New Britain herald., 1917-01-18
MiLK,STATION ASSO. PLANS =. <, .. TO BROADEN'1TS SCOPE
First Annual Meeting Proves Interesting in Medical Work <. ' Among Infants Officers Chosen -. 7. 4 Reports Read: ,~~
Reports Read:

which to keep a record of her baby's weight fromeweek to week.
 Our committee feels, that the work the past'six months has shown more conclusivelys than ever the necessity of the. Milk. Station to the city, for during the summer months, I've car ried on an average of l4o babies
 right through and some nes more, and at present we have @2. and of course its a work, that tnuctuates: Every day we see results that prove the station is growing t9 mean more
 to the mothers and the help they will derive from it. -.:'.- !. The first day we opened a woman.
 came in and we recognized her and said: Didn't you have a baby five
 years ago?" She said, Yes. this Is
 tho one, strong and we'll, but if 1t had not been for the Milk Station I would not have him today and now I have this little one and she Is not very
 well, but if I bring her here, I know
 she will come along all right" An other case. where the mother has ap-
 preciated the station. Is one that lives
 on Orange street, and all summer
 and up to few weeks ago, she has
 walked to the station with her baby on her arm and then had to carry her milk back home besides These are but two instances and there are many
 more we could enumerate. During the summer we had three sub stations in Curran's Drug store on Broad street, Sterling on Arch street and Miss Smiths on North street and at present the one on Broad street and the other on North street. This has meant a great deal to those living in the districts as the milk has been left there for them and so saved them the long walk to the station. At this time we wish to thank these parties for having 'co-operated so willingly in this respect, for it has helped so greatly.
 What Is It For.
 welfare work, and we should have babies from at least ten days to two years under our care. There Is a field for great work of this kind in our city, and in order that it should grow we must have the cooperation of the health board, physicians, ano
 
 are brought to their attention. w are living in the age of construction and preventive work and to do il correctly. we must begin at the foun- dation, which is the baby, for Its most essential he should have proper care and nourishment, in order tc have strong healthy body and SC ' be better able to stand the ailments ! that come late. The Milk Station is not merely for the distribution O, milk, but includes parental work, no1 | are all babies bottle fed. for moth | CTS are urged and encouraged tt l nurse their babies where possible, ant 1 the welfare nurse Is ever ready tt l give advice to all mothers and will l give treatments in the homes wheT 1 the mother Is unable to bring the bab! l to the station. The question has beer asked by many, as to the necessity o1 l carrying on the work during the win. | ter, but in order to obtain results anc proper statistics it should continue 1 through the year. So far this win. l ter we have had many very sick ba- ] Dies with pneumonia and many have l been saved from it as the nurse has l advised the mother to take the baby l to a physician when she has found l them with colds
 ! We feel much encouraged this year for there has been few now pay l cases. SO 1t shows better conditions I If parents can not pay the entire l charge for milk, we have found If
 they pay little, they feel more inde- 1 pendent, and we encourage 1t as far
 as possible, for 1t Is necessary to impress the importance of responsi- bility on their part, and it also gives them the wrong impression, to think 1 the station is merely charitable or 1 ganization as it is a philanthropy.
 The station has been located in the ] basement of the Boys club, corner
 of East Main and Center streets since the middle of September. From the l last of October we have been rather
 upset and hampered In our work, on
 account of changes in the rooms, but
 we considered it best to remain where 1 we were, so the mothers would not lose the location of the station. Miss ] Odell has kept in touch with the ba- bies by her calls and the mothers
 have been to the station for advice. When our quarters are all complete
 we feel that it will be a model outfit, as we will have diet kitchen, babies ! weighing room and office.
 ! Lectures Planned.
 { We are planning this year to have l lectures giVen by the physicians on
 subjects helpful to the mothers as to 1 the care and feeding of their children and by this means the physicians will I be in close touch with the work, for : With out their cooperation we can do very little. We are also planning a 1 day camp for the summer months where sick babies can be brought to | the station during the day for treat ments and so be under the care of { the nurse.
 l At this time our committee wishes