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Title: The Survey April-September 1918
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Survey Associates Charity Organization Society of the City of New York
Subjects: Charities Social problems
Publisher: (East Stroudsburg, Pa., Survey Associates)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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s. In such cities as Changsha and Peking,tens of thousands of persons have seen these exhibits andheard the lectures. The enthusiasm for this new knowledgehas resembled that displayed in an old-fashioned religiousrevival. The terrible toll of life from tuberculosis, espe-cially among the over-studious, hollow-chested literary class,makes the emphasis on tuberculosis especially timely. Child Welfare. Christian missions have also bsen thepioneers in child welfare work. While there is no outstand-ing Christian orphanage, such as the well-known OkayamaOrphanage in Japan, the leading institutions of the countryare direct or indirect products of Christian missions. ThePeking Orphanage, described in an earlier article, has as itsmatron and head worker a splendid Christian Chinese wpman,the sister of the late General Chang, the leading anti-opiumreformer. The directors of this orphanage are largely activemembers of the Young Mens Christian Association. There 636 THE SURVEY FOR SEPTEMBER i 9 i
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DR. S. H. CHUAN Dr. Chuan is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, wherehe also took postgraduate studies. He has charge of a specialcollege for the training of surgeons for the Chinese army, in■which he holds the rank of surgeon-general. He is a leaderin Chinas public health movement are a large number of orphanages in other cities under thedirection of Chinese Christians or foreign missionaries. TheRoman Catholic Missions, as in other countries, have empha-sized institutions for the destitute children and orphans. The Social Service League ©f Changsha, an organizationof women inspired by the workers of the Yale Mission, hasled in the work of the prevention of infant mortality anddisease, and in the education of young mothers in the art ofchild raising. A district nurse, it reports, speciallytrained for obstetrical work, and two assistants have beenemployed to help the needy ones. In addition to employingnurses, there is a school of midwifery under consideration.The object of the

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