Abstract
IN this volume the author deals principally with facts and figures obtained from American sources, but the problems are similar to those which were brought into prominence in England in 1904, when evidence was given before the Interdepartmental Committee on the causes of physical deterioration. Prevention is better than cure, and the hope for the future must always be with the younger generation. In some respects America is ahead of England. The deplorable waste of child-life owing to preventible causes is recognised as a national concern, and in many of the States there is a more or less efficient supervision and regulation of the milk supply. Separate courts for children have been established for some years in several of the States, and the whole attitude of society towards the youthful delinquent appears to offer more chance of reforming him than does the English system. In other respects possibly America might learn from England, e.g. in regard to factory legislation.
Child Problems.
By Dr. G. B. Mangold. Pp. xv+381. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1910.) Price 5s. net.
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Child Problems . Nature 85, 538–539 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/085538b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/085538b0
