Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-18
SAVING THE BABIES.
by FREDERIC ,. HAsKIN

this state is the Importance OF prenatal influence on
future well-being child. system of visit
ing call and confer with expectant moth
be advocated. triple organization is back OF
Wisconsin in the shape of the State Fedora
tion of Women's clubs, the department of health ana
the division of the University of Wisconsin
Montgomery county Pa, will institute new form
the baby when several of her small rura1
towns togetheF and hold joint program. Texas
will devote special attention to the rural baby week
Albany and Schenectady have their plans well under
way The big cities will probably all observe baby
week; the majority of them have already outlined
schedule
What is a Baby w. LOW does it go about
teaching parents and citizens? The Pittsburg week
last June good example Pittsburg had fathers
and day the older brothers and sisters, and
flag day, when every mother whose baby had been
registered with the health department given
little banner to display in her window in honor of her
baby District compaign centers were scattered ali
the city, where meetings for mothers held.
pamphlets the of the baby distributed. A
special day aside to give mothers out
ing. Band concerts and motion picture were
featured calling the attention of the people to the in
fant-wefare exhibit ..- .f.e
This exhibit three of a railway station
for housing and contained unique double set of kitck
and bedroom furnishings, contrasting the right ana
the wrong methods and surroundings for the baby.
Two little payets given daily feature of the
exhibition. ---5
The New York; and Chicago baby weeks con-
Quoted along the general lines. New York had
baby Sunday. observed in all the churches little
mothers day the older sisters, milk station day,
a hospital clinic day, and a nursery and demon
straton day. The week closed with outing day, CIV
ing ferry rides and steamboat excursions to moth
babies along with special music in parks and
Fairgrounds.
The object of this years baby week will be broader
than the cutting down of the death rate Per-
be pitied than the little unforturates
who lose their grip life almost before they grasp
those who just to over the dead
line and live through existence made unhappy by
illness deformty. To that. many babies as
possible healthy and that well babies kept
we'll should play large part in baby week cam
paign the saving of life itself.
The setting up of nfant-wefare stations has proved
best ways to help the baby. In 1915 about
634 such stations maintained during the summer
months the need is greatest. Only SO of these
kept by the municipalities -Four hun
dred and eighty supported entirely private
CARNATIONS, that public interest has oh
viously not been awakened to any great degree Yet
the nfant-wefare station hundreds of lives, and
probably prevents disease than 1t
The stan station is made up of nurses work
ing under the supervision of medical director. The
nurse works throughout district attached to her
teaching her how herself and the baby,
disease seeing baby is cared for kissed
by anyone who may infect him, and in the course of
her work keeping general the health of the
whole family The work of the medical director is
carried the station ITSELF where the babies of
the poor may brought for examination and prescrp
ton instructs the mother in the of the sick
baby, and holds at least clinic week, where
babies be brought for a searching examination.