The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-09
URGES MATRON
 IN FACTORIES
Miss Julia COrccran Scores the Present Conditions of Shop
 Work For Women
TALKS TO CIVIC COUNCIL
Dr. Steele Tells of Good Results AL ready Attained in Open-Aid
 School.

Miss Julia Corcoran of Norwich,
 woman state factory inspector, made
 plea at the meeting of the New Haven Civic Federation in the Tinted 1 church chapel last evening for Iegis- lation to protect women in factories that the fact that so many women are compelled to do laborious work during pregnancy was, in a measure,
 report of the state board of health, ! which showed that in one year there
 were 1,1n still births in the state and 1,031 children under two years ] of age died She said that many of the manufacturers would like to help
 but many of the women concealed
 not be compelled to leave work One of the benefit associations, and only
 one in the state. has taken up the vides that woman in pregnancy must be absent from work not less than
 IA weeks and must be attended by a
 She believed that if there could be
 matron in every factory it would accomplish great deal in remedying
 the situation. She said that at pres ent there are five factories in New Haven where there are matrons, but she believed that every factory should have one.
 Reflection on State.
 She said it seemed a terrible thing | that in state where so much was
 claimed for civilization women could be permitted to work at laborious tasks up to the very day and some times to the very hour of childbirth. | She hoped that some legislation could | be enacted that would control the sit uatiou.
 She also declared that, in line with sanitary reform. the factory inspector
 was now at work upon a movement which would result in the closing of all underground bakeries after a cer- tain date. She said that there were | hIT- 0f falr ioey fin New Haven.
 Dr. H. Merriman Steele gave a very | interesting report upon the experi-'
 ments conducted by him at the New Haven Orphan Asylum during the l past month. Ten of the children.
 who were a little under the average
 door tent for a test of sunshine and l out door life upon them during school
 hours. This is in line with some of the latest hygienic tests in Germany, where the results have been marvel , lous. When these ten children were ~taken into the tent; blood test the normal as to strength and dis ease-resisting qualities. After two | weeks very substantial improvement | in their condition was noted Keeping Children Warm. In order to keep the children warm, | they are dressed in felt lined canvas bags. and on the real cold days they wear overcoats, sweaters and nittens. During the recent cold snap they com plained somewhat of cold feet, but this problem was met by supplying heavy felt boots. The tent in which the children study and recite is filled | up with a complete school equipment, i furnished by the board of education, At the end Of two weeks tw0 of the | children had gained in weight one
 quarter of a pound and one-half of a | pound respectively while eight lost on
 an average of nine ounces the ,t eaeh. 4S oi3I Pr dren were taken from the homes of l the poor and had been underfed in
 stead of being taken take bn frpm n,tnfv the o6 If | food, the gain in weight would have been as startling as the gain in blood | improvement
 Mortality of Infants
 Dr. H. s. Arnold, from the commit | tee On the milk problem. reported | progress. He called attention to the | large mortality of infants and de clared that the greatest cause of it was unfit food He said that the mothers of the poor shirked maternal 1 responsibilities as we'll as the moths l CTS higher up in the social scale and | often the babies are fed with bananas | and poor candy, camoimle tea ana condensed milk. He said the aim of | the committee was first to instruct I mothers where they could buy good l milk and second how to care for the
 milk after they got it. Dr. Hartshorn l pared a list of places which supplied pure milk. This list will be ampllfieo
 and a lecture has been prepared in in | pamphlet form, giving all necessary | instructions to mothers. Smoke Nuisance.
 1 Attorney Talcott H. Russell present. 1 ed a resolution asking for the ap- | pointment of a committee whose duty | is would be to see what could be done ! to minimize the emission into the, ar l of gas. smoke and cinders. MT. Rus | sell favored the idea of having man
 ufacturers on the committee. He I said they were for the most part "a ! yorable to the plan and they would De l only too ready to join in the plan to reduce the amount of smoke for the beauty, the health and comfort oI | the city. He said that as the New 1 Haven road trains would be runnine I hv electricity