Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
Every Birth In Atlanta Must
Be Registered!
1t the Only Way Prevent Wanton and Unnecessary
Waste of Life

the old Lyden House Peachree street next week be-
ginning Monday will be held Chld Welfare and Public
Health Show.
This exhibition will be conducted under the auspices
patronage of the State Georgia. the
County of Fulton and the City of Atlanta Cooperating with
these departments will be womans clubs churches
and civic organizations
purpose of the educatonaits object is the
PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE and through
this the preservation and prolongaon of human fel
Nothing proposed in Atlanta any time in the past could
have been entirely worth while
Every father and mother every landlord and employer Of
labor every citizen loving his home town and wishing to
progress along lines of substantial prosperity AFFORD
to view with indifference this proposed show.
Nothing is necessary Atlanta than the assembling
catalogng and preserving of VITAL STATISTICS.
Births should be promptly and ineigently registered
ALL OF THEM Deaths should be recorded with detailed in
formation Untoward and nsanitary conditions
should be investigated and sensbly set Alright
To know WHY many babies die each year Atlanta it is
essential that know HOW they die WREN and WHERE
1t the purpose of this welfare exhibition to show wherein
the faults of present day conditions they relate to health
exist and to suggest the proper remedies therefor
Do you know that Atlanta allows only % cents per
with which to keep its citizens well?
you that 1O42 people died in Atlanta last year Of
preventable diseases7
you that oneh of the babies born die within
their first year7
1910 521 babies died in Atlanta-300 born dead
Three four thousand bornt impossible to say
acy HOW MANY wretchedy defective and unpardonaby
incomplete birth registrations
EVERY BIRTH IN ATLANTA MUST BE REGISTERED!
the ONLY to prevent this wanon and
WASTE of human life.
The Health Department have visiting nurses who may
60 necessary are particularly
the poorer homeand teach ignorant mothers how
themselves and their young.
Atlanta spends 1901 265 Department s2eO13O
for Fire Department $3e36 for its Health Department
Is that equitable?
Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't.
1t is the object of the forthcoming Chld Welfare Pub
lie Health Show to that question, after fashion AP
PROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT AUTHORITIES THE
WORLD oVERl
The of the whites Atlanta mostly from
among the negro population.
Where does your cook live? Where does your chdren
nurse live? Where is your family laundry done?
Do you realize how INTIMATELY and how SURELY your
health is wrapped up In those questions?
Childs Welfare and Public Health Show will tell you
how and why it is!
Franz Schneider Jr the Health
of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce said Atlanta will have
problem of disease prevention among the negroes
only considerations of humanity Justice because
she afford to tolerate the presence of infection
midst
How about THAT Mr.. Citizen?
Atlanta is MUCH BETTER than many cities in its health
statsios--it still is not good it MIGHT be!
The purpose of the show discussed here is make Atlanta
Approximately PERFECT respect of hygiene
recently shown in The Georgian just how valuable
one thousand new citizens are to Atlanta business interests
if consider the matter from that standpoint
The Chds Welfare and Public Health Show proposes
tell how Aanas newborn population may be brought up in
health and happiness and how its adult population may
served maximum number OF days.
The Georgian cordially and earnestly commends this
coming health show the attention and respectful consideration
Of all the citizens Of this most beautiful of Southern cities
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