New Britain herald., 1918-07-09
NEW BRITAIN WORKS
 10 SAVE BABIES
Cooperating in National Cam
 paign to Save 100000

Better health for the babies of New Britain is the object of the child conservation campaign being con- ducted here as part of the national movement to s}LVo tue lives Of 100000 children this second year of the war. It is estimated that that number of little ones die Of prevCntable illness each year in America, so Connecticut has been assigned the task of saving l,056 children under five years of age.
 The nationwide campaign to give the little folks of pre-schooI age a square deal" and chance to live had it's origin with the Childrcn's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor. With England and France jealously guarding the health of child life as n vital task of war time, America has awakened to the issue and it's Womanhood has shouldcred the responsibility. The WOman'S $ committee of the National and State Councils of Defense arc conducting the campaign with the womans com- mittcc of each community responsible for any degree of success achieved.
 Connecticut is efficiently organized with a Child Welfare committee. pr. Walter IT. Brown who has been sue cessful as health officer in Bridgeport, is state director and Mrs. w. F.. D. Scott of Greenwich is chairman. The services of Miss Margaret Srack, R. N., of New Haven, have been sc cured for the important position of field director.
 New Britain's Child Welfare com mittee consists of the following mem bers:
 Chnirman--Mrs. George w. Traut Committee on Place and Euip- ment-Mrs. $. II. Holmes and Mrs l. D. Russell.
 Committee on Doctors-Mrs. E. r. Gaffney and Mrs. Ira Hicks. Committee on Nurses-Miss $. A.. 1 Carroll.
 Committee on Minute Women Miss Ella Fallon, chairman; Mrs. 1 Otis Butler. Mrs. F. w. Schultz, Mrs. 1 r. l.. Traut, Miss Angelina Polumbo. Committee on Publicity-Miss>Anna l Goldsmith, chairman, Mrs. Arthur 1 Reilly.
 One Of the preliminary but never ] thcless important phases of the cam- paign has been conducted from state 1 hCudQuartcrs QucstiOnnaireS were 1 sent to New Britain as we'll as every other town in the state asking about 1 conditions relative to housing, water | supply, milk supply, sewage, garbage, dairy inspections and other COndi- . tions. As all these conditions have a 1 direct relation to the health of the 1 children of the community, tho state
 committee is prepared with data
 which will form the basis for recon
 mcndations to each local community. It is felt that there is room for i'm
 provcmcnt, healthwise. in every com
 munity rural and urban alike.
 The next procedure is the weighing 1 and measuring of babies and the To- 1 cal committee is now busy making 1 arrangements which will he an l nouncCd later. It is their desire to ! secure a record of each child under i five years of age together with its ! height and weight Deficiencies in , height and weight often indicate ph%- 1 ical defects in d child. Children in ] some schoolsc are subjected to medt-
 cal inspection and tho health of chiI- 1 dren of school age is conserved and
 improved by that system. By apply
 ing the weighing and measuring test ! to babies 1t is tho purpose of those engaged in the campaign to find the l babies that are handicapped by phySi-
 cal ills and recommend or secure care 1 for them which will save them to the
 nation and bring them strength and ! health.
 At a meeting Of the Child Welfare
 committee, held last evening in the
 Chamber Of Commerce, Miss Marga-
 ret Stack, field director for the state, 1 outlined very clearly, the welfare
 campaign as it was conducted in Now l Haven.
 The committee will be ready to
 make further announcements in a
 day or two.