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 Lie

the Leyden Peachtree next week, be-
ginning Monday will be held Chds Welfare and Public
Health Show
This exhibition will conducted under the auspices and
patronage the health departments of the State of Georgia. the
County of Fulton and the City of Atlanta Cooperating with
these departments will be woman clubs churches
and civic organizations
purpose educationalits object is the
PREVENTION OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE and through
this the preservation and proongaton of human life!
Nothing proposed in Atlanta any time in the past could
have been more entirely worth while
No father and mother landlord employer of labor
citizen loving his home town and whsng to it progress
along lines of substantial prosperity AFFORD to view with
Indifference this proposed show.
Nothing necessary Atlanta than the assembling,
cataloging, and preserving of VITAL STATISTICS.
Births should be promptly and intelgeny registered
ALL OF THEM Deaths should be recorded with detailed in
formation Untoward and nsanitary conditions
should be investigated and sensibly set Alright
To know WHY many babies die each year Atlanta it
essential that know HOW they die, WREN and WHERE
is 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 annum
with which to keep its citizens well7
Do you know that 042 people died in Atlanta last Of
preventable diseases7
Do you know that onehfth of the babies born within
their first year7
In 1910 521 babies died Atlanta-3oo
Three four thousand bornt impossible to
actly HOW MANY wrechedy defective and unpardonaby
incomplete birth registrations.
EVERY BIRTH IN ATLANTA MUST BE REGISTEREDt
the ONLY way prevent this wanton and unnecessary
WASTE of human life
Health Department have visiting nurses who may
CO. necessary homes where babies bornpartiouay
the poorer teach ignorant mothers how
themselves and their young.
Atlanta spends 1901 1856 for Its Police Department. $3.50
Fire Department $50 1856 Health Department
Is that equtable7
Maybe it is, and maybe It isn't.
1t is the object of the forthcoming Chds Welfare Pub
lie Health Show that question fashion
PROVED BY THE MOST EMINENT AUTHORITIES THE
WORLD ovER
The servants of the whites in Atlanta mostly from
among the negro population
Where does your cook ve2 Where does your chdren's
live7 Where is your family laundry done?
Do you realize how INTIMATELY and how SURELY your
health is wrapped up in those questions7
Chlds Welfare and Public Health Show will tell you
how and why it isl
Franz Schneider Jr recent report to the Health Board
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce said Atlanta
face the problem of disease prevention among the negroes
only for considerations of humanity and justice but
she afford tolerate the presence of infection
midst
How about THAT, Mr. Citizen?
Atlanta is MUCH BETTER than many cities in its health
statistics-it still is not so GOOD as it MIGHT be!
The purpose the show discussed here to make Atlanta
approximately PERFECT respect of hygiene and sanitation
It recently shown in The Georgian just how valuable
thousand citizens Atantas business interests
if to consider the matter from that standpoint
The Chids Welfare and Public Health Show proposes
tell Atlanta newborn population may be brought up
health and happiness and how its adult population may pre-
served a 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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