The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-13
PARK BOARD AIDS IN WORK
Plans Being Made for the Erection OF
Permanent Building at Northeast
Corner of Washington Island as
Home Of Free Children S Clinic.

Friends of the children in Kenosha
will start drive on Thursday to raise
from fifteen hundred to two thousand
dollars which is needed for the equip
ment and maintenance of the proposed
Free Clinic for Children which is to
be erected at Simmons Play Ground
The people of the city will be asked
to contribute this fund for the aid of
the clinic with the understanding that
it will eventually find its full support
from the regular funds of the city.
The recent "baby camp ON the island
has proven to members of the council
the desirability of making some APP
preparation from the funds Of the
city for the big work of caring for
the health of the children.
The committee in charge of raising
the fund has been assured that the
park board will aid the work ma
terially. The board has agreed to give
a site for a permanent free clinic and to
erect a building which will be suitable
for use as a clinic and as camp for the
care of poorly nourished babies.
It is planned to erect the new build
ing on the lake shore at the extreme
northeast corner of the island The
building as planned will be of brick
On the. ground floor will be located
rooms for the use of the clinic with
liberal provisions for administration
rooms in the central portion Of the
building and about the entire build
ing will be rooms which may be used
for the care of the children. In the
summer these rooms will be open air
rooms and provisions will be made to
have them properly closed in during
the winter months. The second floor of
the building will provide living quart
ers for the nurses who may be in
charge of the care of the children.
"We are hopeful that the people of
Kenosha will take kindly to this
work, said Health Commissioner
Wright this morning. cit is a work
which is going to mean much in the
making of the children of Kenosha
healthful and we must find a way to
get the work started. All of these
movements must have some aid from
the people before they will find reg
ular support from the public funds.
In the past year we have examined,
physically, more than five thousand
children in the schools Of the city.
We have found lot of defects which
demanded clinical attention, but we
had no place to offer this attention
to the children whose parents were I'M
able to pay for it. This is why we
want especially at this time a dental
clinic. The teeth Of many children
are.in bad condition and the condition
of their teeth is menace to their
health. Many of the parents would
be willing to have these children taken
care of, but they feel that they can
not afford the expense of such work.
With free clinic it is certain that
the health of the children would be
greatly improved The friends of the
movement are now seeking aid from
the people to secure a fund to pay for
the installation of dental chair and
other necessary equipment and to pro-
vide for maintenance. For the pres
ent the frame building on the island
will be USED as clinic and it will
probably be year before all of the
plan can be worked OUT
The members of the council have
been much impressed by the work done
at the baby camp during the summer
months and it is certain that the plans
to extend this work will be given
support from the aldermen.