St. Tammany farmer., 1918-06-15
Every Child, White and
Colored, Must Be
Brought In.
WHEN AND WHERE
TO BRING CHILDREN
Rising Generation May Be
Assured Better Physi-
cal Condition.

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by the Child Welfare Committee a
committee has been organized in each
of the following towns that will be at
it's respective station at the hours
designated, to weigh the children
from months to years of age.
Parents are asked to go to the town
nearest their home and have this
done. Failure to do this must be re-
ported to Washington.
Colored children must be weighed
also.
Madisonville and Vaudeville have
not reported their plan Of work, but
are advertising and will be ready to
| Begon Monday, June 18th.
The Covington station will be next
door to the postoffice with Mines. B.
B. Warren, l.. L. Morgan, c. Shef-
field, j. H. Warner, G. Clam, w. M.
Poole, G. Menetre, Preston Burns,
C. T. Bradley, ]. Schneider, A. l..
Bear, NJ. Planche and number OF
the younger set to fill in cards.
This committee will divide up and
be at the station from O'Clock a. m.
to 6 D. m. for white children Mon
| day, Tuesday and Wednesday, and
for colored, Thursday and Friday.
| Abita Springs, with Miss B. Mutt
and workers from the Red Cross, will
have a station at Red Cross head
| quarters, the first five days OF next
week. from 10 to IL q. m, and to
$3.50 p. m.
Folsom, with Mines. W. Wallis, B.
Spring, McLain, H. Fendlason, will
have a station at the postoffice store,
open for white and colored, Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday, from y
a. m. to 6 p. m.
Onville will weigh the children on
Thursday and Friday at Mr.. Collins
store from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Goodbee, with Mrs. A. Fuhrmann
and Mrs. v. Bennett, at the postoffice,
on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day, from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
slidell will be in charge of Mines.
|Cunningham. w. E. Eddins. j. u.
Grant, c A. Everitt, J. X. Griffith,
Albert salmen, G. Minturn. +. r.
ViggintcD. with quarters at tEe
school house, from 8 to II a nj. and
1:30 to Z! y. m. Monday and 1ucs-
day for whites; Wednesday, c1(ored
Ramsay, rot yet reported.
Mothers are specially requested
NOT to bring any child or children
who have a contagious disease or who
have recently been exposed to them
to be weighed and measured.
Our committees will carry on this
test for a longer period on certain
days. so that such children can De
weighed later.
Many of the physical defects which
caused the rejection of one-third Of
the men coming up for examination
in the first draft are believed to date
from some slight trouble neglected In
earlv childhood. And the Children
Bureau emphasizes the fact that 9
higher standard of physical fitness
in the rising generation can be as
sured only by greater attention to the
physical condition of children
According to the Bureau. heigh'
and weight and their relation to eacf
other are a rough index OF young
child's health and development. Fol
instance. when child is strikingl1
below the average weight for nj:
height or is strikingly small for nj:
age. it indicates that expert adv1ce
about diet an daily care Is needed
| In so far as the test makes 1t plail
to parents that the physical condl
tion OF their children needs spec'a
attention. and in 50 far as 1t leads te
community provision for public
health nurses and consultation cen
ters for babies and young children
to a safeguarding of the milk supply
and to other measures for the pro
lection of children, it will aid in con
serving their health and in reachint
the goal Of 100000 lives saved dur
ing Children's Year.
| St. Tammany's death rate unde
5 years 1888.
no.+hs under I wear .43