El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-03
CLEAN Up The.
LOWER END
Of CITY.
Charity Association Worker
Thinks Also That the Ca
nal Should Be Parked.
MAKES REPORT OF
CHARITY WORK


officer DR.. Anderson IN his demand
for a cleaning out Of the 1900 unin
habitable homes on the south SIDE"
says Miss H. Grace Franklin, the d.
rector of the Woman's Charity associa-
ton relief work
"A demoIishing Of all the houses. at
one time is not advisable, for it would
tend TO crowd the 1900 or more families
into the other homes and would there
by increase the congestion" she contin-
ued. Begin by putting in windows and
floors, wherever possible, and tearing
down a few houses at a time. Unless
FL Paso is more careful in the future
than she has been in the past, the same
old condition Will again prevail.
ct is not enough to require certain
conditions in building. Every house
going up in FL Paso should be passed
upon before being occupied to see if the
requirements have been complied with
and it might be well to appoint some
member of the health department to
this office. In this way the health de-
partment will have power TO prevent
existing conditions.
Parkway Along Canal.
This association should endorse The
Herald's suggestion to convert Eighth
street, or rather the highway along
do everything in our power to make it
possible Such parkway will do much
to reduce infant mortality on the south
side. Build the parkway, convert the
old baseball grounds into a playground
and use the Aoy school, during the hot
summer months, for a summer camp
for sick babies. and Ell Paso will do
much toward stamping out disease.
Every spot converted into a grass
MI al
prevents disease, for it has been pro-
ven that dust carries disease germs.
Let's have the parkway, the playground
and the summer camp. There is no
playground in FL Paso for her poor
children. Has Ell Paso no Civic
League?
Playground In Ball Park.
q firmly believe the men owning
the old baseball park will gladly allow
its use for a playground. Such a play
ground will increase the value of this
property and the value of the surround
ing property
Gov. Hughes of New York says: a
few hours in the fresh air, a few hours
of self-abendon in innocent fun,
chance to be a normal boy or girl, will
do more to reinforce your moral lesson
than many, many days OF mere teach
ing. Thus the playground will be,
Tegenerating and uplifting forces Of
the community"
Charity Report.
The report of the fourth months
work of the Woman's Charity associa-
ton School for Mothers, cooperating
with the city health department and the
FL Paso County Charities, August 1 to
September l, shows 175 cases in charge,
Of which SO were new and 76 old.
a total Of 239 visits were made to
homes, 50 Of which were first visits.
Thirty-nine cases were referred to
the FL Paso county dispensary, four
having diseases Of the eye, ear, nose
and throat. OF the total, Is were chill
dren.
Thirty cases were supplied with milk,
$50 quarts being supplied. 1900 pounds
of ice were supplied, so quarts of dis
titled water, five persons were sup
piled with meat for broth, % with
crackers, and other supplies were dis
tributed as follows:
Cans Of baby powder, 5; cases sup
piled with alcohol. brandy or whisky
3; infants outfits and supplies were
furnished in Isl cases.
The Consumers Ice company donates
all ice and distilled water; the J. H. Ma
lions meat market donates all the meat
used for broth, and Henry Pfaff do
mates all brandy, whisk and alcohol
needed.
Work in ChfIdren's Department.
The number of cases seen last month
were 1856. The dispensary was open IL
days, and the smallest attendance was
Aug. %, when there were 16 persons
present. The largest attendance was
Aug. 80, when so were on hand. The
average attendance was 80 Is. The
number of prescriptions dispensed out
of the stock in hand was ASP. There
were SO first visits to the dispensary,
2S7 revisits, SO new cases presented,
and 76 old cases treated. There were
II different diseases represented, in
Guiding no less than 81 cases of gas
trOenteritis or the virulent intestinal
disorder Of children; there were u cases
of congenital venereal disease, II cases
of bronchitis, of conjunctiVitiS, of
eczema of malnutrition, and so on.
The most significant fact Is the num-
Der of cases arising from unSanitary