Maternity 

 Sanatoria. 



114 TUBERCUI.MH- \& \ DBl \SSROl Mil MASSES 



;1 mortality among tuberculous mothers after childbirth 

 ran l>e reduced. The lx n. li, ial (fleet on the woman's and 



child's constitutions through su-h an arrangement can hardly 

 be ON* nited. Leaving a-ide tin- physical well -bring thus 



ly assured to mother and child at a period when their 

 organisms need tin- most tender care, the hygienic training 

 which the mother will have received in such an in>tituiion will 

 be of lasting utility to hei.-elf and child, to the family, and to 



community. 



These maternity sanatoria nood not ho situaiod at a great 



1 i<;. 64. The First Preventorium for Children at Farming<I;i). . N. .F. 



distance from the city. All that would be essential is that thoy 

 should be d on good, porous ground. IK f< ralily some- 



what elevated, and in a locality win -iv the atmo>| i 

 pure as possible. Tho buildings should be constructed accord- 

 the requirementfl of modern ways of treating women in 

 childbirth, and with ample faciliti. -m-baths. and 



the other ( -sentials of a sanatorium for tuberculous invalid-. 



To educate the masses at large, or rather to awaken Un- 

 people to the m-od of co-operation, is the mission of the 



