New-York tribune., 1905-07-19
CHILDREN OF THE POOR.
insufficient Food and Maternal Igno-
rance Causes Of Infant Mortality.

Last Moncay night & man walked into the
Babies Hospital al the corner OF Lexington-avs-
and 55th-si-. with 4 sick baby IN his arms This
chd's mother Is sick" said the poor fellow. and
don't know what 20 do for the kid"
Almost while he speaking the baby died in
his arms The little body put away in the
hospital morgue and the poor father went home
heavy hearted, This ras the nrst Of the hot
weather miseries to drift into the hospital this
summer. We get the results OF the hot wave
always a little after the extreme heat" said Miss
Marianne Wheeler. the superintendent OF the hos
pits4 The summer was very cool ana com
t0Ttable - last week Il Is when the babies
Eet worn out with the hea; that they begin TO
die Of al kinds OF illnesses. Il is ignorance more
than poverty that causes infant mortality among
the people" declared Miss Wheeler. I'VE get very
few sWeatshop workers among our clientele The
people who come to US are the wives Of trades
Union workers who except in times Of strikes.
earn IS. s. and s. a day. But the mothers don't
know how feed take care Of their babies
K tie hoes ., 0 5ers VIC nave taan S1s siS soes
sseies home frorn tae hospital ana shows them
re- barh of ssSs & s1eT 1Touga out tor
%ssh 6oer Bar of broa s1nry soag SaPy and ua
SCRUB cloth which mad been ssed on the floor DR.
curing OF washTag ana q cake Of toiiel SOAP
Printed directions are given hy the hospital
Gnong the mothers. with fun instructions as 10
Snth the eAila is one year old.
sICK cHLDRENs MISSION.
IN its Mission 10 Sick Children the Chndren's
AID Society keeps trained nurses and eight phy-
sicAns busy al and every day. striving alleviate
the useries Of the SICK children penned in tenement
houses these burning days. Al No 2ls SulIiyan-st.
No. 552 " est 5sd-st. and a. East Broadway and
Gouvernsur sts are the principal offices of the
and Sne : and every evening stream Of mothers
stores Of seEroom daintles are Kept also and given
cut Under The doctors 0rdeTs-0eef extract. con-
oeI1seu NIX rice, crackers ana 50 And there
On saturdays mothers come hoc1ing to secure tick
strong enough To travel
The SICK Children Mission comes In contact
s. e. l.3s Ls ne Horst ana most constant
setaTs is - saa !, SgPetn[engeni Grosyenor is a
LA Si1t almost none Of the families with which We
SSei-E ~ -..- a. --s-se LOU enough ior
OF starvation EitaeF the father VII be found out
hospital OF there VII have been deaths and funeral
- Iif.I = - T5' l.el ne I4lsliale: mere
Edgln's father had been in an hospital six months
E5rn has tour 5rotsers and sisrers and beg t5s
sick Chiidren.s Mission visitor found them they
was only three ana haff months eiS ana fbera
were I'VE more children. ali under thirteen The
father has spssmodic on the water front
e work also sarah eft b7 her me oReF at sie te
senaeT age q TREE ana half months. and fed
IsW years older lhan herself naturally fell sick
Ser1uel A-I-ler- also Of TN mature age OF three
-ts d ~ so-llsss oI aLlolner Iann-ly found
fTselc2Ly SERVING The father had no work
milk for the ba5y the mother said she was thank
1uA as tley had had nothing IN the 70 ear
e1t rye bread ano cUcum5ers for many days past
tl9e preao ana clcUmuers for sick baby during
the present weather suggests possibilities
7aoy Richard Murphy was terribly III with
EhooPtng cough, one Of the most fatal diseases Of
t4f tenement houses. II lasts weeks and weeks
- ne poor little baby just dies from exhaustion
too WeaE 70 clear It's throat And all those weeks
LhAt shrlH soBbng cough keeps the family awake
~ plgPL There was g painful lack Of food IN
At BABY Fitzserald's house there was much in
duEUT aU6 not : oil OF suicide. There were
i've chlsre1 under twelve. girl of eight being
nupeless cripple IN q brace To get that brace the
mother had pawned her watch and wedding ring
relics u Old respecta billty Mrs Fitzgerald was
doing the family washing and owing to a physi-
ca ins6tlirv 10 stand she kneAling on the
cooF to do II. Her three older children mean
on big sweatshop grainsscks a the nUnificeut
remuneration sf one cent apiece This family was
living on Cne meal day. and was it strange that
the baby Was sicA?
"Dysentsry Is the scourge OF the tenement house
baby tbese days. Nine out q ten Of the sick are
sick with some form Of this disease Improper
food. arising from a combination OF paternal pow
cry sna internal ignorance, has its natural re-
suit when the mercury dances gayly Up toward
the 100 mark IN an East Side tenement house.
The babies die ike tters and the hot wave
viii stretch It's burning fingers far into the cool
neather that follows, upon little forms weakened
cy the terrible heat"