The Citizen of the Future

The Third English-Speaking Conference on Infant Welfare opened on July 1st, when Caxton Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity with delegates from thirty different countries. The social side of the Conference began the evening before with a reception at the Forum Club. A forcible presidential address was delivered by the Minister of Health, who laid particular stress on the human side of health work, pointing out that the ability to cultivate friendly relations was one of its most important factors. Their desire was not, he said, to relieve the mother of her functions and duties, but to enable her to perform them satisfactorily. Referring to the statistics of maternal ' mortality, he urged that motherhood should be made less hazardous, and he was about to issue a circular to local authorities asking them if they can suggest means by which child-birth mortality may be lowered. Care of the expectant mother was