Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-01
INFANT MORTALITY
CONFERENCE
At YALE
Noted Physicians, Educators
and PhiIanthropistS to Dis
cuSs Problem Of Saving
Lives of Children.

New Haven, Conn, oct. 3l.-Prac-
the most important medical schools in
this country, educators and social
workers will take part in the confer
ence arranged by the American Acad-
envy of Medicine on prevention Of in
FAINT mortality, 20 be held in New
Haven, November II and ~. The
sessions will take place in Lampson
hall, of Yale university, and the prob
lem. with the possibilities of its solu-
ton, will be discussed from -four
pionts of viGw-medica!, philan-
thropic, institutional and educational
each of which VIII be the subject of
one session. Tho chairmen secre-
taries of the sessions and the dates Of
the meetings are;
Medical-Dr. James Fl. Mason
Knox, jr.. associate in pediatrics at
the Johns Hopkins Medical school.
Baltimore, chairman; Or. Richard A.
Trquhart, also or the Hopkins Medi-
cal school. secretary. Thursday af-
ternoon. November IL.
Philanthropic-Dr. Edward T. De-
| vine, of New York. Schiff professor OF
social economy, Columbia university
New York, n editor Of the Survey,
chairman; Miss Lillian Brandt, New
\ ork, secretary. thursday evening,
November II.
Institutional-Mr Homer Folks,
secretary of the New York state
charities aid society, chairman; Miss
Mary Vida Clarke, New York. secre-
tary. Friday morning, November II.
Educational-Prof. c. f.. A. Wins
low, biologist-in-chief of the labora-
tory Of sanitary research of the Mas
sachusetts institute of technology,
| Boston. chairman; Or. Henry /. Bow
ditch, of the Harvard Medical school
and the floating infants hospitals.
Boston, secretary. Friday afternoon,
November 10.
President IIadley, of Yale. win
make an address Of greeting at the
opening session., Among the other
participants at this session, which
will be devoted to medical prevention,
will be DR.. Clemens Won Pirquct, who
has Just come to his country from
at the Johns Hopkins Medical school;
DR.. J. p. Crozier Griffith, clinical pro-
feSsnr of the diseases of children in
the University of Pennsylvania DR..
Alice Weld Tallant. professor of OBJ
~stotrics in the Wonrln's Medical coll
ilcge of PENNSYLVANIA. DR.. Caroline
Hedgcr. of the United Charities. of
Chicago. and Or. Charles Richmond
Henderson. professor or sociology at
the University OF Chicago. and editor
of the Journal of Sociology. DR.. q
Pirquet has made Il special study OF
tuberculosis in children, and viii
speak on that subject. Or. Griffith
will discuss the relation of diet to in
FAINT mortality; DIR. Hedger win pre-
sent a paper on the relation between
mothers occupations and infant NOR
.tality. and DIT. Henderson, who has
been making some special inrestiea-
tons of the preventive methods oper-
ative in France. will outline in detail
some of the important measures that
have been introduced on the conti-
.ncnt.
4 comprehensive program has been
arranged for the session on philan-
trophic prevention. DR.. Edward 7.
Devine. the chairman, will present a
careful analysis Of the social aspects
of the waste OF infant life; Dr.. Rich
ard G. cabot. of the Massachusetts
general hospital. Boston. will discuss
the relation Of race to the general
problem; Prof. James w. Glover. ~
frssor u mathematics and insurance
of the University Of Michigan. will
present a naTsr on the economic
losses entaiicd by infant mortality. A
program for D reduction Of infant
mortality In New YORK city viii be