Maryland Health Trailer - September 1941 - Obstetric Care in Rural Areas, Based on a Study of 1,523 Births in Maryland

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Maryland Health Trailer, September 1941, presents an investigation into maternity services in rural Maryland by studying consecutive registered births (live births and stillbirths) to mothers in representative counties. The report focuses on gaps in community protection for mothers and children and documents how care differs from urban facilities. It analyzes data from 1,523 women in four counties during 1937–1938 and summarizes distributions of physician versus nonmedical attendants by area and race.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages32

Reading Time1 h 21 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Birth-Growth—Child Health

Child Welfare—Social Services—Child Guidance

Child Labor—Youth Employment—Vocational Opportunities

Maternal and Child-Health Examinations

Conference Calendar

MARYLAND HEALTH TRAILER MARYGROYE COLLEGE9EPARTNENIT 0F S0C10LGGY | | | | --- | --- | | U.S.DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BUREAU
C HILDREN'S | | | | | SEPTEMBER 1941 | MARYLAND HEALTH TRAILER
Medical and nursing care is brought to mothers
and children in rural areas of Maryland through
the health trailer,operated by the Bureau of Child
Hygiene of the Maryland State Department of
Health.The health trailer is equipped as an ex-
amination room.The photograph on the cover
shows the physician giving a complete physical
examination to the young infant of a mother who
has reported for postnatal care. | | --- | CONTENTS BIRTH-GROWTH—CHILD HEALTH: Page Obstetric Care in Rural Areas,Based on a Study of 1,523 Births in Maryland,by J.H.Mason Knox,Jr.,M.D.,Charles H. Peckham,M.D.,and Myron E.Wegman,M.D_ 59 Some Social Considerations in the Provision of Maternity Care at Public Expense,by Beatrice Hall__------------ 66 Nutrition Defense Committees,by Helen S.Mitchell,Ph.D__---- 70 CHILD WELFARE-SoCIAL SERVICES—CHILD GUIDANCE: Interpreting Child-Welfare Services in Rural Areas,by Ruth M. Werner___--- 73 Book Notes__ 78 CHILD LABOR—YoUTH EMPLOYMENT—VoCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: The Census Counts the Child Workers of the Country,by BeatriceMcConnell____-------- 79 International Labor Conference__--- 82 MATERNAL AND CHILD-HEALTH ExAMINATIONS_ 83 CoNFERENCE CALENDAR---------------------- 84 The Children's Bureau does not necessarily endorse or assume responsibilityfor the statements or opinions of contributors not connected with the Bureau. Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2020 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/child0006unse_no.3 | ● BIRTH
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● CHILD HEALTI· | | --- | By investigating the care received by allmothers whose children are born and regis-tered as either live births or stillbirths over aperiod of time,it is possible to ascertain thedeficiencies in the maternity services of anyarea that is studied and to obtain a basis onwhich to formulate plans for furnishing theadditional services that are needed.Suchstudies are especially urgent in rural areas be-cause women who live in such areas bear morethan half of the Nation's children(57 percentof the live births in the United States in 1938were births to mothers who lived in ruralareas)and because facilities for care in rural # Obstetric Care in Rural AreasBased on a Study of 1,523 Births in Maryland Br J.H.MAson Knox,Jr.,M.D.,CHARLES H.PECKHAM,M.D.,AND MYRON E.WEGMAN,M.D.,Bureau of Child Hygiene,Maryland State Department of Health,Baltimore,Md.1 MANY studies of maternal deaths havebeen made.They have served a usefulpurpose because they have indicated that bydifferent treatment before or after deliverymany deaths might be prevented.They havenot,however,afforded information on the carereceived by mothers who survived and conse-quently have given no body of fact with re-spect to the adequacy of community facilitiesfor protection of the mother or child. areas are well known to be less adequate thanfacilities for care in cities. This study is an attempt to ascertain thegeneral situation with respect to maternal carein the rural areas of Maryland by means ofstudying consecutive births(live births andstillbirths)to mothers in representative coun-ties of the State.It is based on informationfor 1,523 women(1,011 white,512 Negro)wholived in these four counties and who had childrenborn in 1937 or 1938whose births were registered. The four counties were:(1)Allegany County,which is located in the western,mountainouspart of the State and which has Cumberland asits county seat;(2)Anne Arundel County,which is located on the Chesapeake Bay tide-water section and which includes Annapolis,the capital of the State and the site of theUnited States Naval Academy;(3)Montgom-ery County,which has no city of as many as 10,000 po

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the rural obstetric study described in the document?

To determine the general situation of maternal care in rural Maryland by examining consecutive registered births and identifying deficiencies in maternity services.

How many cases and what population were included in the study?

The study is based on 1,523 women who lived in four Maryland counties, with children born in 1937 or 1938 whose births were registered.

Which types of birth events are covered by the study?

It covers both live births and stillbirths registered over a defined period.

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