The welfare of the expectant mother / by Mary Scharlieb.

  • Scharlieb, Mary (Mary Ann Dacomb Bird), Dame, 1845-1930.
Date:
[1919]
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Credit: The welfare of the expectant mother / by Mary Scharlieb. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    physical, mental, and moral constitution of those who are to be his parents; but it is always possible to mould the environment of the father and mother into the happiest development of which they are capable. The father’s share in the endowment of his child must not be minimised nor overlooked; but probably the most hopeful field for both in¬ dividual and national endeavour is the care and cultivation of the expectant mother. It is an amazing fact that only now at this late stage of the world’s history are we awakening to a realisation of the national value of pregnant women, of their needs, and of the righteous claim that they have, not only on the consideration of family and friends, but also on the intelligent bene¬ ficence of the State. While there are tens of women whose welfare is amply secured by the financial condition and loving care of husband and family, there are thousands whose circumstances are such that they cannot secure the comforts, or even the necessities, proper to their condition, unless the great householder, the State, steps in to make good what is lacking. The days may come when every member of the Commonwealth will have the neces¬ sities, the comforts, and the pleasures of life in abundance; in those happy days the duty of the State to exercise vigilant care over its pregnant women may be less urgent; but, although the horizon is rosy with the dawn, the sun of national
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