Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-04
"BABY WEEK" STARTS
WITH VIEW TOSAVTNG
LIVES OF HELPLESS
Philadelphia to Have Practical
Demonstration of Need OF
Constant Care in Treat
ment of Infants
ALL CLASSES AFFECTED

Last yenr 4e17 babies under one year
| of age died in Philadelphia. The he"i'''
| Department estimates that 30 per % %cen.'
| of these deaths were readily preNehthui'
| that Is. TINT f205 babies died who might
bovc grown an to be good citizens. The
| preventnbIe deaths were largely due to tho
| ignorance of parents.
Baby Week started today. Its purpose
! is to save the lives health ana happl,,.1Isss5 ,Is5
| of babies. Every man, woman ana a cI...u
in Philadelphia will have broughI Io ins,
| to him or her in the next six days AT Ieiee y
| one striking demonstration of the neeu VI
| a constant state of openness OF nina W W
ward every suggestion offered to insure
the proper treatment Of babies beginning
now. 80,
Rabv Week. while II Is national ana VIII
be observed in 1000 cities, VIII nave d ny n.y., .
elaborate reception here than in any otle.
community for the reason that III recent
Years the calamitous figures quoted above
have been borne deeply in upon Phiia- .
delnhians. as is shown by the many chllu-
saving activities IL Is to coordinate
these activities and to bring the campa'sl
home to the unscientific rank and ME OF
the people that Baby Week was plarh@Gu' @
The names that have been given TO the
seven days of the week shows that the
movement spreads far beyond the imme-
diate field of babylon Monday viii be
Fathers Day'-father is not to be al
lowed to dodge his responsibilities Baoy
Week brings him forward as parent with
duties as necessary OF tulhlment us
mother Tuesday will be Mothers, Day
And Wednesday will be school Day
that Is to say, Big Brothers and Big SIS
ters' Day: for the welfare of the baby has
been found to be dependent on children
as well as adults.
Today. "Baby Sabbath" infant welfare
topics we're discussed in the synagogue.
''Our slums are not the only baby
slayer" declared the Rev. DR.. Joseph
Krauskopf, of Keneseth Israel In ser
mon "Pity the Babe" It's most tertlle
nursery Is, far too often, the country COW
stable and the city milk can That the
danger of tuberculosis from cows could
largely be obviated by pasteurization had
been proved, he said
Tomorrow Baby Sunday" In nearly all
the churches, there will be some reference
made to the subject, and many pastors
have prepared sermons devoted to child
welfare themes.
ON Monday, Fathers Day." exhibits of
appliances and methods for juvenile hy-
Riene will open. Physicians assigned by
the Montgomery County Medical Associa-
ton will speak at monday meetings at IN
dustrial plants and other places OF busi-
ness in Main Line towns ana at lodge
meetings held Monday night. In this city
there will be monday meetings for men
in factories, department stores and shops,
at which members of the County Medical
Society and the Pediatric Society will de-
liver short talks,
Director Krusen, who suggested the idea
Of Baby Week." has appointed an EXecu-
tive Committee. The chairman is Albert
Cross. and DR.. Charles Scott Miller Is sec
retary The personnel of the committee
IS as follows: Director Krusen, DR.. Joseph |
s. Neff, DR.. John d. Mclean DIR. G. Lin
,oln Furbush DIR. Howard Childs Carpen- |
ter, DR.. II. H. Doan, DIR. John f. Sinclair |
DR.. S. McClintock Hamill, DR.. Robert G.. |
LIE Conte, DR.. Theodore LIE Boutillier, Dr. |
Henry 7. Jump and John A. Vogelson |
chief of the Bureau of Health; Charles a.
rryon, Howard T. Boyle. Albert E. Turner |
md L. Wallace Armstrong
On Monday night there will be mass |
Meeting at which the Mayor is expected |
% preside and the Governor to speak.
On Tuesday, Mothers Day" there will |
De special meetings held by all womens |
clubs and all church societies in the city !
'or the consideration of ways and means |
% help mothers; special lectures In dis
and clinics for mothers, and |
circulation Of material by the Bureau of |
vital Statistics
school Day" Wednesday, will be the |
occasion for the reading of proclama- |
ion by Governor Brumbaugh in all the |
schools and addresses by physicians. Spe-
,lal exercises will be held at the opening !
# school. Principals of schools will be !
lslled to send out a general order that all !
by girls throughout the city |
or that day shall be concerned with
ome phase of the care of the baby and
lygienic homes. and that all compositions
~ boys be written on public health
subjects.