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reach of ordinary medical care, and it must be obvious
that the same care and attention should be taken to
see that young married women are fit to undertake the
arduous and serious task of child-bearing.
Once more I can only say that it is too late to try to
build up the physique of a woman when she is already
pregnant. Public Health Departments, both central
and local, must see that something is done to ensure
that all young married women are adequately instructed
in matters of diet, have the necessary money to buy the
essential constituents of a full and balanced diet, and
that steps are taken to see they are brought up in such
habits that they balance work, recreation and sleep in
such proportions that they may look forward to
motherhood with every confidence.