New-York tribune., 1902-04-27

families moved IN and began to live IN the hb
men without even r GeSns T.
The feeding OF the children was one Oh StIIeS ,e %
garlic wateroanyth:ng but milk went down their
little throats They had no ice. and there rev was ~ no
way Z to @ keep 9ngaIses nilk swef m 50 the nearest '
gan am to care for the sick and teach the mothers
She had curious experiences; one id dIy ~ % sb
found an infant in convulsions' She Sa'u 10 inc
Quick, quick make fire and heat water!"
The woman looked her sullenly.
What business have YOU telling Linz d,e me what to 90
The nurse asked where they were and learned @ ned
that the other ten had gone to the place whittier the
eleventh swiftly hurrying. ,.,s 80 g,
Another time she found mother hers hefse too dtng II,
to stand upon her feet n for two
weeks the family using them over and over There
Seen msad for the Sick chd all over the place
When she started to work over the infant the
NE" let it alone She said 1T is in the hands Of
be good deal better for the child
The got the mother to bed and nd made Pd her s
night. 1t was hot slmmer might and she took
her arms to give it air to breathe. In the evening
she had fight off a crowd of people who came
should die It was an hour before could get
them out of the house Eventuaiiy me me chlld npeo
ily have lived also, owing to the educational work
which Mrs. Won Wagner did with the mother.
JUST THE WORK FOR A WOMAN.
# was the decrease in infant mortality which
l
per,s official appointment by the Yonkers Board
of Health two years There was strong oppo-
eition among all the associated with the board
10 a woman inspector. Mrs. Mary Marshall But
ler president of the Womans Civic League and
one of the most prominent women OF fonkers, went
to England and studied the work of women inspec-
tors in London Glasgow and other cities through
out Great Britain, where hundreds of women are
serving in this capacity. Returning, she went be-
fore the Board of Health with the results or her
investigation and the facts which showed the need
and the benefit of the work Mrs Won wagner was
doing in Yonkers. Mrs. Won wagner was then
sppointed by the board, after a civil service ex.
animation in which she ranked first In the list OF
applicants After two years Ii was generaIly &C
knowedsed in the office of the Board OF Health
that Mrs Won Wagner could handle phases or the
work which none of the inspectors could touch.
because they lie in intimate acquaintance with the
women of the tenements and in gaining their con-
fdence
Herein lies the distinctive value Of her work, as
distinguished from that OF the inspectors. The
women will discuss matters with her of which they
TO do an educational work among them in rela-
ton to hygienc conditions for the whole family,
especially for the babies. which the ordinary IN
Epector could never do. 49,.
Mrs Won Wagner is deeply convinced that this
sort of work is field for the utilization or
the services of women for the good of the commu-
nifty. The tenement house inspector must,
of course have a thorough knowledge Of sanitation
and be able pass the Civil Service examina ton
In addition Mrs. Won Wagner thinks she should
invariably be a trained nurse. and knowledge or
several languages is alIlost necessary Asked as
the chief needs of the people she has worked
~Cng. Mrs V~~ Negn1-- -H1aA4d without h>sAhA-