RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

54 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
vided from other sources. An outstanding development
has been the extension of child hygiene
facilities, A building adjacent to the school
and owned by the university was rented. These
additional quarters added to the old provide an
excellent plant for ordinary operation of a child
health service, for practical student nurse experience,
and for public health students interested
in the administrative, pediatric, or research
phases of child hygiene.
A field training area in connection with the
Harvard School of Public Health has been established
at Newton, Massachusetts. Work under
thefirstbudget for this project commenced
June 1, 1935. Arrangements were made for the
students from the School of Public Health to
receive practical field training in the Newton
municipal Department of Health. Arrangements
were also made for similar training for students
from the Simmons College School of Nursing.
The
health officer in charge of the area is
Dr. Harold D. Chope, a former International
Health Division fellow who received his M.P.H.
degree from the Harvard School of Public
Health.
In Oslo, Norway, a five-year program for aid
in the development of a school of public health
terminated on June 30, 1935. This school is now
receiving the support not only of public health
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