Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-11-01
TO SAVE THE BABIES.
Conference 10 Be Held to Con-
slider Ways ard Means.
CAUSES Or High MORTALITY.
Most Blame Placed on Congestion Un-
der UnfsvorabIe Conditions as to
Light and Air-Improved Tenements
May Be Solution Of Problem.

among the babies not only in our own
land but throughout the civilized
world, no single factor can be pointed
out as the primary cause of this blot
on our modern civilization. The prob
lem and the possibility of it's proven
ton are to be considered at q special
conference arranged by the American
Academy of Medicine. to be held at
New Haven, Conn. Nov. II and -.
v hat are regarded as contributory
causes can be gathered from some of
the subjects mentioned in the an
nouncemcnt for the meeting. Four ave-
nues for the Introduction of preventive
measures are indicated by the titles Of
the sessions medical, philanthropic,
institutional and educational. Practi-
cGlly all causes suggested under these
headings are summarized in the four
mentioned in the section on medical
rcvcntion-cougenita debility, insult
able nouriShment, improper care and
communicable or infectious diseases.
when it Is recalled that the men who
are in the thick of the fight against
the needless and unnecessary waste Of
baby life assert that the present in
FAINT death rate could be cut in half
by the enactment and rigid enforce
ment Of laws requiring the adequate
inspection of HE sources Of the milk
supply, coupled with the sanitary in
speCtion of tpnements, the accurate reg
istration of births and the instruction
of the mothers by visiting nurses or
other properly accredited representa-
tivcs of the local boards of health, it
is readily seen that two very grave
sources of danger are to be found in
the quality of the nou.ishment fed to
babies and the conditions Of the homes
themselves. Serious as the problem Of
r"re milk supply is, ii is much less
di!licui of solution than the mere com
p:cated one Of housing conditions.
wdin5 Prime Cause.
Csc hundred wears ago three and
OF nd per cent of the population
Of l.. United States lived in the cities.
I'd thiity-threc and one-third per
"c"t 80 ear SJ.0O0,UG0 people are
cro,. mao TIE cities. Overcrowl
ing, t." ,vigesriun Of population il
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the CREST un"ssimlattl i4lss of iniui-
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mean fine ab,rnre Of hyrienic coudi-
tions was pointed cut recently in a
paper by Dr.. ,itowcIl Of New York
visiting physician to the New York
City Chidren's hospital and schools.
AS instances of congestion under ia
vorablc and under unfavorable conci.
ions he rCntIlStpu the largest APART
mcnt hotel in New York-the Ansonia
which houses 1.2Go persons to the
acre. with the notorious Chrvstie
street tenement block. in which
1.2SO persons are housed in a single
acre. The hotel covers total area of
1G acres of ground. and houses 1000
persons in $500 rooms. AS there are
sixteen inhahitable floors the total
arc, amounts to ohout twentv-siv
acres. ard all Of the rooms are omen
to the outside admitting the sovereign
prcvcntivne uf disease lirht and mir
In the seven years since the place
WAS orouol NOT ono of tho 400 ON.
p,ovecs rms Income n victim of TN.
bcrculosis Tho tenement b,oc,, on tho
Other houd has heen q veritohlo brood
inv oround for th,t diseoso
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