New Britain herald., 1915-04-19
"SAVE A BABY" IS
 MILK STATION AIM
Worthy Institution WIH Open Soon :;
 Appeal for Funds.

With the advent of warmer weather and the forecast in the air of the hot weather which is So dcstructful to infant life in this city as well as others, the ladies in charge of the Milk Station are beginning to turn their attention to plans for the open ing of this valuable addition to New Britain's charity projects.
 The Milk Station committee of the Visiting Nurses association is not yet absolutely certain of the opening date. However, it has been announced that a station similar to the one conducted in the Burritt school for the past three years will be re-opened as soon as it becomes necessary. The mothers will be supplied with milk at nomi- nal price, or free, and given instruc- tions for the care of their infants. The value of this educational course with all its points demonstrated on the ob- jects of the charity cannot be under
 estimated. Many health authorities of the world over have given the idea their unqualified approval, and Dr. T.
 E. Reeks of the local health board is
 heartily in favor of it.
 Miss HamriclS in Charge.
 Miss Hamrick of the visiting nurses will be in charge of the station. She is well fitted for tho work, having been in charge of the floating hos pital for babies in Boston last sum-
 mer. Last year 120 babies were tended and their mothers told how to take. care of them. It is hoped that many more will be on the list this season. The milk station is a philanthropy pure and simple. It is necessary that individuals of the city do what they
 can to help it. The ladies of the com
 mittee wish to appeal to any citizen
 or organization who are kind enough to help along. Gifts of any amount ] will be welcomed by Miss Mary Whit tlesey of West Main street. In this 1 connection it has been announced that the sum of $7 will care for two babies for 8 month, and smaller sums 1 in proportion
 Plea for Babies.
 In speaking of the work, the sec
 retary of the organization today said: "We have all heard of the dan gerous business of being q baby and l during the summer season. that this ! business becomes extra dangerous for 1 these helpless little beings. = Many mothers look forward to the 1 hot weather each year with dread, l because they know the difficulty of | keeping their babies well in sum- 1 mer. It is muck easier to avoid ill., 1 ness among the babies than it is to make them we'll after they have once become sick, and most mothers are l anxious and eager to take the proper ! precautions if they only know what | to do. With thorough knowledge of 1 the means of preventing illness, and
 the proper diet, the rate of mortality among infants could be materially re- 1 duced
 There is no more important under 1 taking than the reduction of infant
 mortality, and when we are told by
 medical authorities that half of tho ] present infant mortality could be pre- ] vented by proper scientific measures,
 does 1t not become the duty of every 1 public-spirited citizen to do what he
 can to serve this end?
 1 Tt is because the need for cduca-
 ton of this kind is so widespread and 1 so urgent that such preventive agency as a milk station Is estab
 lished and operated in this city. "All service to humanity is wor- l thy and is productive of good to those who serve as well as to those who are served, but there is no form of
 service more helpful to city, state or
 nation than that of saving babies' Alexander Miller, of 7s2 East Main