Child Saving

When Herbert Hoover became Secretary of Commerce (1921) he organized the American Child Health Association. It quickly found that "the infant is the best looked after of any age group . . . the child from 2 to 6 is the most neglected . . . the average citizen knows very little about the health work being done in his own city. . . ."

Last week on Child Health Day (May 1), President Hoover as Honorary President of the association could survey its concrete accomplishments: $300,000 collected and spent yearly on publications and health teachers; active cooeperation of every state health department; year-round health instruction in all schools; summer courses in health education in three dozen universities; $100,000 just sent to overcome starvation, hookworm and tuberculosis among Porto Rican children; pre-natal maternal education; a definitely lowered child sickness and mortality rate.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.