The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-25
CONN. ASKED TO
SAVE 1866 LIVES
IN BABIES YEAR
Campaign to Prevent Deaths
Of Infants to Start on His
toric Day, April 6.
EACH STATE LIABLE
FOR CERTAIN NUMBER
Celebration of Children's
Year Regarded AS Patrio-
tic Obligation.

- WV ASS6CVA NASO LAD l. CIVIL AZ
tic Obligation. |
washington, Feb. 25-The Chill |
orens Bureau of the United States |
department of Labor announced to-
udy the number of lives each state is
! asked to save in the campaign to save
IoO,OO0 babies and young children
during Childrens Year beginning
April 6. Announcement of the pur-
pose to wage such a campaign was
maze some time ago by the Chill
orens Bureau and the Child Welfare
department of the Woman's Commit
Tee OF the Council of National De-
tense, and the response, which has
surpassed all expectations, indicates
mat efforts to promote the health and
| welfare of children are to be more
vigorous this year than ever before
| The saving of 100000 lives of chill
uren under five is only one part of the
olg program for the welfare of 80
OOO,OOO children under fifteen in the
country. 1t is realized bv all con-
cerned that the standards of child
war time, and the United States is ex-
pected to profit by the experience of
other warning countries, where the
importance of safeguarding childhood
Is emphasized as never before.
Inc campaign to save 100000 lives
OF babies and young children in the
united States during the second year
OF the war is to be inaugurated bv a
national weighing and measuring test
beginning April 6, the anniversary of
the declaration of war by this coun-
Try. In announcing the quotas the
Children's Bureau said:
In order that each state NAV feel
responsible for a definite number of
lives to be saved, quotas have been
assigned to the various states. the an
Portl'nment being made on the basis
Of the population under five according
70 the 1910 census. This, of course,
cannot take account of the VARYING
death rates in the different states
Where death rates are known.
In about half the states of the
country comprising nearly one-third
the population, the registration Of
deaths was not sufficiently complete
to warrant their inclusion in the reg
lstration area when the latest reports
were published. The registration ri
j; births is seriously deficient in a still
larger number of states. For that
" reason the apportionment of quotas
OF infant lives to be saved could no,
be made upon the basis of the. infa nj
mortality rate, which is based on the
: number of deaths under one yea,
and the number of recorded births
/ Thus the only basis for the assign.
: ment of quotas uniformly appIica bic
= to all the states is the population a,
. | shown by the Federal census. A,
9 the effort for the hundred thousa nj
v nVes applies to the specially hazard
/ Gus period of life under five years o.
v age, the quotas are calculated upor
the basis of the population unde,
| five.
In making the apportionment OF
this basis it was realized that a hig5
n mark is thus set for states in which
: the death rate among young children
,. is already low. On the other hand
). the mark set may be low for som,
It states where the child death rate i
J. excessively high. It does not apnea
It to be possible to avoid some situation
r of this kind by any method of an
poruonment that could be devise,
n With the data now at hand If tn
o registration of births and deaths wer
n complete in all the states an amor
d tlonment that could be devised will
IS the data now at hand If the regis
n, tration of births and deaths wer
l. complete in all the states. an appor
e Torment of quotas of the 100, 900 live
h to be saved by the various state
= could be made upon a different ba
Sis
Plans for the celebration of Chill
dren's Year, of which the saving O
100000 lives is one feature, are bein
RS developed by the Children's Burea.
l. in cooperation with the Child-WeI
H. fare Department of the Woman
Is Committee of the Council of Nationa
st Defense. The safeguarding and pro
I'll lection of children is looked upon a
a patriotic duty in view of the IN
:" avoidable wastage of human life in
cident to war. 1t is expected tina
:, the 5000 or more local committee
of the ChiId-Welfare Department c
A. the Women's Committee will be abb
mr. to carry the campaign to every com
a. munity in the United States. Til
Nv is looked upon as essential to tn
to success of the movement for in tn
he last analysis, every community mu.
tn save its own babies if they are to h
Ike saved at all. State and FEEDER;
e. agencies. either official or voluntar
can make plans and offer suggestion
out each community must bear i
full share of responsibility in maxim
the campaign a success.
ev, The quota assigned to Connection
OF is 1856.
let