Y 
     
    
   
   
    
     diagnosis of cancer and it’s treatment. “There is no measure,’ said 
     
     Miss Wilson, “of the improvement in Health Services instituted by 
     
     the W.I.’s. (Reminiscing, Miss Wilson said she had made her first 
     
     public speech in 1923, at a W.I. Convention.) “We know our food 
     
     values, It is up to the women in the home to carry them out by de- 
     
     veloping good food habits. More work in Nutrition and more work in 
     
     Mental Health,” was Miss Wilson’s closing challenge. 
     
    
   
   
    
     *** ESTABLISHMENT OF CARNEGIE LIBRARIES *** 
     
    
   
   
    
     By the end of December, 1933 five branches of the Carnegie 
     
     Library Demonstration were established in Prince Edward Island: 
     
     Tignish, Alberton, Summerside, Montague and Souris. 
     
    

    
     Before a branch of the Library was established in any Centre, 
     
     a local committee was formed, and wherever there were Women’s 
     
     Institutes, a representative of the Institute was on the committee. 
     
     “We felt from the start that we could take for granted the interest 
     
     of the Institutes in a Movement which means so much in the life, 
     
     education and culture of the people of this Island”, stated Miss Norah 
     
     Bateson, Director, Carnegie Library Demonstration in P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Library was supported for three years by the Carnegie 
     
     Corporation, after that it was taken over by the Provincial Govern- 
     
     ment. By 1918, twenty-three centres had been established. Commun- 
     
     ities were asked (usually the W.I.) to help pay the small rental of 
     
     the Library room and other items of upkeep. 
     
    
   
   
    
     *** DENTAL CLINICS *** 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1933 the movement for Dental Clinics was still a W.I. ob- 
     
     jective, and many Clubs reported they were now organized to hold 
     
     them. The promised grant of $1,000.00 was received from the Gov- 
     
     ernment and $200.00 was contributed by the Institutes. Miss Allan 
     
     Wyand, of Avonlea Institute, Provincial Convenor of Child Welfare, 
     
     worked unceasingly, as did Miss Mona Wilson, Chief Public Health 
     
     Nurse for the establishment of these Clinics. 
     
    

    
     In the 12 year period, 1933-44, a total of 52 Rural Clinics were 
     
     held — 17 in Kings County, 22 in Queen’s County, 13 in Prince 
     
     County, in which 1300 children received dental treatment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The cost of a clinic was $15.00 per day, $10.00 of which was 
     
     raised by the Sponsoring organization, and $5.00 per day by the 
     
     Health Department. 7-8 children under 12 years of age could be 
     
     given treatment in one day. A suitable place in which to hold the 
     
     clinic, some simple equipment, and board and lodging if necessary 
     
     for the Dentist, was arranged by the W.I. 
     
    

    
     As the use of cars became more general, the need for the Clin- 
     
     ics gradually decreased. Now, there is a serious scarcity of dentists. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~99__