The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-04-02
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BY G. 5. Costello,
Untimely Deaths of Little
Ones Can BE Avoided II
Fathers and Mothers VIII
Observe Care in the Daily
Life Of Their Babies--Health
Commissioners Says Nine
Tenths OF Babies That Die
Can BE Saved II the Parents
only Knew How"
More than $4,000 babies 20 the
Omitted states died from Infant
troubles during the summer OF 1905
More than a quarter of a million
little tots. Tor the most part sacu-
feed because OF Improper care
poor food. dirty milk enough ha'
bles 90 ON a cemetery miles Ia
lehkth.
Bright eyes grow dim. dimpled
fists fan limp. chubby limbs stiff
fen. and into the house comes The
mourning shroud. the little caseet
and IN the cemetery a new made
grave. and largely because people
and cities a. rule do not safe.
guard their babies lives.
Seattle was no different than
other cities up 20 the time Or J +.
Crichton became commissioner Of
health Seattle dealers sold dlrty
milk. WAterod milk. even pre-
served" milk. and regularly each
summer the Grim Reaper claimed
his harvest 81 llitlo lives
nUt NJ. Crichtou came along and
preached the doctrine 90 clean milk
and clean food regular care and
attention frcsh air diet and last
summer be crusade sawed thc lives
OF Be- babies
70 20 the Parents.
pr Cr.chlon has given lhe people
clean milk Tor tho babies, now he
wants % ten ihe parents asalu and
again to look Out ior TIE tots during
the hot months. The health &C.
partment has done iis duty Nov
!, 6 up 90 The fathers and mothers
IA is usually Ignorance and poor
milk that slays The babies SAYS
Health Commissioner Crlchion.
"You cannot blame the bo, weather
80 much. A baby o. the most deli
cateiy poised thing ln nature s
realm and the easiest So care for
Iii people Will only think Give
the babies good milk. fresh air and
good treatment This Is the RENE
ty for the slaughter Of the In
fsnts"
Summer Is coming Il Is none
too soon 10 begin 20 plan the iisht
Tor the baeies-a flsht that goes
20 she heart Of every American
home.
Mothers Should Listen.
In Seattle babies will die. many
from improper food and extrava.
CANT treatment But II mothers
would only listen Co Or Crlchtou
heed his warnlng. Il win De another
record emphasizing The babies
lives that haze been saved rather
than a story OF untimely graves, u
the ioas 20 the nation Ia future
men and women
Seattle has already awakened 60
the Importance % the baby quea-
ton and the results have shown
the possibilities 90 Intelligent reGn.
iatiou
Rochester. \. r.. one of me first
cities 20 take up the problem. has
gone into the dalry business itself
II saved more than Sd per cent 81
its babies Macy of the remaining
90 per cent 90 deaths can be- traced
20 unHcelng nnhcedinE parents
IN New YORK.
New York. with an immensely
bigger problem has heeH working
for years with systems % pastuer-
ifation. sterilization. inspection. ba.
bies dlsponsarles free milk sta.
lions. lectures on the Intelligent
care 81 Infants. and Ia the face Of
rs big slum and foreign population
has cut down infant SUMMER NOR.
tally 60 per cent
similar SUCCESS has followed ~.
teillzent crusades In Cleveland.
Washington. Chicago and other
cities
The two lines that have been
found necessary In order 20 accom-.
pilsh results Ii. first ol aii a clean
milk supply The other D. % spread
wldecast the kuowledge that saves
-the knowledge Of proper treat.
meut 81 babies
seattie's health department has
accomplished the first Seattle
parents have the clean mills