The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-09
Co-Operafue Laundry to
Aid Farmers Wives

has split. Summer and winter the
Monday session at the washtub and
that or Tuesday at the ironing table
have taken their toll OF her strength
and health. The monotony of farm
life. its neverending round OF house
hold duties and the lack of opportun-
ity Tor mental or physical relaxation
have all had their effect on the coun-
try woman, and through her have
reached down to the children.
II Is believed that the conservation
of the strength and health of the farm
woman will do much toward checking
the undesirable efflux OF population
from the country, to the city. which
is now generally recognized by farm
economists as largely due to the con.
dtions which obtain In the farm
home.
In view of the success which has
crowned cooperative enterprises In
other lines OF the farming industry
In the irrigated districts OF the west.
there Is little doubt that this latest
innovation for better conditions in the
farm home will meet with the ap-
prevail of the farmers,
That the action of summer heat as
direct cause OF infant mortality has
l. been greatly un.
Summer Heat and d @ r e s timated In
Infant Mortality. the last 25 years
| and that activities
| IN future baby-saving campaigns must
be concentrated on better housing
and proper ventilation. as well as on
careful feeding and handling OF the
Infant are the principal points brought
cut by DR.. j. w. Schereschewsky. sur.
gcon of the United States public
health service. who has made a thor.
ugh-going study OF the direct rela.
ton Of heat and infant mortality. The
conclusions OF DR.. Schereschewsky
are based not only on the information
I gathered in the study which he has
made in the United States, but also
on the reports of eminent foreign
physicians who have carried on sim
liar Investigations.
I Forty years ago." says DR.. Schere-
schewsky. mo doubt existed In this
country ut least as to the direct ef-
feet of heat In causing increased in
FAINT mortality in summer. The dis
coveries and developments In bacter-
|
eases, however, gradually displaced
| heat into the background as a direct
factor in the deaths of infants during
the summer time. Until few years
ago tho general opinion has prevailed
that, while summer heat stood in
casual relation to summer deaths.
this relation was by no means imme.
date. Heat was regarded as an agent
calling other deleterious influences
into action"
The public health expert points out
that recent observations, however
particularly in Germany. have re-
opened the question. and that the con,
sensus OF opinion among scientists IN
all countries now Is that there il a
most important relation between the
rise OF temperance in the summer and
the rise OF rates In infant mortality
Staenant air In poorly-designed OF
poorly-located houses Is a direct cause
OF the increase OF the number OF
deaths among infants in summer. &C
cording to the report, which cites the
results OF extensive investigations
carried on in the countries of Europe
Infant mortality rates rise or de.
crease as the conditions In individual
homes and In section of a city are
unfavorable or favorable for the cir
ouiation OF air. Statistics show that
In very few cases do infants die OF
preventable summer diseases in q
house which Is exposed on all sides
to the wind, but that the death rate
Is high IN those dwellings which be-
cause OF their lowly situation. their
location in the rear OF other buildin &c
or their shut-in style OF architecture
were denied the access OF coolins
breezes, or from the poor location OF
the windows that thorough ventila
ton was impossible. The report says