Such efforts in public welfare should be encouraged, for it is a start in this provines, and an education of the public in the direction of public health thinking; still, this plan for midwifery work in rural China is of proving a success in the larger hsien near Nanking and too much must not be expected. This plan is 8 foreign one being adapted to rural ditions in China and it is not king." The trouble Is that these midwives are well trained to take care of the normal cases and a few of the simple instrument deliveries; but the more dificult cases eon Obviously only be handled by a doctor with some special training in obstetrics and with hospital facili-les. In rural China, normal cases }do not come to the doctor or the midwife, but still rely on the ignorant but accommodating nelghbourhood midwife. If they call upon these trained midwives" it is only for the cases which they are unable to handle. So the midwife soon establishes a very unenviable reputa-lon in the community. But something must be done to eliminate the old type of midwife. These plans must be tried, improved and eventually altered fo ft the peculiar ditions and economic situation China, Construction work on the untin Ished section between Hangchow and Tsao-o-kiang, on the Shanghal-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway, will be staticd next month. Tenders for the engineering work wilt be opened at the end of this month.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.