The Detroit times., 1910-11-23
From the Board Of Health.

To the Honorable the Common Council
Gentlemen beg leave 10 submI
the following report OF the meeting 1
the American Association for the STUD
and Prevention of Infant MortauQ
which Or. Francis Dutfield and myseI
recently attended, as representativ9
OF the City of Detroit;
The meeting was held in baltimorI
Maryland. on November 9Th, 10Th an
18th. and all OF the papers present9
were on the subject or the freVentlQ]
of infant Mortality. The program WI
divided into four parts. as followil
Philanthropic Prevention. Munictp4l
state and Federal Prevention. MedicN
Prevention and Educational Preventi1l
of Infant Mortality. In each OF the9l
departments number OF excellent nj
pers were read and discussed. the tot4I
number of said papers being twent3 I'll
five II would be Impossible TO givN
an account Of all OF the papers; sum-
It, to say that they were all interest,"
ing and instructive and that they well
presented by the most Distinguishing
men who are at the present time eV
gagged in the study or TINS impoTtalH
problem The consensus of opini1H
seemed to be that the principal tbi1u
necessary to reduce the eXceptionalIA
large infant mortality. is 10 increaIH
the number OF nursing mothers. NeaV
ly every speaker advocated the neil
OF inducing "A larger number OF mot
ers TO nurse their babies and or di
couraging the wholesale. unnecessaf
bottle feeding that ~ being zone
that from this standpoint the subtd
of the Prevention OF Infant Mortalti
~ properly divided into four section
namely, Philanthropic. Municipal, Mel
icaI and Educational, because II Oil
Quires the handling of the probl4
from all of these standpoints to bri1
about the best results
Under the head OF Municipal Prevei /
ton OF Infant Mortality, ] was muI
Interested in the paper by Dr. josef
:. Ner. Of Philadelphia, on The Dry
OF the Municipality In Relation to
FAINT Mortality. Dr. Mem Is the
rector of the Department of Health
Philadelphia. and gave an account
the work that city had done duriIE
the past summer. He showed that q
infant mortality was thirty-sx
cent less in the districts covered by
municipal nurses than in the rest
the city IA compared with the prec0|
ing year. Notwithstanding the f4I|
that last summer was the most trytX|
ON babies for weather conditions IN
the city has had. with one excep,
I'm thirteen years. The nature OF
work done I'm Philadelphia was Sin
lar 10 the work STATED In DETROIT
January \ and whichN has been carr
on through the past summer.
means OF corps of nurses home
structiOn was given TO mothers In
care and feeding OF their babies
this instruction was supple
the advice of the physician at
Mothers clinic. which latter Is loca
i'm the Board Of Health building. ThV
is no quest on but what this work cI
rted on In Detroit as described durt
The past summer. has reduced our
FAM mortality I'm a similar proport
to the reduction found in PHILADELPHIA
nv connection with the meeting th|
was an exhibit. the object OF M
was to show in graphic way W
may be done to prevent the exec
tionally high infant mortality. tn
were many charts and diagrams shd
ing the unusually large percentages
infant mortality aud indicating NJ
this large percentage had been
duced by proper measures in 90
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