PEDIATRICS Vol. 26 No. 4 October 1960, pp. 693-695
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INSTITUTIONAL CARE OF CHILDREN

Martin Gula 1

1 Division of Social Services, Children's Bureau

For Two Centuries now, child caring institutions have helped families in caring for their children. Every generation brings its toll of dependent, neglected, disturbed, delinquent, and mentally retarded youngsters to institutional doors.

Such rearing of children away from their families has always been of interest and concern to pediatricians—especially the care of infants and the care of children with severe mental or emotional handicaps. Both these areas are explored in a recent Children's Bureau publication, Child Caring Institutions—Their New Role in Community Development of Services (Publication No. 368, 1958).

Institutional care for well babies is steadily decreasing in our country.