Evening star., 1914-07-12
WHAT. THE GOVERNMENT is DOING

], Uncle Sam is just about to publish new
| best seller" on the great American baby
The big presses at the
uncle Sans government printing Of
| poh- D, fee are now running at
| Doon' their highest speed on
the first baby book ever issued by the
government and the second to be pub
| lished by the United States. children's bu-
reau in its care-of-children series. The
first bulletin in this series was a state
ment on the prenatal care for mother and
child. and the new publication on the
baby will be devoted to the care of the
child from birth until the age Of two
years. Other bulletins will follow on the
care Of older children.
The coming publication on the baby.
which is expected to be ready for free
distribution by the children's bureau of
the Department Of Labor on or about
August l. is expected to go further than
any other work Of the kind toward pre-
| senting information on practical meth
DDS Of caring for the individual child so
that it may grow up in health and so that
more rapid progress may be made in cut
ting down the abnormally high infant
mortality rates in the United States. 1t
ls estimated that more than 300 900 ba-
bies under one year of age die each year,
and that more than one-half Of this num-
ber die Of easily preventable diseases.
The governments new American baby
book is expected to rival in popularity the
| famous horse book" which has passed
through scores of editions since it was
nrst printed by the Department of Agri-
piece of literature most sought for by
congressman to send to their constituents
before the time for close election rolls
around. Although the book on the care
| of the American baby promises to be
the governments best seller, the first
edition will be limited to 10000 copies,
| and many reprints will be necessary il
the publication Is to exceed the record
| OF the old horse books and if it is to
prove as popular as mothers. nurses. ply
sicians and public health men who have
gone over the original manuscript ex-
| pect it to be. More than 5000 copies of
the bulletin on prenatal care were printed
by the chfldren's bureau in response to
requests for the publication which came
| from every part of every state and from
practically all foreign countries. The
children's bureau was surprised by the
particularly heavy demand for this bull
letin from countries in the far east where
American missionaries are working to
spread the gospel of good health as we'll
as religion.
Mrs. Max West who was the author
VI tHe pTcIdldI care DullellI. ID also tHe
! author of the new publication on the
care of the baby. She has written the
booklet from the standpoint of a woman
who not only has had university training
and experience in government research
| work. but as one who herself is mother
| of family Of young children. The book
let has been written after much prepara-
| ton and study of the best literature OF
all nations on the subject. and the man.
| uscript had been read and criticised by a
| large number of physicians and nurses
before it was sent to the printer.
The bulletin treats of every detail con-
| nected with the care of young child
| in language which is simple and nom
technical. The aim has been to make the
bulletin simple and thoroughly interesting
as we'll accurate and scientific. 1t is
written for the average mother and will
| be mailed free to all persons who send
| in to the United States chidren's bureau
| a letter post card request for the
Infant Care bulletin, by Mrs Max
West.