Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-05
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ALFARE WORK
Ste-ea4n: TO the Baraboo Wornen's
Corn aiseeo Of National Council
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This report, which should have
been written some weeks ago, has
been unavoidably delayed on account
of an accident to the chairman, while
engaged upon the work of the COM
mittee
Early in March, Immediately upon
receiving the appointment, the chair
man selected the following commit
tees to assist in the work Of weighing
and measuring the children under six
years Of age in the city Of BarabOo,
in accordance with the plans formu-
lated by the government: Vice-chair-
mon, Mrs. Margaret Hill; publication
committee, Mrs. H NJ Acott; chair
man of weighing and measuring COM
mittee, Mrs r. A. Cooper; chairman
conference committee, Mrs. G. Zieg-
Ter; foIlow-up work, Miss Rachel Kel-
sey; health officer, DR.. L. w. Sayles.
On March 20 the census committee,
Mrs. D. NJ Kelly, Mrs. T. Burke, Mrs.
G. q Vanderhoef, Miss Lydia North,
ard Mrs Roger Cahoon, met with Mrs.
-.
curing Of the names of all children
w" or SIX years of age within the city
limits by house-to-house canvass
during the following week, the city
hay ng been divided into seven dis
fricts, Miss North and Mrs. Wander
hoaf being responsible for two and
the others one district each. They Sc
curei assistance from the following
p=Fsuas: Mrs. Leo Blackburn, Mrs. G..
NJ Burlington, Mrs F. E. Brewer,
Mr. Mike Coughlin, Mrs. Tim Foley,
Mrs. N. H. Gerber, Mrs. r. r. Grosin~
81 Mrs. Gust, Mrs. George Hanson,
Ms Carl Herfort, Mrs. E. S. John
ST., Mrs. H. Kelley, Mrs. F. E. Morey,
M Niebuhr, Mrs. M. J. Pierce, Mrs.
C7t"erine Prendergast, Mrs. John
s. Ter and Mrs J. Thieman.
The names of approximately five
h rel children were handed in to
II hartman of the child welfare
committee by April 3.
During the first week in April, the
government having specified April 6
as the day upon which the weighing
an! measuring of the children should
be started, the committee having that
Meter in charge obtained, through
the kindness of the county clerk, two
rooms IN the courthouse. Scales for
the larger children already were in
the rooms. Another pair for the
weighing of the babies was loaned by
the Hackett & OFT Machine Co. An
electric stove was loaned by the gas
ana electric company.
Miss Molly Smith agreed to under.
take the physical examination of the
children, as nurse, with the assistance
Of Mrs. Grotophorst, while Miss Vivian
Smith had agreed to do the actual
weighing and measuring. Mrs. Coop
er, Mrs. Hill and Mrs Astle to do the
clerical work upon the cards. At 2
o'clock on April the first child ap-
peared.
Miss Molly Smith having previous
Iy offered her services to the National
Red Cross, was called by them for
work in France, and left the commit
tee on April TO- The assistance of the
following retired nurses was obtained:
Mrs. r. w. Prothero, Mrs. H. M. Acott,
Mrs. H. J, Irwin, Miss Helena Little
and Mrs. w. w. Wareham Much of
the work of weighing and measuring
the children fell upon the nurses, as
well as the examination of the chill
dren. Mrs. e. M. Doll, Mrs. N. H.
Gerber and later Mrs. George Coll
mar and Miss Rachel Kelsey, assisted
in the clerical work.
This committee served for three
hours daily until the end of April, and
weekly during May. During this time
439 children were weighed, measured
and examined by the nurses. Three
cards bearing the names of each of
the children appearing were filled out,
the ages, weight and height noted up
on them, and one copy given to the
parents. one copy turned over for the
chief of the Children's Bureau at
Washington, D. c., and one to be filed
with the health officer of this city.
mention the excellent appearance of
the children who were brought to
them. They were, with but few excep-
tons, without serious defect of any
kind. All appeared we'll cared for and
in excellent health. A few had en-
larged tonsils Or adenoids; the teeth
or few were not receiving proper
care; but in general Baraboo parents
are evidently up-to-date and giving
their children the best of care.
The cards of 80 children who failed
TO appear and whose names were
handed in by the census committee.
are also herewith handed over to be
filed with the health officer. There
were many contagious diseases in the
city during April and May, and it is
owing to that fact, doubtless, that the
SO failed to appear, since children suf-
feriog therefrom were forbidden to
be brought to the courthouse