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truck almost self-supporting. Lapeer County lias 

 organized a special piece of work in infant welfare, 

 where regular well-baby conferences are held, dis- 

 tributed geographically throughout the county so 

 that all the rural districts of the county are cov- 

 ered. This is being carried on satisfactorily. Ee- 

 quests for our prenatal letters are increasing and dur- 

 ing the past two months the Bureau of Child Hy- 

 giene has reached, through talks and demonstrations, 

 from eight to ten thousand people, mostly children, 

 because it is in our school children we have hopes 

 for Public Health work." 



Eural nursing in Kent County (the second most 

 populous county of the State) was organized in 1915. 

 Dental hygiene was featured and a portable equip- 

 ment adapted for use in the rural schools was ac- 

 quired with the financial aid of the Anti-Tuberculosis 

 Society. Eventually (1919) the county board of 

 supervisors assumed responsibility for the dental 

 clinics. A dentist was employed and the county 

 nurse made local arrangements for the clinic. There 

 is a preliminary home visitation to establish a good 

 understanding with the parents.^ 



During the World War, the Michigan Division of 

 the Women's Committee of the Council of National 

 Defense operated an inter-urban car equipped as 

 a traveling child welfare exhibit and a weighing and 

 measuring center. It was transported without charge 

 by the three principal inter-urban companies of the 

 State. This "Children's Year Special'' carried a 



^Public Hcallh, Lansing, Feb., 1921, 64. 



