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Listen: The Folk ProgramMother and father with twins.
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Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF13
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In 1931 the Board initiated a midwife licensing program to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.
Accompanying note: "These twins weighed 8 1/2 lbs each at 6 weeks old. The mother had no milk for them. They were given the undiluted and unboiled cows milk from birth to 6 weeks. They looked like skeletons & could scarcely be heard when they cried. Gained rapidly after the Drs. formula."
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