Moore, E: Maternity and Infant Care in a Rural County in Kan

Excerpt from Maternity and Infant Care in a Rural County in Kansas

None of the mothers visited refused to give the desired informa tion, and almost always their cooperation was most cordial. A large proportion Of the parents had heard about the investigation through newspaper articles or from friends or neighbors and were ready to welcome the agents when they came. In all but 10 cases the main part of the information was given by the mother herself, with supplementary information from the father in many instances. The remaining 10 records were furnished by others - 6 by the grandmother, 2 by an aunt, 1 by the baby's married sister, and 1 by the attending midwife, who was also a relative.

Mothers who had had miscarriages but no live-born or stillborn children within the period of the investigation were not interviewed, and no records were secured for such miscarriages except in two in stances where the miscarriage resulted ih the death of the mother. These two are not included in the figures for the county. Further more, no attempt was made to secure records about illegitimate births. A birth certificate was found for only one illegitimate child in the country districts in the two years covered by the survey, and the agents heard of no others in the course of their canvass.

Schedules were not secured for 78 of the registered births in the country districts, for the following reasons: In 60 cases the family had moved out of the county; in 10, the family was not at home at the time of the agent's visit and it was impossible to revisit; in 8, the family could not be located. Among these births there was 1 still birth, and 5 of the children are known to have died.

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