Nutrition and Child Welfare

AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT TO READERS

WHEN EARLY THIS YEAR it was finally decided t h a t Nutrition and Child Welfare must cease publication owing to increasing production costs, it was felt that, if possible, means should be found to continue providing material of special interest to those concerned with the care of the healthy child and of the kind they had come to expect in that journal.

Health visitors, school nurses, nur- sery matrons, teachers and school meals service staff of many Public Health and Education Departments throughout the country have been regular readers of Nutrition and Child Welfare for the past four and a half years. These workers, who undertake the professional care of healthy children, have enjoyed and found instructive the articles by leading nutrition, health, education and social experts. We propose that such articles shall still be made available, together with replies to queries, other items of interest and summaries of new regula- tions or circular having a bearing on their work, through the co-operation of Nutrition : Dietetics : Catering, who have kindly offered space in their journal. Commencing with this issue. therefore, Nutrition and Child Welfare readers will find their requirements met in its pages.

We would like to maintain some of our former features, so if readers will continue to send in suggestions for articles they would like published and questions on which they would like some information, it will help us to provide these.

In making this link with Nutrition : Dietetics : Catering, we feel that a dual purpose is being served, for readers will now find between the same covers up-to- date information not only on their own

field, but also on that of their co- workers.

That this is a desirable state of affairs may be seen by the fact that dietitians, health visitors, nursery matrons, teach- ers and others concerned in child wel- fare are constantly called upon to relate feeding and growth to environmental circumstances which are often adverse due to ignorance, financial stress, social conditions (particularly poor housing conditions) and the rush of modern life. Dietitians and their colleagues in the child welfare team are then called upon to correct and balance these mistakes, many of which it is often believed could have been avoided or lessened through a closer link with the member at the other end of the team-in hospital or home.

Health visitors, school nurses, nur- sery matrons, together with teachers and dietitians constitute a powerful force with many contributions to make to each other’s knowledge and understand- ing. We feel sure that they will welcome this further link through the association of Nutrition and Child Welfare and Nutrition : Dietetics : Catering, which aims to increase the effectiveness of their complementary functions.

Alma G. Fox, s.R.N., H.V.CERT., D. N., LONDON UNIV.

(We should like to take this oppor- tunity of extending a wariii welcoi?ie !o the readers of ‘Nutrition and Child Wel- fare,’ and trust that this will be the be- ginning of a beneficial partnership.- ED.)

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