The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-10
WHAI THEY ARE DOING FOR DREN M c AND
BycLARENcEH POE wmmr From nmd1 Last Summer

serves lllled C~UnSQmDtiycs or.t.o !
dragging thousands 81
inliooll.dles TO death as q result II
lg%norantiy spreading the cantlrjan
Mr.. Alden says that in 1910 so 00o -
'he chlldren examined Were tiscoy-
ered 10 be tuberculous. while 300. 900
We're found to have defective vision
ana 10000 adenoids or enlarged
tonslls. n simple treatment for ade-
Mods, or the use Of glasses where the
eyes are defective, often begins a new
life for the child. And not ONLY are
diseases detected by medical inspec-
uon, SO that they may be cured in
time, but knowing re physical condi-
tlon OF the child often enables the
DOCTOR 70 advise what occupation ne
shou.u not enter, or what line Of
education he should or should not
take up. Mr.. Alden mentions his as
one OF the most notable benefits OF
n system.
Reducing tho infant Death Rate One
Third.
AS a matter Of fact. however, the
state does not wait until the child
starts to school to begin looking after
It's health. The s~hockingly high death
rate among infants has excited he in
terest Of English authorities, as it has
begun t. excite the interest Of people
at home. In every country on earth
thousands Of children die every year
simply because their mothers are
ignorant Of the elementary principles
of are and feeding. How many lives
might be saved by greater knowledge
is Illustrated by the experience OF
Huddersfield, where a law was passed
compelling early notification Of births,
and providing medical advice for the
mothers, with the resllt that the in
FAINT death rate was reduced from 1873
per thousand to 35. This remarkable
y - >@~ <tn<
Nv one-third Of the little ones had
gone to their graves unnecessarily
startled the nation. Parliament quick
~ passed a bill, applicable to a large
part Of h population, requiring the
local medical authorities to be
promptly notified Of each birth, the
woman health-VisitOr or nurse calling
upon the mother at the earliest pos
sible moment The results for the
nation at large AVE been almost as
remarkable as were the results In
Huddersfield alone. In 1901. Of each
1000 children born, ISL died under
one year old: in 1910, only los died.
Giving the Child the nance a Colt
OF course, after being g careful tt
see that the child gets a fair physica
start in life, England exercises tn
simple farmer-Sense which teaches
ma that even a colt should not b.
WORKED TOO early, dAU Ooco AioL dAlOS
her boys and girls to be MANNED To-
life by premature labor tn the fac
tories. Ti1ne was. Of course. when tn
conditions here, in this respect, wer'
hideous; and Elizabeth Barrel
Browning voivced the indignation o
E%ngiand's awakening conscience i,
her matchless ~oem, The Cry Of tn
Children"
"The young lambs are bleating in tn
i meadows;
The young birds are chipping in tn
nest;
The young fawns are playing with tn
shadows;
The young flowers are blowing TO
ward the west
Gut the young youn~ children. I
my brothers,,
They are weeping BITTERLY
They are weeping in the pla9tiUe 9
!, the others,
IN the country OF the free.
But England long since change
from an attitude of indifference t
, one Of the most Watchful concern 10
her future citizenship employed !
factories. Her child &bor laws te