导言这篇文章重点讨论妇幼卫生工作中的政策问题。有关妇幼卫生工作的法律条文见社会安全法第五条。斯科米特(Schmidt)先生提供了美国早期妇幼卫生的立法史的评论。十九世纪末,由于细菌学和传染病的研究进展迅速,人们比以前更加重视儿童健康和预防疾病。为了控制传染病的传播,广泛开展了学校儿童的医学监督工作。当婴幼儿疾病及高得惊人的婴儿死亡率 Introduction This article focuses on policy issues in maternal and child health work. The legal provisions on maternity and child health work are listed in Article 5 of the Social Security Law. Mr. Schmidt provided comments on the legislative history of early American maternal and child health. At the end of the 19th century, due to rapid progress in bacteriology and infectious diseases, people paid more attention to child health and disease prevention than before. In order to control the spread of infectious diseases, medical supervision of school children has been widely carried out. Infant and child diseases and surprisingly high infant mortality