Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
Atlanta Children Also Threat
ened by Impure Milk, De-
CIareS Dr.. Kennedy.
INSANITARY HOMES GET
FULL SHARE OF BLAME
Play, Sunlight and Fresh Air
Best Preventives, Asserts
City Official.

IlSiS Oh tLIS great pcIilS III GdleIll4lS
the health and vitality Of Atlanta chill
dren:
I. The, careless mother.
2 Impure milk and water.
8. Poorly prepared and improper
food
4 Infected and tainted meats.
5. Unhygienie and insanitary home
surroundings.
6. Criminal negligence on the part
of the parents in their failure
to impart information which
the children should possess.
7. The peril of the street; the vi
eious and immoral playmate.
8. Congestion in close stuffy school
rooms.
g. The common drinking cup laden
with disease germs.
10. Lack of the worlds greatest
notwithstanding and fresh
air-in the lives of the chill
dren of many of the city's
poorer families.
J. p. KENNEDY,
City Health Officer.
Listen 10 this Indictment. mothers o
Atlanta
Collectively and individually you ha
considered yourselves the irreproach-
able guardians Of the health. mind and
morals of your children, hadn't YOU?
Yet comes man to-day who, whor
asked to enumerate the greatest perii'
that shadow the health Of Atlanta:
children places YOU smack dab rignt
at the very top of the list.
Take II Back.
Possibly Dr.. J. p. Kennedy the city
health officer, did not reck of the ful
measure Of woman's righteous wrath
when he uttered this unguaTded obser.
walton. Maybe he will be willing t.
take it all back when he has sough
in vain to pour figurative oil on tn,
literal anger of sundry indignant dele.
cations of mothers filling the corridors
Of the city hall, stalling the elevators
and swarming his office.
The digestive and intestinal ailmen,.
most prevalent in the summer months
said Dr. Kennedy to-day, are far an,
away the most prolific cause Of juven'
lie sickness in Atlanta. They stan
first and foremost i'm the number 81
their victims Their mortality is count
cd i'm hundreds where that Of other dis
eases is figured in tens. Their ric.
harvest of deaths will begin in only
q few months. The mortality curve
will start its fearsome rise next month
increase in May and June, find 81
maximum in July and gradually sinh
in August and September
DR.. Kennedy was asked what priv
cipally was responsible for this anna
destruction Was it impure milk?
Yes and no." he replied, sharpen.
ing the blade of his criticism for tn
mothers Of Atlanta.
IF YOU mean the original milk sup
plv. | should say that this has no
a very large share in the response
biIity. But. you know, it does yer!
little good tor the milk to he delivered
free from impurities AT the door. q
it is allowed TO become contaminata
af,erwaTd. And this is what happeni
I'm many. many homes.
Milk Left in Hot Sun.
In IN, first place Do often is left Of
IN. porch In the hot SUM- Tho milk D.
suppoyaa 20 be- delivered at "a tcmnerg
ture Of not more than % degrees. bu
this u-ecautfou is rendered useless
the milk is permitted to remain ON ta
porch I'm the sun until or O'Clock il
the forenoon. as I frequently nave oh
served to be the case.
Then YOU are apt ro 6nd ln thes
same homes that the mother leaves tn
bottle open. she lets it stand on IN
kitchen table for hours. and when SIN
puts il IN the ice chegt she fails To SCI
that it is properly refrigerated. If he
child is an infant she very likely add
TO her culpabujty by he caTclessuess il
feeding Il. You can, pour milk down
child's throat as YOU would I'll the gas
olfne tank of YOU automobile.
still they are blaming an Of ts
summer intestinal disea ses among chill
dren and infants 70 the milk supply. il
the face Of the fact that Atlanta's sup
r.v. on the whole. is very good
Right nov We are masking an eftO-
10 have the ruoerculiu test made '
every herd Of cattle from which us
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