Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-09


ply ] mentioned Some of the grea
auurccs of danger from the milk
called attention to Che 300 rouit'
which nav follow the fcodine ot cou p
milk to babies and . alluded to Che nc
ccssIty of slviur thc child tho mothcrs
own milk iu ryent cops of 90 rc-
port sent uc by ou official of one of
%. sanitary departments of Salt lako
CUy . nubre tu1t ouc oul of rycr
ie nTureu which ac BORN tncrc. dIo
homr. bcy ura ycor old. while ~
pct cont d.c bcforc they reach years
of ucc cog Che total death rate. ace
cordue uo thls report over 2i per cent
are ohudr.n under years of age.
Those to me s.cm startling facts. J can
SEQ wins iha child death rate would be-
biuu BIO "a city like Chicago or New
York. where in many cases, the child
or The mother rarely see cloar sky
and mover get chance to breathe air
uncoutamnatcd by the smoke and dust
oft 90 blk city. D can see why this should
bc where the mothers are compelled Co
work for Twins and where the child
lis reared iu dark room, surrounded
hy Nth and squalor. Those things we
can expect DOB the dirty and unhealthy
surroundings 90 The Ghetto. whore
whole families crowd together in
room and close out thc air TO Keep 100
the heat. but TO see such statistics
e,,r, q eitv whose air is brought fresh
from the mountain peaks. whose SKY
rivals that OF sunny Italy and whose
atmosphere is go clear that mountains
miles away tempt the stranger TO
climb their towering submits, almost
makes me ehudder
II would be suu more interesting had
my friend informed me how many of
these little ones were breast fed ana
how many were bottle fed. 1t would
he interesting. too. To- know the status
In life of the parents Of these little
ones that we might get an insight into
the predlsposing causes OF their UNI
timely deaths. Were this Information
% hand We would have a better idea
Of how 10 got 40 the problem. To many
of us statistics arc cold figures Of
little worth; but TO him who can In
tCrpret them, they offer wondertul
field of investigation and research
which bring valuable Information 10
light and aid in the solution Of hfe's
problems The necessity of their being
kept and the need OF their being placed
before the people IN a form which they
can understand, ] think is apparent
from what has already been said.
mention this so that more interest viii
bee devoted to this subject by news
papers which should digest the health
reports and give them TO the people IN
clear, concise manner
DUE TO CARELEssNEss.
II Is a well known fact that early
death rate among children Is due TO a
number Of causes the principal ones
being 800 health Of the parents. lack OF
nouriahmcnt OF both mother and child
on To the improper feeding OF the child
itseli lu many cases nature has been
kind TO the race by depriving many
or those whose body Is torn down with
disease Of the privilege Of having chill
dfen. Unfortunately. however there
are some sick parents who do have
children and these children quite fire.
qucntly are so handicapped that they
die young These cuses. however arc
few Most OF the infant mortality is
duo TO carelessness. for which the par-
cnts are themselves responsible True
tho parents may be ignorant OF this
fact, but la the courts OF nature, We
are controlled by natural law ana ac-
cording to the law Of nature ignorance
Is no excuse
II Is manifest that CASTRO Intestinal
disease, causing as IL does ono-third 10
one-half OF all infant deaths. under I
year OF age, Is the one single factor
determining infant mortality. Further
Investigation has demonstrated the sig
niiicant fact that 75 10 SO per cent OF
all infants who die OF diarrhea are artl-
icially fed In Paris, Plauchon made
a careful study of infant mortality he
found that the diarrheal death rate in
breast-fed children varies from a mini
mum OF per thousand In winter TO "a
maximum Of but 20 per thousand in
summer. The dlarrheal death rate OF
the artihcially fed infants huctuates
from minimum OF ~ per thousand
IN winter to "a maximum OF l6S per
thousand Ia summer. In Paris during
tho four summer months of 1897 2Sf0
infants under / year died. or these.
l,il0 on ST. per cent died OF diarrhea.
or those who died OF diarrhea, only
J 30 were breast fed. and 1881. or over
20 per cent We're artihciany fed
careful consideration OF these ng-
uics wall show. ! think that many
OF the Infants who are now sacrificed
could be saved. II may mean that
the mother win have TO give up some
OF her social affairs but "a woman who
cares more for tho friyolity of tho club
than the love and care OF the child BE-
not NJ person 90 have children. any
how. II we add 90 this llst OF deaths
the number Of children who survive me
ill treatment but stul suffer from the