El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-11

CBy. H. Grace Franklin, Director Of
Charities, Woman's Charity Association
MYTH the organization of the
M School For Mothers, last May,
the Woman's Charity associ-
alton of FL Paso placed itself in the
front rank Of charity societies; Its
watchWord is Prevention, and ever
before the society is the determination,
not only to relieve distress, but to go
deeper. down into the cause Of distress
and remove that cause Prevention is
better than cure and we know poverty
exists because society is sick. If So
ciety is sick, what is the cause?
Relief Department.
The relief department Is in the
hands Of competent, trained, social
welfare worker A we'll organized
charity is as much in need of a person
especially trained for her task as. any
other well organized business reuires
one fitted for that particular branch
The affairs-of the Incompetent poor
must be handled for them by specially
trained people. During the seven
weeks Miss A NJ Bearhope has had
charge of this department improve
ments have been made and new plans
formed.
School for Mothers.
Infant mortality has become recog-
nized as an unnecessary evil. The
death OF a baby is no longer, considered
due to the hand of providence; it is
now recognized that there is some
thing wrong with the social. economic
or moral condition of that community,
and to reduce this death rate we must
remove the cause producing 1t.
In Paso-ou death rate was high
and upon studying the situation it was
found that few babies died on the
north side Of town, but the south side
was swelling our death list. Why
should this be? Both had the same
ideal climate and there should not be
such a difference. It was not FL Paso
or Ell Paso's climate, but was due to
the ignorance Of the Mexican and the
conditions under which he lived. To
reduce this death rate the School for
Mothers was organized. Mrs. H D.
Slater assisted by Mrs. H. B. Stevens
formed a committee to head the work. |
The city and county showed their |
willingness to cooperate by contribut- |
ing money and assistance to the work !
The Herald took up the Save the Ba- |
bies" slogan and within three weeks /
after the first plans were suggested /
the work was in full swing The /
school has been IN operation eight
months and has done much to improve ,
sanitary conditions and reduce the IN +
note that although Ell Paso is grow /
ing her death rate was decreased last /
year We have model health depart /
ment and the cooperation between the !
School for Mothers and that depart
ment is perfect.
County Dfspensary.
May 1. 1910. the first class was held
IN the FL Paso county dispensary. DR..
". c Kluttz was selected as medical
director and continues to render valu-
able assistance in that capacity.
It is a sign Of progress when a work
does not stand still, but constantly
changes and grows in several direc-
lions That the School for Mothers mas
progressed is shown by the many
changes which have taken place in the
past eight months Starting out with
the idea TO do field nursing from the
county dispensary. many departments
have opened up since then.
Baby Class.
Here babies are seen, examined and
treatment ordered All sick babies and !
feeding cases are brought to the coun-
ty dispersary and placed under DR..
Kluttz's care.