Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-14
Children Health Stations Be-
come Useless Because Ba-
bieS Cannot Be Examined or
Treated in Cold Rooms.
EUM0NIA INCREASES
AT ALARMING RATE
Harsh Criticism That Coal Is
Used for Power for Electric
Signs While Poor Are Suf-
fefing.
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New York, Dec. 13.-Health and
market officials of New York City
took steps today to relieve the sick
and poor from the serious effects of
the coal shortage. In a letter to DR..
III. A. Garfield, federal fuel admins
traitor, DR., Haven Emerson, head of
the department of health, appealed
for fuel to heat the homes of the
sick who, he said were dying in
increasing number as result of the
inadequate supply of heat.
An appeal for the poor was made
by DR.. Henry Moskowitz, commission
er of public markets, who said in
letter to Acting Mayor Frank L. Bow
ling that small dealers were taking
advantage of the shortage to sell
coal by indefinite measures and
weights at prices which would amount
to more than $50 ton. DR. Mosko-
WITT urged that the board pass a
pending ordinance providing for the
sale of coal by weight only.
Health Commissioner Emersons
letter said the effect of the coal
shortage was city-wide. Careful in
Vestigation, he declared, esta blished
that there lis a considerable and in
creaslng amount of preventable dis
eases, due wholly or in part to the
inadequate provision of heat in the
living room of the compliments" In
addition to the seasonal prevalence of
pneumonia, he said, there was an ex-
cessive amount of ailments among
children which could be traced di-
rectly to low temperatures in their
homes.
AS long as there are Haunted in
the face of the public the evidence of
wasteful expenditure of energy in the
liked and moving electric signs" DR..
Emerson continued, advertising ev-
erything from chewing gum and pat
ent medicines to hotel accommoda-
tons and classic music, it will be i'm
possible to convince the citizens of
New York that all means have yet
been tried to obtain for them such as
sistance as they presume is within
your power to give. | realize full we'll
that the advertising signs represent
electric power generated by the use
of bituminous coal, a fuel which can
not well be used for household pur-
poses. A reduction in the amount of
Goa fused for this purpose, however,
coal used for this purpose, however,
facilities for the handling of anthra-
cite coal"
DR.. Emerson declared that in the
baby health stations, to which the
needy apply for medical advice, I'VE
have found 1t impossible to provide
heat sufficient to permit of our ex-
amining these children undressed,"
with the result that many mothesr
have been compelled to return to their
homes with their sick children un-
treated.
A plan to run solid trainloads of
coal direct from the mines to destina-
tions, was announced today by the
Lehigh Valley Railroad company to
relieve New York and other large
cities. The first trainload, made up
of fifty cars containing anthracite
coal of domestic Sizes arrived today
at Perth Amboy, where it will be
transferred to barges for delivery to
this city and New England.
Announcement by q coal firm in
Long Island City today that coal
would be sold to the poor in 100
pound lots for so cents drew such
throng that it was necessary to call
police reserves to maintain order.
Men, women and children, trundling
wheelbarrows small wagons and baby
carriages and carrying bags, stormed
the gates of the coal yard and fought
with one another until the police ar
ranged them in lines. More than $50
tons of coal were cold in 1OO-pound
lots.