The Washington herald., 1913-11-17
BABY SCIENTISTS
attend CHURCH
Association Holds Sunday
Meeting Opened by DR..
John Van Schaick, Jr.
NEED OF ASSOCIATION
Dr.. Mary Sherwood, of Baltimore, De-
clares Parents Should Be Given,
Instruction by Government.
NEED OF ASSOCIATION

Education in the proper care of babies
would be required by the government OF
every father and mother, If the recon.
mendations of DIR. Mary Sherwood. Of
Baltimore. were put into operation. This
suggestion was made yesterday afternoon
by DR.. Sherwood before a-meeting in the
Church OF Our Father under auspices of
the American Association for the Study
and Prevention of Infant Mortality.
DR.. Sherwood told of the harm done
future generations by ignorant parents,
She said that the saving of the babies
iives is a social. political. and medical
problem, and put much of the blame for
the present high death rate on the
shoulders of the State. She said that
one of the solutions of this problem lies
in the better training of doctors, and
installation of more hospitals.
DIR. Woodward Speaks.
Dr. W. c. Woodward, District Health
Officer, discussed the aims of the asso-
ciation for cutting down the death rate
Of babies, and made plea for the
churches of this country 10 join in an
organized campaign OF instruction.
The laxity in taking statistics of births
in the United States was blamed for a
large share in the high death rate by
DIR. J. II. NJ. Knox, of the Thomas Will
son Sanitarium OF Baltimore. Enforced
eugenic marriages was one of the solu-
tions suggested by DIR. Knox. He said
that 10000 of the 100000 babies born
every year die. and of this number at
least half might be saved by proper care.
DIR. Knox said that the percentage Of
infant mortality among the colored race
is greatly in excess of that among the
white, and that the negro was better
cared for under the institution OF slavery
than at present.
DR.. S. 5. Adams presided, and the Rev.
DR.. John Van Schaick, jr., pastor of the
Church of Our Father, opened the meet
ing with prayer.
The congress of the association for
the prevention OF infant deaths will end
with the session this afternoon at the
Willard.
List of Speakers Today.
In the morning the topic of vital and
social statistics will be discussed. There
will be symposium on the use OF vital
statistics in preserving infant life opened
by DR.. Woodward, District Health Ofh-
Ger, and the other speakers will be:
Or. S. Josephine Baker, director of the
department of child hygiene, Department
of Health, New York City; DR.. J. n.
Hurry, secretary of the State board OF
health of Indiana; DR.. Ernest Levy,
health officer of Richmond, Va: Dr.
Julius Levy, director of child gygiene
city of Newark, n. j.: DR.. Helen Mac
Murphy. inspector of feeble-minded and
assistant inspector of hospitals and
charities. Toronto, Canada; Dr. W. S
Rankin. secretary of the State board of
health for North Carolina.
At the afternoon session activities in
the District and plans for an ideal cam
paign will be discussed, the speakers
being: DR.. A. L. Murray, Miss Isabel
Strong, Walter S. Ufford. DR.. Taylor
Jones. Charles D. Nesbit, Mrs Archibald
Hopkins, of this city; DR.. c. Z. Ford, of
Cleveland; DR.. S. Josephine Baker, New
York; Miss NJ. A Nutting, New York;
DR.. L. Emmett Holt, New York; Dr. J.
Whitridge Williams. Baltimore; DR.. ].
II. NJ. Knox, jr.. Baltimore, and Rev
DIR. John Van Schaick, jr., of this city