The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-09
NATION SETS ASIDE
TO PAY TRIBUTE TO
"Baby Week" to Be Observed
In Hundreds of Cities and
Towns March Ali.

"HIS is baby year" and during
the week March All practically
1000 cities and towns through
out the Uniied States will pay
homage to his majesty the baby
Promoted by the children's bureau. de-
partment of labor. and sanctioned by
womens clubs. civic organizations.
state boards of health. the entire medi-
cal profession and by countless thou
sands of mothers. baby week this year
will surpass all others in scope and In
beneficial results.
The object of baby week is briefly
stated by Miss Julia G. Lathrop. CHEZ
of the children's bureau. who says:
Health authorities unite in saying
that public interest is now needed to
put into operation methods for infant
welfare which are we'll ascertained and
tested The observance Of Il baby
week is an expedient for securing at
tention TO facts about the needs of ba-
bies which are well known by scien
tific authorities and which If popular
lied will greatly reduce the loss Of
infant life throughout this country"
Parents Taught Infant Care.
The federal children's bureau believes
that baby week will give more parents
a chance to learn the accepted princi-
pies of infant care and will awaken ev-
cry American to his responsibility for
the deaths of the 100000 babies who.
according to the census estimates. die
every year before they are twelve
months old.
The letters about baby week come in
from every state in the Union and
from every type of community. such
as a Colorado seftlement forty miles
from railroad. clnb of women on
one of the government reclamation
projects. a Montana coal mining town
with a large foreign population. n
southern mill village and club of
farm women in a middle western
state.
"Baby Health Is Texas Wealth"
Texas has its own baby week slogan |
-"Baby Health Is Texas Wealth :
and Mississippi has started competi-
tion to secure slogan for that state. |
North Dakota reports plans for state |
wide essay contest in the public |
schools. In some state campaigns the
State Federation of Womeh's Clubs.
the state university extension depart
ment. the state health officials and
those who are especially interested in
education are all cooperating In the
baby week campaign.
Many large cities are going 30 have
q baby week. Definite plans are under
way in Albany. Baltimore. Boston.
Cleveland. Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Philadelphia Richmond. San Francis
co. Washington and other cities. New
York had a successful baby week In
1914 and will probably hold another
this year In the late spring.
In its suggestions for baby week OBJ
servance the children's bureau lays
special emphasis on the opportunity 1t
affords for extending permanent work
for infant welfare, such as infant well
fare stations. visiting nursing. special
nursing and instruction for prospective
city inspection of milk, spe-
cial work for the prevention of blind
ness and little mothers classes and
home nursing instruction for school
girls in the upper grades.
Origin of the Week.
How did baby week happen? 4
1t is long story in which many per-
IONS and many organizations have had i
l part.
Before ever baby week was thought L
If the baby shows of a few years ago S
had been developing into baby health '
and the community's re- a
possibility for baby welfare had been
AIKEN with increasing seriousness by
N r;oue claimants in tho oOmmuDitV. |