The Detroit times., 1915-06-18
Mothers Come With In
fants From Far
Distant Points
BOTTLE BABIES
GET SPECIAL CARE
Kiefer Hospital Also
Does Great Work
Among Children

This Is hospital day In the oficial
Better Babies week program, and in
terest centers around the Children's
Free hospital, ST. Antoine-st. and
Farnsworth-ave.. the management Of
which Is holding open house today
from 2 10 6. The general public is
invited. and refreshments will be
served.
The Children free hospital has for
nearly 80 years cared for the sick
children OF Detroit whose parents
are unable to pay for this service.
Not only Detroit children. but chill
dren from all over the state have
been received. many travelling the
long distances alone or, In case of
strangers. coming here because they
had been told II was the place for
children" and that some other child
had been marvelously cured or help
ed by the doctors who know "all
about children"
During the past year nearly 5000
patients received treatment In the
hospital. varying from those who
made single visit to the chronic
cases that remain during the entire
year.
One little fellow. who belongs to
the year class, on hearing of some
other child's going home. said most
ernestly. Il don't want to go home;
| think the hospital Is a nice place
to live In. always"
The care OF the child does not
cease when IL leaves the hospital. as
the nurses of the social service de-
partment visit the homes and see
that necessities are provided and the
parents are instructed in the proper
way TO care for the little one to
prevent, IL possible, recurrence Of
the condition which first necessitat-
ed bringing the child to the hospital.
II has been found that in many cases
the parents are unable, through ig-
norence, illhealth or lack OF facil-
tiles. 10 give tho convalescent child
proper care, so h-convalescent home
has been established for the sum-
mer months at Bloomfield Hills.
Here children under three years OF
age will be sent and kept until they
are fully restored to health and able
to withstand the poor conditions in
their own homes.
The older children will be sent
to Sylvan Lake to fresh air camp
where the advantages Of good food
and fresh air will be given them as
we'll as the necessary nursing care.
During the summer the work Of
the hospital is largely the care Of
infants suffering from results Of i'm
proper feeding. II is well-known
fact that when the thermometer
goes above 20 degrees the babies be-
gin TO die. The hospital has at pres
ent so babies In the infants ward.
and will no doubt be taxed to It's ut
most limit. So beds, before the sum-
mer Is over.
A special room Is maintained for
the preparation OF the foods for tho
bottle babies" Here are prepared
the different formulae from prescrip-
tions ordered by the doctors, who
give several hours Of their time each
day to this work.
On the roof garden are 16 beds
occupied by little sufferers with
tubercular bone disease. These chill.
dren are being given the direct sun
light" treatment. Little James, who
A. year ago was a helpless bed pa
tient. Is now able to go up and down
stairs alone and is fat and rosy. and
although still deformed there is
great hope In his being helped by
the surgical operation which Is to be
performed In the near future.
There are 13c beds now available
In the hospital. Since Jan. there
has been a daily average OF 95 pa
tents. and on two occasions l26
beds were occupied for several days.
All kinds OF cases except contagious
diseases are received and hopeless
eases" are not refused because they
Increase the death rate. That Is not
when, the little sufferer