" here, covers the collective bearing of risks. The subject cannot be adequately treated unless all the social services bearing on maternity, whether supported by the State, by the Local Authorities, or by a system of insurance to which the State, the employers, and employed alike contribute are considered. LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER PROVISIONS. The Factory and Workshop Act of 1891, contained a provision (Section 17) preventing the employment of any woman in a factory or workshop for four weeks after childbirth. Medical opinion had decided that a period of rest was necessary in the interests of mother and child, but no provision was made to meet the cessation of the employed women's earnings at a time when more money was needed for proper care. The resources which were available for help were meagre. One of the purposes for which Friendly Societies could be registered was that of providing payment when a member's child was born, but very few societies appear to have availed themselves of this benefit. Poor Law Relief, of course, existed for the destitute. Voluntary agencies supplied a certain amount of assistance, Parish Maternity boxes containing the sheets and clothing necessary were usual, and some cases nurses were employed, but they were mostly of the old and uninformed type. The most valuable of voluntary efforts was that of Mr. Benjamin Broadbent, of Huddersfield, a pioneer in the movement to educate mothers, and to institute pre-natal care so as to avoid complications at child-birth. He was associated with the National Conference on Child Welfare, from which originated Child Welfare and Maternity Centres. Of these, the St. Pancras School for Mothers was noteworthy. Mr. Broadbent advocated the linking-up of all maternity work with the Local Authorities, and a Cash Benefit of £5 to the mother to be paid through the Health Visitor, and so associated with medical supervision.
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| institution | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| is_hierarchy_title | Report on maternity insurance |
| language | English English |
| physical | TEXT |
| publishDate | 1927 |
| publisher | London : Co-operative Printing Society Ltd. |
| spellingShingle | Trades Union Congress Maternity and Child Welfare, 1924-1934 Health care Maternity insurance--Great Britain Report on maternity insurance |
| title | Report on maternity insurance |
| topic | Trades Union Congress Maternity and Child Welfare, 1924-1934 Health care Maternity insurance--Great Britain |
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