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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE, by T. N. Kelynack, M.D., 

 on The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust : Report on the Physical Wel- 

 fare of Mothers and Children, Vol. III., Scotland. By W. Leslie 

 Mackenzie, M.A., LL.D., M.D., D.P.H., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S.E., Medical 

 Member of the Local Government Board for Scotland. [Pp. xxviii + 632, 

 with Map, Charts, and Illustrations.] Issued from the Headquarters of 

 the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, East Port, Dunfermline, Scotland, 

 and Printed by Messrs. Neill & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh. 



In the April number of SCIENCE PROGRESS there appeared a review of volumes 

 of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust Report on the Physical Welfare of Mothers 

 and Children dealing with the problem as it relates to England and Wales and 

 Ireland. We are now able to draw attention to the last volume of this notable 

 series, " Scottish Mothers and Children," which has been compiled, and in great 

 part written by Dr. W. Leslie Mackenzie. It should be said at once that the 

 members of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, in providing for the preparation 

 and issue of these most comprehensive volumes, have accomplished a work of the 

 greatest national importance, the benefits of which will be permanent. Dr. Leslie 

 Mackenzie has been particularly fortunate in obtaining the service of a number, of 

 medical experts to assist him in the preparation of his monumental volume, and 

 loyal co-operation has come from authorities and individual workers in all parts 

 of Scotland. The work is a complete and detailed exposition of all aspects of the 

 question of Maternity and Child Welfare as it relates to the Northern Kingdom. 

 The Report opens with a particularly instructive and suggestive introduction 

 descriptive of the Distribution of the Scottish people and the General and Special 

 Aspects of the Problems of Motherhood and Childhood. Then follow chapters on 

 Provisions for Prematurity and Maternity, and the needs generally of Expectant 

 and Nursing Mothers. To this essential part of the subject Dr. J. W. Ballantyne 

 contributes a very complete study on " The Care of the Expectant Mother and her 

 Unborn Infant : a Problem in Present Day Public Health." Dr. Mackenzie's 

 report will long remain a standard work of reference, for it is a mine of statistical 

 and other detailed information touching every part of the great and far-reaching 

 subject of which it treats. The volume is admirable in its arrangement. Each 

 chapter is carefully ordered, the matter being scientifically presented, and having 

 also a helpful section devoted to conclusions. There are special chapters on the 

 working and effects of Maternity Benefit, Provision for Mother and Child under 

 the Poor Law, Care of the Unmarried Mother and her Child, the Employment of 

 Expectant and Nursing Mothers, and the Feeding of Mothers and Children. The 

 Report has been prepared with statesmanlike breadth of view, wide knowledge, 

 sound judgment, deep sympathy, and real vision. It is the most informing, 

 suggestive, and stimulating report of its kind which has ever been published. 

 The subjects dealt with are viewed in their relationship to national, municipal, 

 social, domestic, and economic conditions. There are separate chapters on the 



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