Front matter

BY

SIR ARTHUR NEWSHOLME, K.C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P.

LECTURER ON PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AT THE SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; LATE PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, ENGLAND; PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH AND OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SOCIETY; EXAMINER IN PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, AND IN STATE MEDICINE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, MEMBER OF THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL, OF THE COUNCIL OF THE IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND, ETC.

BALTIMORE

The Johns Hopkins Press 1920

Copyright, 1920 By The Johns Hopkins Press

PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCASTER PA.

DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR

(WITHOUT PERMISSION)

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN BURNS

A LEADER IN PUBLIC HEALTH; WHO IN PARTICULAR MADE THE PUBLIC REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCENTRATING ON THE Mother and Her Child