Excerpt from Maternal and Child-Health Services Under the Social Security Act, Title V, Part 1: Development of Program, 1936-39 Madam: There is transmitted herewith Publication No. 259, Maternal and Child - Health Services Under the Social Security Act: development of program, 1936 - 39. This bulletin covers the first 4 years of Federal and State cooperation under title V, part 1, of the Social Security Act, providing for grants to the States for maternal and child - health services. During this period maternal mortality in the United States was reduced by almost one-third and infant mortality by one - sixth. The encouraging progress that has been made gives assurance that with the expanded resources recommended by the Children's Bureau Advisory Committee on Maternal and Child Health Services and by other bodies it will be possible to provide really adequate care for mothers and children through out the Nation. The fact that physical examination of registrants under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 resulted in the rejection of almost half of our young men as physically or mentally unfit for general military service emphasizes the importance of an adequate maternal and child - health program as an essential guarantee for the future of our democracy. Dr. Martha M. Eliot, Associate Chief of the Children's Bureau, has been responsible for general supervision of the initiation and development of the program for grants to the States for maternal and child - health services and crippled children's services. In 1941 the Division of Health Services was established in the Children's Bureau, combining the two former divisions, the Maternal and Child Health Division and the Crippled Children's Division, that had been directly responsible for administering these programs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.