The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-04
ON THE TRAIL OF TIE WHITE HEARSE
The Story of the Modern Slaughter of the Innocents
 What August Means to the Babies of the Tenements

United Charities, with conviction born of these experiences, felt that broad and comprehensive plan should be
 made in behalf of the babies. While 1 the conditions were most intense in | the congested parts of the city, they were yet pervasive and an effort to rally and unite all possible co-operat- ing forces of the town seemed desir-
 able: A meeting was called, the plan outlined, and committee on infant welfare, with Dr. William A. Evans, health commissioner, as chairman. created. Taking as a guide the spot
 map prepared by Dr. Evans, the city
 was districted for the purpose of cov- er1ng 1t in a house to house visitation | of discovery and relief. Settlements,
 hospitals, district offices of the United Charities, churches. missions, represen- l.tatives of philan thropic agencies of
 every sort were summoned. the plan was explained and maps displayed volunteers to accept responsibility for certain territory were chosen, and a campaign to be co-ordinated and guid- | ed by the committee was launched. | The trustees of the Elizabeth Mo established in honor of Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Mccormick, made the campaign pos- sib1e' through grant of $5,330. This
 who are assigned to the thirty distrib-
 uting stations of the Milk Commission, each having it's clientage of sick ba- bies and it's hold upon the neighbor-
 hood. Milk pasteurized and modified to suit the age and condition of the child is supplied under the direction and guidance of doctor and nurse. In
 addition the fund maintains five baby
 tent stations with their nurses and corps of physicians, and ten neighbor- hood mothers, who speak the language of the neighborhoed and are familiar with conditions.
 Contributions from individuals, wo- mems clubs, and other organizations
 have been made to employ nurses and assist in other branches of. the work.
 Recently the City Council appropriat-
 ed $10,000 t0 be used by the Board of Health. This is being spent for doc
 tors and nurses. for clerical and sta
 tistical work and for printing litera-
 ture on the summer care of babies general health instructions and an at
 tractive card with terse instructions
 printed in different languages, at the
 bottom of which is a reference to the relieving station nearest to the partic-3
 ular home where the card is left.
 One of the most effective and far reaching instances of cooperation is
 that on the part of the Medical So- ciety itself.| Meetings have been call ed of the officers of the fourteen
 branch medical ssocieties. These branches are all cooperating heartily, each branch designating certain phy- sicians who will give their services in their districts, in all instances where the United Charities assures them that volunteer help is needed. Great care is being taken on the one hand not to encroach on the legitimate field of the private practitioner and on the other hand not to allow the baby. in the very midst of doctors. nurses SO lciai workers, dispensarfes and hos pitals to die without help or with in adequate felp.
 x The Pediatric Society organized a corps of lecturers who respond to calls for addresses before mothers meetings at settlements, churches and clubs. The School of Domestic Arts and Sci enc has conducted home making classes. Catholic, Protestant and Jewish churches are giving health talks and local papers in many Ian guages are publishing health hints and health stories.
 These babies, living and dead, have pointed out the weak spots in our mu- nicipal housekeeping. Medical inspec- ton and nursing in schools is admir- able but it is five years too late. Un- sanitary tenements, dust, mud, smoke, flies, impure milk, improper care, never seem so intolerable as when organiza- tions are trying to help a sick baby combat them.