New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-07-24
ADAM and EVE JR.,
ARE IN THE Weigh
Babies in Various Stages Of Un-
dress Step on the Scales

| In accordance with the nation wide
movement throughout the country to
ascertain the health average of chill
| dren under five years of age, resld-
! ing in this country, the Child's We'll
| fare campaign opened in this city this
| morning at o'clock. At each of the
| eight centers, which are school build
| ings in convenient sections of the city,
where the work Of weighing and meas
uring is carried on, crowds of women
and young girls with babies and small
children were waiting long before the
hour announced for the doors to open.
Up to noon today 507 babies had been
taken care of in the manner pre-
scribed by the government with the
exception of the East Street school,
as no report from there could be OBJ
tanned. This included the weighing,
measuring and examining of each
child. A clerk is present at each
school during the hours which tn"
campaign is conducted each day
which are from to Il o'clock in the
forenoon, and $50 to 5 p. M, for the
purpose of keeping d record of each
child.
Three rooms of each building arc
devoted to the work One in which
the mothers prepare their children for
weighing and measuring process and
when this is over the babies are taken
into tho third room, where the attend
ing doctor makes a physical exabina
ton of each.
Miss FalIOn's office at the Gram
mar school is used as the central Of
flee Those in charge of this office
for the entire week of the campaign
are--todaY Mrs. F.. l.. Traut and
Miss Fallon, morning, and Miss Anna
G. Goldsmith, afternoon; tomorrow,
Miss Lefty Learned, both morning
and afternoon; Friday, Mrs. f. L.
Traut, morning, Miss Bertha Bartlett
afternoon, Saturday, Mrs. Otis Butler,
morning and afternoon; Monday, Mrs
Issac D. Russell. morning, Mrs. r.
Chamberlin, afternoon. and Tuesday,
Mrs f. w. Schultz, morning and
afternoon.
The estimated baby population Of
districts eligible for this campaign, Is
as follows: Smalley school, 845; Bart
lett school, 1900: Elihu Burritt
school, 1900: Academic High school,
S25; Grammar school, 800; Lincoln
street school. $40; East street school,
$50; Smith school 375.
Those in charge Of the work for
today are as follows: Academic high
school, Drs. Bray and Irving In at
tendance, with Mrs. Wells Foster and
Mrs. James kitsOn as nurses; Gram
mar school, Drs. Clark and Maloney
in attendance, with Miss i. Long as
nurse; Lincoln street school, Drs NJ
KinSella and Dunn in attendance with
Mrs. Frank O'Brien and Miss M. e.
Smith as nurses; Smith school, DR.
ZWick in attendance with Miss Agnes
Riley as nurse; EIihu Burritt school,
Drs. Grace and Volkenheim in at
tendance with q nurse from Miss
NagIe'S sanitorium and Mrs. A. J.
Barker in attendance; Smalley school,
DR. Walsh in attendance with Miss
Farrell as nurse; East street school,
DR.. Kelly in attendance with Mrs.
John Mcehan, Mrs. J. Johnson and
Mrs Sloan as nurses; Bartlett school,
Dr.. A. L. Avitable i'll attendance with
Miss Long, Miss Kerrigan, Mrs.
Bacon and Mrs. Nowacofsky as
nurses. The list of nurses and doc
tors will be changed from day to day,
as it is Impossible for them to serve
every day The schedule had been ar
ranged satisfactory to everyone so that
those who volunteered may give as
much of their spare time as possible,
and still not allow the work to inter
fere too much With their regular
duties.
At the various cCntcrs splendid
progress was reported at noon today.
The Bartlett school leads however,
with q record of 16o babies weighed
and measured during the first three
hours of the campaign. OF this
number. 95 per cent We're of Polish
nationality. The attending physician
stated that the children were re-
markedly healthy and normal with
but few, of any, abnormal babies
among them. Mrs. Arthur z. J. Reilly
is the captain Of this district and
has worked hard to have alL the