The Detroit times., 1915-07-05

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boen dyipe at the rate OF 200 q weel
IIor the past 13 weeks In excess o
the nortaIity rate for she CORES
| pondins period In 1914
Tho situation is directly traceabl'
70 the scarcity OF physicians, thou
sands Of whom are serving the coun
| try. aecording to health oficials IL
London today Those doctors wh'
remain In London and other cities
! are worked TO the limit OF endurance
They have time only TO give slight
attention TO patients. Nurses avail
sble for civilian duty are at pre-
MUM. Practically all OF them are
|cariug for the wounded soldiers
A viruient outbreak OF measles
among London children Is stili 10
force, hundreds having died from
this cause alone. Other child maia-
dies, not dangerous In normal times
have exacted q great toll anong chiE
dren u7der 10 years OF ase whose re
sistance is less than older children
Another cause OF child mortality.
for which the war 10 Indirectly re-
sponsfbIe, Is the great increase In
the industrial employment OF mar
ried women and the lack OF agencies
for care OF children during the ao-
ssnce OF mothers from home. Day
nurseries, that existed before the
var, practically have ali been con-
verted into Institutions for The care
of the wounded. These institutions
previously safeguarded and fed the
infants of working mothers for two
cents . day.
Within the past four months in
Greater London alone. s,ssl ehildreo
under the age OF 10 years have died
Many prominent English social
workers have taken cognixAnce OF
the infant mortality situation. and
in addition TO private efforts to re-
lieye the situation. are appealing 10
the London county council and the
Mrs. II. B. Irving. wife OF the. Ia
nous actor, Is one OF those who is
q study OF conditions She
d prominently connected with the
schools for mothers movement. and
has become recognized - one OF the
srst authorities in England upon all
hat concerns child life and mother
hood
Not only Is the var killing chill
lren, bat Il II also responsible Tor
IN alarming death rate among per
IONS past middle age. according to|
sealth statistics today War worries
hat sap the vitality and break down
resistance to disease have
.aused Thousands Of elders to give up
o maladies that invariably mean
Death-
Mortality figures for aged persons
rho have sons on the dring line or
rho worry about Zeppelins show
hat wars toll h not only taken oy
,uIlets and shells.
Speaking cf the general situation
! vegl-known student Of London's
henlth said to-day:
- ~ = not ssxactiy cheerful sub
Nh. but Il n enc which must be
facrd with cheerfumss& II IL quite
natural that. tn the midst Of . war Of
such magnitude. we should to some
extent lose sight OF the health Of the
civilian population. 20 much Is push
a aside BY military necessity But
after al. II II the civilian population
Who carry on peace pursuits. upon
which the machinery OF warfare de-
pends. II II . military necessity for
Dvery man and woman to keep ht-
10 watch over and guard tempera-
mental weaknesses. to keep healthy
and stro0g.
sThe business Of all Of NJ now is
10 strive TO keep N. To drive worry
10 the dogs. and preserve q cheerful
even when Zeppelin
raids On London are talked about, or
actually come about. There never
vas Z time IN history when cheerful
aess had . greater value than II has
today.-