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Show Children's Bureau Weighing the Nation's TJ" v- WEIGHING of more than 2,000,000 babies, establishment of nrm., health centers to advise mothers on the care of their children and ; lation of the movement to keep children in school and provide them adeti y recreation, are reported by the children's chil-dren's bureau as some of the results of its children's year campaign. More than 11,000,000 -women participated par-ticipated in the activities of the year. It was planned to save at least 100.000 of the 300,000 children who die annually annual-ly of preventable diseases. ' The first activity of the year was a test of children under six to see whether they were up to the standards stand-ards of weight and height for their nees. Nearlv 7.000.000 record, cards Jgpf fit were issued, of which more than 2.000,000 have been tabulated, with others yet to be turned in. A number of communities have undertaken a second test this spring to t include children missed in the first and also to note improvement in those previously registered. - , J Need for preventive work on' behalf of children was saiJ to he been emphasized by the information obtained by the tests. According to reports . received from state child welfare chairmen of the council of Actional defense, communities in 24 states have employed new public he ":h nurses- Frcyu ten of these states a total of 137 new nurses has been r; orted. A number of communities have provided scholarship funds'.0 enable children chil-dren of needy parents to continue their eduction after they r-ach the legal working age. At least one such scholarship for each of the Sl.000 school-houses school-houses in the United States is the goal that has been set. ( |