New-York tribune., 1906-07-18
PINK ICE CREAM KILLS
Death Sn. PatShcart CoBfections for
East Side Bubies.

~oh I haf such sick baby. He took NIT
couvulsfons last night. and thought he would die
] afraid he going 10 be took again now"
A sick baby he looked indeed. with his red. puck
cred facs pecring piteously over his mothers arm
Rs she held him up for DR.. Deary to see. Other
mothers with other sick babies were crowding
through the passage and into the little inside
An kinds Of infantile diseases represented.
with dysentery strongly in the lead.
Il was az NO 6S5 East 18th street, one of the
stations OF the Sick Children's Mission, which the
ctEIdren's Ala Society has established. and to
which DF. Deary and several other New York
rhysicisns with Dr. Charles Conklin as chief OF the
corps. giving their services for part OF each
day.
when the baby with commissions had been pre-
scribed for, the in attendance brought in a
Jewish mother. who Ioked the image OF discourage
ment- The smallest OF small, wasted babies lay
in her arms. An old-faced MttIe girl Of nine years.
with big black eyes, followed her.
Tree babies I haR lost NIT der dysentery, Won
last year two tree years ago. und now dis Won
hass st. said the
Better send mother and baby to the Health
Home right away" DR.. Deary said to Mr.. Grosve-
nor superintendent OF the missions who stand-
ing by.
The mother explained in answer to questions.
that she had six children. two besides the baby,
who were very small. and three larger ones. It
was arranged TO send the three smallest with the
mother to the societys Health Home at Coney ISL
and, and the nine-year-old girl with an older sis
ter 60 the Summer Home for Girls at Bath Beach
LET your throat, Rachel" DR.. Deary
said 20 the nine-year-old. T thought eo'' he told
kr Grosvenor 'AdenOids-the same trouble for
which so many East Side children have had 10 be
operated Honey he said TO the child "as
soon as you come back from the country you must
have that throat looked after; won't your
Then ne wrote prescriptions for the baby and
Rachel telling the later where to have them filled
-It won't cost you anything he assured her.
There IS dysentery among the tenement
babies OF New York this summer" the doctor re-
marked 20 a visitor who stood near, watching him
examine ailing baby after another more
dysentery than there has ever been before The
infant mortality Is greater, despite the fact that
the heat has not been excessive It's improper
feeding that does 81 II you could the things
some OF these mothers feed their babies-cucurn-
bers beer, tea. bad bananas. fat meatI Many OF
them bottle fed and the milk generally none too
fresh. Poisonous CONNECTIONS do untold HARM espe-
clally the pink ice cream sold from pushcarts on
the East Side. The children get pennies some
goes the pink ice cream ans ig the child is tending
fhsts an exceIient starter for case of dysentery.
3hs mothers, as rule, poor things don't know
get some strong medicine 20 check 1t. and, of
course that's the worst thing 20 do.
properly is one OF the objects for which the Sick
nurses are attached 20 the different stations and
they are constantly visiting the tenement houses:
1nothsrs how TO care for them:
Smith one Of the nurses Who IS generally at the
missions headquarters on East Broadway, but who
was az the East 18th street station yesterday.
Sometimes it's morning spent In cleaning
tenement house room and teaching the mother how
20 cook-its anything that affects the children s
health"
East 18th street Is quarter fruitful OF infantIe
diseases Poverty and dirt the rule IN the ricety
tenement houses over toward the river there; also
Twins numerous" remarked Dr. Dearv
~anG It's astonishing how many sets OF triplets we
ind" S'N7 "O
One mother into the 18th street station with
nine children OF varying sizes trailing after her
She wanted 20 have a week for them IN fhe co11D
Try and she wanted iG badly. -
They think OF going co,Inf,v1 than
OF anything else" remarked Mr. Grosvenor
The mission co-Operates with various eoolatgas
here IN the city-wlth the fruit and flower TosSeo0
FOR giving flowers 20 the tenement families and
with the Strauss milk depots, for getting the afiee
fresh milk number of druggists with whom
the Children's AID Society has made the arrange