The Social Services : The immediate problem and the way forward
1944 1944 1940s 34 pages of expectant mothers, but the war has at least forced the authorities to recognise that the expectant mother has a claim to priority treatment. Hitherto the official attitude, and also to some extent that of the public appears to have been that, if people chose to have babie...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
|---|---|
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
London : The Socialist Medical Assocation
[1944?]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/EBE6446E-807A-4CEF-A696-A466B4F1AE27 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/EC588413-7EE7-4693-9550-775FBFF26C41 |
| Summary: | 1944
1944
1940s
34 pages
of expectant mothers, but the war has at least forced the authorities to recognise that the expectant mother has a claim to priority treatment. Hitherto the official attitude, and also to some extent that of the public appears to have been that, if people chose to have babies, they must expect to find them a financial liability and an inconvenience in other ways. Indeed in many ways women are actually penalised for becoming mothers. They lose their jobs, have difficulty in getting suitable houses or flats and are shut away from social life by the ties of their young children. Instead motherhood ought to be recognised as a function of vital importance to the community and in addition to adequate financial provision under a social security scheme, everything should be done to make it a joy, and to relieve the family of as much of the burden as possible. Maternity and child welfare services, besides providing medical care, should be designed to include help with clothing, provision for caring for the other children while the mother is confined, home helps for mothers who are confined at home, and the Welfare centres should become educational and social centres for all mothers. Advice on contraception should be available to all women at Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, and specialists advice on fertility and other problems should be easily accessible. The call to women to work in factories and other places has greatly stimulated the demand for day 4
15X/2/464/1 |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | TEXT |