The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-09
"BABY SAVING DAY" OBSERVED
IN SEVERAL BOSTON CHURCHES
1t is in Connection With
Fifth Annual Convention
of American Society for
Prevention of Infant Nor
tality.
BY AseoCIATBD PRESS.

Boston, Nov. S.-@'Bany- saving day
was observed in a number Of churches
here today, in connection with the ar
rapgements for the fifth annual meet
ing of the American Association for
Study and Prevention of Infant Nor
tality, to be held in Boston this week.
The meeting will bring together spe
cialists in baby-saving from all parts
of the country-doctors, health ctE-
GERS, nurses, teachers and social work
ers.
Pre- Natal Care Is to be empha-
sized at the meeting. The vital sta
tisticians say over one third Of the to-
tai number of babies who die during
a year, stay in this world less than
month. The experts believe that the
lives of many of these babies would
be saved if there was proper prenatal
care. This is being done by the es
tablfshment of obstetrical clinics in
connection with hospitals or the work
of baby saving organizations; and by
carefully supervised instruction by
visiting nurses of the eXpectant moth
ers, in their own homes.
Mrs. Max West of the Federal Chill
dren's Bureau will show, in a report
that has been prepared under the
milton of the Importance Of this work
has been steadily increasing, until now
over forty organizations in thirty or
more cities are doing it systematical-
Iy as an intergraI part of their baby
saving activities. DR.. A. B. Emmons,
End, Of Boston, will describe the re-
sources for giving prenatal care; and
Dr. J. Whitridge Williams Of Balti-
more, professor Of Obstetrics and dean
of the Johns Hopkins medical school.
the president OF the association, will
discuss, in his presidential address, the
possibilities and limitations Of pre-
natal care. There will also be dis
cussions of the need of adequate ma
ternity hospital service, and at charges
which will be adaptable to incomes of
all classes. Those who will take part
will include DIR. Mary Sherwood, Bal
timore: DR. w w. Chapman of Mon
treaI: Dr. Edward Reynolds of Bos-
ton, and DR.. T. p Davis of Phila-
delphia-
WELFARE CONSULTATION.
Another feature of the baby-saving
program that will have special atten-
ton is the Baby Welfare Consulta-
ton" which has been established in
many places as a. means of keeping
we'll babies we'll Medical directors,
nurses and social workers who are
especially interested in these weekly
conferences between doctor, mother
and visiting nurse, will exchange ex-
periences as to the ways by which
the mothers who come to such health
clinics can he best advised as to the
care of themselves and their babies.
over 120 societies are engaged in
work of this sort in different parts
of the country.
DIR. L. Emmett Holt. and. DR.. Henry
d. Chaplin OF New York, win show how
few chances the founding has so long
as he remains an institutional baby.
Dr. H. J. Gerstenberger of Cleveland
will describe some of the ways in
which other countries, notably Aus
tria and Germany care for these In
stitutional babies" and DIR. j. H N.
Knox, Jr., of Baltimore, will tell cf
the success that has followed the es-
tablishment Of foster homes.
An exhibition illustrating methods IN
ba by saving will be held at the Boston
public library.