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Administrative History
The Sheppard-Towner Act (1921) funded a variety of activities to upgrade maternal and child care in local communities, including prenatal consultants; lecturers; exhibits; demonstration nurses; surveys of communities with incidences of high rates of maternal and infant mortality; Mothers' Health Clubs; instruction and inspection of midwives; and material and infant health consultations provided by local private physicians in high mortality communities.
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