Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-26
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1t0N BABY WELFARE WEEK PRO.
|. ,oRA1f- -sPEAKs AT TIE HIGH
ttfDrsH. NJ. Bracken, secretary of the
Estate 1board Of health, as part of the
lprogram OF Baby Welfare week, will
Fgtd an address on "2:eventablc lis
Ieases' rat the high school auditorium to
night, beginning at O'Clock. It is to
the advantage of everyone interested to
hear Hr. Bracken, as his address is sure
Ito fbe :ie1y instructive. His work on
the state board for many years, maLcs
rim Especially qualified to discuss the
subject I'm practical sal intelligent
standpoint.
Dr.. p. j. Huenekens held very sue
cessfpl @ clinic at the Knights of Colum.
bus hall Sunday from 9:45 to 11:3O a.
M, and 2 to 4:30 p. m. with 81 babies
in attendance. He was assisted by
Miss Augusta Mettel and Miss l.. Fahl-
strom. The following ladies had charge
Of the baby weighing and records: Mrs.
Adelaide Sykora, Misses Myrtle Mey-
ers, Mabel Berg, Anna Dennis and Bes-
sic Nelson.
At 4:30 DR.. Huenekens gave a very
instructive talk to about 80 mothers.
He said while the Red Cross work and
taking care of our foreign children is
very important and commendable
work, we must not forget our babies
at home. We must take time to edu-
cate the mothers to bring up strong and
healthy children. -
I He spoke of the absolute necessity of
mothers nursing their babies at regu-
lar intervals and 90 of our babies
will thrive on the 4-hour schedule until
tlO months old. At 6>months we should
1begin to give the baby well cooked
cereals, months small vegetable diet
put through sieve is added, 8 months
mashed potatoes, 9 months well cooked
fruits until at 10 months when the nurs-
ing has been gradually stopped and in
its place the baby is living on this new
diet. And fed in this way will not be
bothered with what is known as the
summer complaint.
DR.. Huenekens next spoke on ricketts,,
Isoftening Of the bones, disease found
Every frequently but if taken care of in
time may be remedied. It is frequent
Ily caused by improper feeding and if
neglected may be fatal or cripple the
child permanently.
The next subject explained was ecze-
ma or skin diseases often caused by i'm
! proper feeding hard water but most fire.
quently by wooden shirts and overdress-
ling.
The aim of the clinic, which is free,
| is to educate the mother and check
these little ailments which usually the
mother does not know exist, and in this
way prevent serious diseases and de.
rsrease thesinfant mortality in our coun-
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The clinic of Dr. r.Huenekens was the
forerunner of many good things to fol.
low.
The program proper Of Baby Welfare
Week opened Monday afternoon. The
speech Of welcome was given by Mrs.
L. D, Brown, who spoke of the many
benefits to be gained by week of this
lkind.
/ i, DR.. L. NJ. Roberts gave an interesting
talk of the different phases Of the work
and heartily endorsed DR.. E. J. Huene-
kens, the child specialist. =,
! Mrs. Louis W. Vasaly read an ex-
cellent paper on Heredity.
DR.. E. w. KaQiher gave an interest.
ing paper on the care of the child e
teeth. He told of the importance of
guarding the first teeth and explained
the acid and alkaline mouth.
! Mrs. Neil Woodwork gave group OF
songs, accompanied by Miss Ramons
Randall.
Tuesday afternoon thsrs was . good
attendance -
| Dr.: E. T.. FortieY gave forcible pa
Iper on Eugenics and Child Conserva
tion. He urged that fathers and moth
ers, take more pride in their progeny
! and to especially see that their children
were instructed in sexual hygiene. ~.
Mrs. Geo. Moeglein, Jr., read an ex
cellent paper on The Value of Play
stating that sickly children are Otter
victims of the lack Of play.
Dr.. o. j. Brown gave an instructive
paper on Intantile Paralysis. He ex
planned the symptoms and treatment o1
the disease. -
Mrs. Chas Jensen. accompanied BY
Mrs. R. D. Musser, gave group Of
songs.
81. VIM. Hodson, director of the Chill
dren s Bureau under the State Board
|of Control, gave talk Tuesday eve
lining. He gave much credit to G. E
Vasaly Of the board, for his interest i1
this department.. MI. Hodson said i1
part: s.
tttThere never has been a time in the
history Of the world when human life
was as precious as it is today, while We
are taking life with unprecedented pro
digality on the battle fronts it becomes
Necessary to preserve every single life
Tut home where preservation is possible
| - The medical experts of the country
tell us that more than one-haf of the
infant mortality under five years Of
1age is unnecessary and preventable
With this in mind the Federal Chill
ldren Is Bureau has instituted a "Chil
tdren Is Year, when clinics will be or.
lganized to instruct expectant mothers
I'D babies viii be weighed and watch
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