The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-06-19
.BABY'S HEAL TIL
SUBJECT Of REPORT
Survey Shows Heavy Death Rate
In Tenement Districts of ~~->s
Large Cities. :::. HIN: !.

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The Chlldren,s :Bureau OF me. De-
partment OF Labor mas ISSUED = re-
port on =: m m . an Mo ="
NC" ooto '.,,',., =. e
Montclair is resld entlal supnrns o1
New York city
comfortable homes nd t.1
climate ana q
The general infant: .tleat h$era tesz;of
Montclair Wassfound4 to bes84 tpers1QoO
babies born 81 -, ~ Is. Inst an
estimated rate i 20 birth
registration Area Df tn s county as
whole, :..E:>}
The :Montclafr3 81 ries; s*f1o WAVer,
for az tie: cit H.:
In the -WardsWher1e the" most favor.
ahIe cninditio11s ;f,f liVi11 = TX tst.%s the
rate waa ~. :::s@*t
- 8. !. ::
{" ~ -: 80, -. -: I'D
on >tne ot4er hanu. w. ~: :,
wnere oO o1sA1a1 teneMehla hous =
the cley are Iohnos the ra1esWatses;Asy =:
mere were"1ounu "a @sthe ::nlltosst$*fonEestSo
houslne conolttonsin
Inns WaIu - ~
OF -Aeann more co4p1atn1A - inst
no1sahces' ahc1oolns COMPLAINTS VI
poor p!uinolns, tHan troni rauy, o'noA
warn IN cue ci'y: =. ~...t ::=;, Z:
It is highly significant that IN: this
unravoraDle Ward, where in 1872
twice as many babies died as IN all
the other Wards combined, the infant
death rate was gradually decreased
until In 1914 1t was lower than the
average for the entire city: This
gratifying decrease says the report,
should probably be ascrlbed largely
to the development of the baby clinic,
with its follow-up visits OF the nurse
to mothers in their homes. and to
the careful supervision by the Board
OF Health OF the housing and santa
>tion of this section"
The report shows that the death
rate varied With the income among
1am1hes Wnere the income was less
tnan ~ a week the rate was more
than t"1ce as hlgn as among 1am1hes
where the income was 1913 or more.
The father's occupation gave some
indication or the trend OF the infant
mortality, rate. Where fathers were
professional or business men the rate
was A. In the skilled trades group.
1t rose TO "a, While among babies
whose fathers were engaged in semi
skll1ed traces and domestic SERVICE
the rate was lO1. more than double
the rate for the professional men,.
The mother who Worked:. was more
>nkeiy 20 loose ner pa'oy. = Out OF the
10 oaoles OF working mothefs, lo died,
as against ~ deaths among the S67
oap1es OF WOODWORKING mothers.
Mother's Milk Best Food.
: ;Authorttses agree that the mothers
mix 1s-1ne -Dest 1ood TOT the baby''
VI rs babes VINO died within the t1rst
year out AFTER the first week, only 3
were exclusively breast fed' 6.were
partly breast fed,. and IL were arti-
hclaIly led.
rs pointed out that all the figures
quoted are too small to furnish a basis
Tor hard and FAST conclusions, but they
pear out the results OF similar tnvestl-
satlons on a larger scale" elsewhere.
IN 1913 the health authorities OF
Montcla1r asked the cooperation Of
the Ch1ldren's Bureau in a piece of
WI WYNN tney "1sneu 10 uhoertaAe'
Two visiting nurses were already en-
ployed by the city, and it was pro-
posed that on their daily rounds to
the homes these nurses should secure
the inflammation repa rdinp ha hiaa
which was called for upon the infant
mortality schedule of the children's-
ACCORDINGLY, schedules were fur
an Aren't detailed eta to helm in atart anu