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S E V E N T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 77
H o w are we to save these l i t t l e ones dying- under one month? They died
— not l i k e l y because of anything that happened in their month of life after
b i r t h , but because of what happened in pre- natal life— life before birth. T a ke
care of the mother and save half of our Infant M o r t a l i t y.
P r e - n a t a l care is the first and best key to the situation.
Material Care— Let us take a last look at the " Report to the W a r Committee
of the Canadian Cabinet in 1918." Y o u w i l l search in vain for any
direct reference to M a t e r n a l Care. There is no reference to the care of the
• mother even in the report of the Women's W a r Conference. Do you think
there would be any Women's Conference in 1931 who would forget about
M a t e r n a l Welfare? At the end of the report there is an indirect reference.
The report mentions two " new activities . . . might be added to the duty
of a Department of Public H e a l t h . " What are these two " new a c t i v i t i e s ?"
One is " N a t i o n a l H e a l t h and Sickness insurance." The other is " The maintenance
of maternity nurses for service in sparsely settled portions of the
country."
Maternal Mortality— The Dominion Bureau of Statistics does not forget
about the mother. In their preliminary report of V i t a l Statistics for 1929,
M a t e r n a l M o r t a l i t y appears on page 3.
I n 1927, M a t e r n a l M o r t a l i t y for Canada was 5.6
In 1929, M a t e r n a l M o r t a l i t y for Canada was _ 5.7
D r . F. W . J a c k s o n , Deputy M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h for Manitoba, reports that
" for the past three years all causes of death in women of c h i l d bearing age,
which by any p o s s i b i l i t y might be classified as puerperal, have been investigated.
The response from the medical profession to this investigation has
been very g r a t i f y i n g indeed and the information we are gathering is, I think,
g o i n g to be of distinct value to us in f o r m u l a t i n g plans for reducing the
number of maternal deaths. As this enquiry proceeds, n a t u r a l l y the number
of maternal deaths, classified as such, w i l l increase. This does not mean that
the actual maternal deaths are on the increase, but rather that our classificat
i o n is better. In fact, we t h i n k that maternal deaths are on the decrease."
In C a n i d a we have lost, since 1927, three thousand nine hundred and
sixty- eight of our mothers in c h i l d b i r t h or from causes connected therewith.
1927 1,300 or 5.6 per 1,000 l i v i n g births.
1928 1,331 or 5.6 per 1,000 l i v i n g births.
1929 1,337 or 5.7 per 1,000. l i v i n g births.
T o t a l 3,968
T h i s is an average of 1,323 a year or nearly 4 every day.
The rates in each P r o v i n c e for the year 1929 are,—
P r i n c e Edward I s l a nd
N o v a Scotia
N e w B r u n s w i ck
Quebec
O n t a r io
M a n i t o ba
Saskatchewan
A l b e r ta
B r i t i s h Columbia
7.8 per 1,000 l i v i n g births
4.2 "
7.1 "
5.3 "
5.4 "
6.5 "
6.2 "
7.3 "
5.6 " . "
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1931 - Annual Convention |
| Subject | Convention; Report; AWI |
| Description | Report of the Seventeenth Annual Convention held May 19 to 22, 1931 |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811100 |
| Date | 1931 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 79 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | S E V E N T E E N T H A N N U A L C O N V E N T I ON 77 H o w are we to save these l i t t l e ones dying- under one month? They died — not l i k e l y because of anything that happened in their month of life after b i r t h , but because of what happened in pre- natal life— life before birth. T a ke care of the mother and save half of our Infant M o r t a l i t y. P r e - n a t a l care is the first and best key to the situation. Material Care— Let us take a last look at the " Report to the W a r Committee of the Canadian Cabinet in 1918." Y o u w i l l search in vain for any direct reference to M a t e r n a l Care. There is no reference to the care of the • mother even in the report of the Women's W a r Conference. Do you think there would be any Women's Conference in 1931 who would forget about M a t e r n a l Welfare? At the end of the report there is an indirect reference. The report mentions two " new activities . . . might be added to the duty of a Department of Public H e a l t h . " What are these two " new a c t i v i t i e s ?" One is " N a t i o n a l H e a l t h and Sickness insurance." The other is " The maintenance of maternity nurses for service in sparsely settled portions of the country." Maternal Mortality— The Dominion Bureau of Statistics does not forget about the mother. In their preliminary report of V i t a l Statistics for 1929, M a t e r n a l M o r t a l i t y appears on page 3. I n 1927, M a t e r n a l M o r t a l i t y for Canada was 5.6 In 1929, M a t e r n a l M o r t a l i t y for Canada was _ 5.7 D r . F. W . J a c k s o n , Deputy M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h for Manitoba, reports that " for the past three years all causes of death in women of c h i l d bearing age, which by any p o s s i b i l i t y might be classified as puerperal, have been investigated. The response from the medical profession to this investigation has been very g r a t i f y i n g indeed and the information we are gathering is, I think, g o i n g to be of distinct value to us in f o r m u l a t i n g plans for reducing the number of maternal deaths. As this enquiry proceeds, n a t u r a l l y the number of maternal deaths, classified as such, w i l l increase. This does not mean that the actual maternal deaths are on the increase, but rather that our classificat i o n is better. In fact, we t h i n k that maternal deaths are on the decrease." In C a n i d a we have lost, since 1927, three thousand nine hundred and sixty- eight of our mothers in c h i l d b i r t h or from causes connected therewith. 1927 1,300 or 5.6 per 1,000 l i v i n g births. 1928 1,331 or 5.6 per 1,000 l i v i n g births. 1929 1,337 or 5.7 per 1,000. l i v i n g births. T o t a l 3,968 T h i s is an average of 1,323 a year or nearly 4 every day. The rates in each P r o v i n c e for the year 1929 are,— P r i n c e Edward I s l a nd N o v a Scotia N e w B r u n s w i ck Quebec O n t a r io M a n i t o ba Saskatchewan A l b e r ta B r i t i s h Columbia 7.8 per 1,000 l i v i n g births 4.2 " 7.1 " 5.3 " 5.4 " 6.5 " 6.2 " 7.3 " 5.6 " . " |
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