The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-21
TO BR|NCABOUT
BETTER HEALTH
Leaders in Charities and Correc-
tions Movement Urge Nu-
er0ns Reforms
MANY SUGGESTIONS ADVANCED
Economical and Health Problems Con-
sidered at National Conference at
st. Louis Today-The Child
and the Mother.

ST. Louis, Mo-, May 21.-"When the
American states finally. standardize
occupations with reference to hours
Of labor for women, it will not come
as the result of arbitrary guesswork
on the part of those seeking legisla-
lion. nor will court decisions be writ
ten in such vague terms as they have
been in the past" said Mr.. John b,
Andrews. secretary of the American
Association for Labor Legislation, In
an address on Industrial Diseases
and Occupational Standards before
the National Conference of Charities
and Corrections, here today.
Gradually and surely, but almost
without realizing IT," continued Mr..
Andrews, I'VE have passed within the
last twelve years into new period or
American labor history. The courts
are beginning to get new prospec-
tive of life, old precedents based on in
diyidualism are trembling in the bal
ance of the enlightened opinion of a
new Industrial order. Here and there
a Judge shows clearly that he has been
studying economics as well as law.
Recent court decisions clearly indi-
cate that protective labor legislation
will be sustained as a legitimate ex-
ercise of the police power. when 1t is
made apparent that conditions JUSTIFY
such interference on the grounds of
health"
Childs Mortality
Nearly 100000 babies der one
year of age die every year in the
United States, according to state
ment made by DR.. ]. II. Mason Knox
Jr. Associate Professor of Pediatrics
in the Johns Hopkins Medical School
of Baltimore in paper read before the
National Conference this morning
But what was more startling thar
these figures, was his further state
ment that with proper care, probably
one-half of these deaths could be pre-
vented. DIR. Knox said I'm part:
There are about 100000 infants II
the country under twelve months ol
age and about one-fifth of this number
are expected to die within year
Probably one-half of these infan'
deaths could be avoided.
about 100000 babies die each yeai
from one of three causes: prematurity
gastro-intestinal disorder, and puimo
nary disease. The effort to save TN
baby must be made through its natur'
al protector, it's mother
Mothers Must Be Healthy
Attention was called by DIR. Wlillan
" Bullard of Boston, Mass, in an al
dress on the "State Care of Higl
Grade Imbecile Girls" to the grea
public expense occasioned by the lac
of proper care given to an immens
number of girls who are just beloN
the lower grades of normal chiiure
and vet who are not clearly impecll'
According to Dr. Bullard. thes
girls as rule become mothers OF
least three children each. Most
these children ere themsC es feeble
minded and ultimately a charge
the state; the mothers lack sens
of responsibility for present acts
the realization Of their effect on fut
ure events.
Treatment OF Insane.
Early treatment of insane peop
was emphasized as of utmost impoi
tance by DIR. Albert Warren Ferri
president of the New York State Con
mission I'm Lunacy.
Or. Ferris said i'm part: 'The eal
lest is often the most important al
su>cessful treatment of the insan
The percentage of recoveries and
deaths show that great danger Is
tached to delay. whereby insane p'
tients are denied proper care imm
diately upon the outbreak of insanlt
Towns and counties must take q
first steps in caring for the insane e
cept in large metropolitan DISTRICTS
the latter. the state board should ma