The Detroit times., 1911-05-27
BLIs7ERING HEAT
KILLS TEN BABES
IN TWO DAYS
Board Of Health 0ficials Warn
Mothers to Buy Pure Milk
and Keep It at Low
Temperature. 1
Only Hope Of Relief From Torridity
Lies In Thunderstorms Which
May Arrive Tonight.

Aho cACesslVe neat or the last week
Is making itself felt among Detroit
babies. and officials OF the board OF
health are doing everything In their
power to prevent an excess OF baby
mortality. Within the last two days.
lO deaths OF Infants have been re-
ported at the board OF health oflces,
and Dr. Francis Dufield who has
charge OF that department, declares
that each one OF these deaths Is d.
rectly traceable to the terrific heat.
The doctor says that the hot sea-
son arrived early and unexpectedly
this spring, and, as a consequences,
board OF health officers and mothers
In general were taken on their guard.
"As matter OF fact, the infant NOR
tality, while 1t Is greater than last
year at this time, Is not greater than
l expected. In view OF the weather
conditions" says the doctor. The
sickness and deaths among children
now are the result Of the hot spell we
had about week ago and there Is no
question but the heat OF today and
yesterday will have sad effect upon
the little folk.
Il have one word Of advice to
mothers who are looking for the well
fare OF their babies. Buy clean milk
and keep 1t cold. II mothers would
only take this precaution, the life OF
many poor little sufferer would be
saved Our milk supply is much bet
ter than II was year ago and people
should have no excuse for not getting
good, fresh. pure milk. The inspect
ors have done a noble work I'm the
last year and its effect will be felt on
the child mortality records.
The other day, they destroyed l.
COO gallons OF milk that was at too
high a temperature. That's the kind
OF work that will help save baby's
lives and keep grown.ups free from
disease"
Because OF the coquettish and, like
wise skittish, qualities OF a thunder
storm, Official Weather Forecaster
Norman b. Conger Saturday noon,
could hold out no hope to sweltering
Detroiters that their best clothes. II
donned for church, Sunday, would
have any evidence OF pristine fresh
| ness, after the sermon.
There Is No prospect of any mate
rial change in temperature unless
and hope Of cool breeze sprang up
I'VE get thunderstorm Saturday
night or Sunday morning, and condi-
tions are favorable for It, but
hope died down in a moment, you
never can tell a thing about thunder
storms" this very convincingly, '.and
may be, II may thunderstorm to the
north Or the south of us. and We won't
notice any drop In temperature at all.
1T is fair and pretty hot today from
the Mississippi valley eastward to the
Atlantic coast. Out west In the Da-
kotas, Montana, Wyoming and Ne
vada, the temperatures have dropped
from 10 to 40 degrees. In Nevada.
Saturday morning, IL was below the
freezing point" At this point, Mr..
Conger had TO cross his heart to mako
The Times believe Ii possible" and,
out In Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas an&
surrounding states he continuo1
ARE the ,thunderstorms, and these nr@
moving this way. IL they come, De-
troit will have a little cooler weather.
Sunday will probably remain fair an1
hot"
At / o'clock Mr.. Conger's ofncia1
thermometer atop the Majestic build
Ing registered SS degrees, but the
kiosk in the city hall square beat t.
to 96 degrees.
While driving his team at Tillmap
and Michigan-aves., Friday afternoon,
Edward Middaugh, 3S years old, No.
339 Michigan-ave., was overcome by
the heat. He was taken home In an
auto patrol.
CHICAGO, May 27.-With fifteen
deaths directly attributable to the
heat in the past "a hours, Chicago set
tied down into the third day OF her
hot spell with no relief In sight be-
fore late Sunday afternoon, and with
the prospects that today would be the
hottest day in May In the history OF
the Windy City.
Yesterday the thermometer reached
95-breaking all May records. This
morning at IL a. m, the mercury had
reached 80. The temperature was
rising rapidly and the humidity be
coming oppressive. From the hospf-
tails and In the poorer districts, II II
reported that the infant mortality is
the hlghest in the history Of Chicago.
Eldht nlured In Nreck