TOLL AMONG MOTHERS
Calling attention to the toll of maternal mortality, Mr Joseph Roberts, the High Chief Ranger, at the Foresters' Conference at Cardiff recently, declared that it Was safer to be a miner than a mother. “Motherhood,” be continued, “is one of the most dangerous -occupations in the country. Legislation has quite rightly, provided miners with numerous safeguards. Potential mothers are still left, >to a very great extent, with haphazard and inadequate attention." In 1929, 1074 miners, or 1.12 per 1000 workers employed, lost their lives as the result of accidents in coai mines. In the same period, nearly 4000 mothers, or 4.3 per 1000, died in childbirth. In France the death rate is as low 4 >as 2.8 per 1000 mothers, but in the United States it is more than 8 pgr 1000. Mr Roberts called attention to the increase in sickness claims, particularly among women. “The majority of doctors,” he added, “give conseent'ous and commendable service, but figures recently published are eloquent as to laxity in certifications among the 'proportion of the doctors.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1931, Page 6
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176TOLL AMONG MOTHERS Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1931, Page 6
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