title: [Mother and child attention in Mexico between 1921 and 1930 abstract by the Department of Public Health].
abstract: A series of actions during the years of 1921-1930 took place in Mexico City by the Department of Health in order to protect the women during the gravid puerperal state and the product of conception through the different stages. These activities were initiated based on a work presented in 1921 by Dr. Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes during the Child´s First Mexican Congress sponsored by the newspaper El Universal. In this work entitled "Childcare Intrauterine", the author proposes the foundation of pre- and post-birth clinics, with the intention of protecting the mother and fetus, increasing the birth rate, as well as improving the physical conditions of those born. These clinics were given the name of Hygiene Centers and under the supervision of Dr. Espinosa de los Reyes eight centers were founded, the first one in 1921 and the last one in 1930. The work contains, in full, the activities undertaken to protect the mother and child during the decade indicated.
authors.affiliation: Academia Nacional de Medicina de México, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Víctor Manuel
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Espinosa de los Reyes-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D000068101:Maternal-Child Health Services / Q000266:history*; D008800:Mexico; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D013997:Time Factors