Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-16
analysing the mechanism on which this
treatment rests.

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treatment fests.
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The children OF newly arrived imnnk
grants furnish eight times ~ many
cases Of deformities caused by ricketts,
a do the children OF native parents.
-Four times ~ many Immigrant chill.
dren suffer from deformities Of the
spine caused BY tuberculosis. as do
native children. The children Of re-
cent immigrants from warm countries
are particularly liable to develop rick
cts, while the children Of immigrants
from cold countries are specially apt
to become victims Of tuberculosis. This
in spite of the fact that the same class
es and nationalities do not suffer
from these diseases In their own coun-
try. These interesting facts appear in
an article by DR.. Wallace Blanchard Of
Chicago which recently appeared in
The Journal Of the American Medical
Association. The explanation. Accord
ing to DR.. Blanchard, is found in the
change OF climate and habits OF living
tina: these immigrants undergo. DR..
Blanchard's conclusions are based on
an analysis Of 5000 cases, recorded in
Chicago hospitals and dispensaries, of
children suffering from deformities,
most Of them due to tuberculosis and
ricketts,. Chicago 10 perhaps the only
city in tho world having winters Of ,
and snow that harbors 10000 new inn
migrants from tropical or semi-tropicai
countries every year. DR.. Peter Rob.
erts, In a book entitled "The New I'm.
migration" presents map OF the
United States with line drawn from
Atlantic City to Cairo, and thence to
the northwest corner Of Minnesota. DR..
Roberts says that 80 per cent OF tho
new immigrants remain north and. east
Of these lines. which include only one
sixth Of the area Of the country. In
1911 the highest immigration point
was reached. with one and one-quarter
million Of new arrivals In this coun-
try. The majority Of these people flock
to our large cities and settle in the
poorer quarters. In 1911 there were in
Chicago $4,000 new immigrants, one
fifth Of whom came from a hot coun-
try. Among these people ricketts, is very
common in the first few years Of Amer
lean life. the Italians. Greeks and Syr-
ians furnishing so per cent OF such
cases. The people from northern Eu-
rope generally seek work in clothing
shops and other factories and do
piece-work at home. They live hud-
died close together. They are essen
TALLY an indoor people. Their children
do not have ricketts, but they furnish q
large share Of the cases Of tubercular
joint disease. resulting N defoTn;;tt.e:.
Sixty-six per cent Of all cases Of curv-
allure Of the spine is found among
Jewish girls. The reason for this is
! easily explained. Jewish mothers fear
to let young daughters out Of their
sight. The girl sews early and late at
piece-work, and the long hours Of Ia
| Dor, cramped position. indoor life and
! insufficient food result in an enor-
mously large number OF cases Of tu-
berculosis of the spine. A Syrian coll
! ony that was stranded In Chicago at
the close of the worlds fair in 1898
forms an excellent illustration OF the
tendency Of the children Of newly ar
rived immigrants to become diseased.
| In Palestine these Syrians had known
nothing OF ricketts,. BY. a few months
| OF changed conditions of climate, food
| and habits produced rickety children.
The children born abroad did not de.
velop ricketts,, but the Chicago born
children OF the Syrian women were at
lacked to such an extent that at one
| time ~ per cent OF the children had
ricketts, OF . severe type, producing
bow-legs. knock knees. deformities Of
the chest and spine and curvature OF
the collar bones and bones Of the arms.
This condition prevailed for several
years. Then as these people became
adapted to the climate and diet Of their
new home ricketts, began to abate, and
In about seven years had practically
disappeared from the Syrian colony.
The Immigrant woman has nearly
twice as many children as the Amer.
ican-born woman. Al per cent against
2s per cent. The Importance Of this
question is appreciated when 1t is un.
derstocd that bad deformtiies, curva.
ture of the spine and disabling condi-
J tons due to either ricketts, or tubercu-
iosis In the young Of these new inmi.
grants means large number Of help.
less paupers for future generations to
care for. Congress has established a
government station in Chicago for the
care and protection of newly arrived
immigrants. If the federal govern
ments. the state and the local com.
mun!ties could be aroused to the ne.
| cessity of caring for the immigrant
| mother for the first year or two in her
new home 1t would be a great saving
for the future.
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Columbus.
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