In recent years the literature written on maternal welfare has been tremendous. It has been discussed from many angles and innumerable studies made. The purpose of this paper is not so much the presentation of new facts as an attempt to review what has been done in the past and what is being done now in order to point out what could be done at the present. Perhaps the con­clusions arrived at may be considered by some as uto­pian beyond the limits of practicability but the writer has endeavored to present only such views as she believes could be put into practice at the present time by a com­plete application of the facilities now available.