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

the old Leyden Peacht~ee week, be-
ginning Monday will be held Chds Welfare and Public
Health Show.
This exhibition will be conducted under the auspices and
patronage health departments 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
The purpose of the show is educationaits object
PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE and through
this the preservation and prolongaton of human life!
Nothing proposed in Atlanta at any time in the past could
have been more entirely worth while
Every father and mother landlord and employer of
labor 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 intelhgeny registered
ALL OF THEM Deaths should be recorded with detailed in
formation Untoward and nsanitary conditions
should be investigated and sensbly set Alright
To 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?
Do you know that 042 people died in Atlanta last year of
preventabe diseases?
Do you know that one-fh the babies born within
their first year?
In 1910, 521 babies died in Atlanta300 born dead
Three four thousand bot is impossible to say
acy HOW MANY wretchedy defective and unpardonaby
incomplete birth registrations
EVERY BIRTH IN ATLANTA MUST BE REGISTERED!
1t the ONLY way prevent this wanton and
WASTE of human life.
The Health Department must have visiting nurses who may
60 necessary into homes where babies particularly
the homeand teach ignorant mothers how to for
themselves and their young
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Department. $9e13e its Department
Is that equitable?
Maybe it is and maybe it isn't
object of the Forthcoming Chld Welfare and Pub
lie Health Show that question after fashion AP
PROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT AUTHORITIES THE
WORLD OVER!
The the whites in Atlanta mostly from
among the negro population.
Where does your cook live? Where does your chdrens
nurse live? Where is your family laundry done?
Do you realize how INTIMATELY and how SURELY your
health is wrapped up in those questions?
The Chds Welfare and Public Health Show will tell you
how and why it is!
Franz Schneider Jr report to the Health
of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce said Atlanta will
face the problem of disease prevention among the negroes
only for considerations of humanity and justice
afford tolerate the presence infection her
midst
How about THAT MIR. Citizen?
Atlanta is MUCH BETTER than many cities in its health
statstcs-it sin is good MIGHT be!
The purpose of the show discussed here is to make Atlanta
approximately PERFECT in respect of hygiene and sanitation
recently shown The Georgian how valuable
houand citizens to Atlanta business
if to consider the matter from that standpoint
The Chl6s Welfare and Public Health Show proposes
tell how kantas newborn population may be brought up
happiness how its adult population may pre-
served maximum number of days.
cordially earnestly
coming health show to the attention and respectful consideration
of all the of this beautiful of Southern cities
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