The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-24
State Should Save 2lO8
BABIES This Year
Morgan lily Will Test The
General Health OF Its
Children, May Is And 20

this year?
Announcement is made Monday
from the children's bureau of the
United States Department Of Labor
of the number of lives each state
must save in the campaign to spare
100000 babies and young children
under five years during children's
year, beginning April 9th.
The Importance of safeguarding
childhood is being emphasized as
never before. War is taking it's
toll Of the young manhood Of the ma
ton. Those at home will have to re-
cover this loss by conserving the
nations child life.
Children's year began April 6, the
anniversary Of the declaration of
war by this country. It will be in
augurated with baby registration,
when every little niece and nephew
Of Uncle Sam means to take 100000
kiddies out of the death list and
make them ''better babies" The ba-
bies will be weighed and measured,
and that record will be kept in two
places, the child's home and the bu-
reau at Washington.
The registration will be conducted
by the children's bureau, assisted
by the women's council of defense.
Cooperation of the city and county
health boards will be needed and
house-to-house canvass necessary for
plete registration returns.
1t is expected that 5000 or more
local committees will be required to
carry the campaign to every commu-
nifty in the United States, for in the
last analysis every community must
save its own babies if they are to be
saved at all. The quota of children
to be saved by each state is based
upon the population under five, &C.
cording to the 1910 census.
The object of the children's year,
under the direction of Julia Lath-
rop, chief of the United States bu-
reau, is given below, and thinking
parents are asked to give it their
: best attention.
l. Public protection Of maternity
and infancy. Last year $4,000 mo-
theirs and 10000 children under five
years of age died. Most of these
deaths were preevntable. Essen
tials-1. Public health nurses and
suitable medical attention. 2. The
care of babies by their own mothers
under decent home conditions.
2. Mothers care for older chill
dren. Essentials-1. Adequate liv-
ing incomes. 2. Family allowances
for soldiers families; mothers PEN
sions for civilians. 3. Special pro-
visions to enable mothers of older
children to afford home comforts
and protection as guard against juv-
emile delinquency.
8. Enforcement of all child labor
laws and full schooling for all chill
dren of school age.
4. Recreation for children and
youth: abundant, decent and protect
ed from private exploitation.
The Parish Committee for Child
Welfare under the Woman's Com
mittee, Council National Defense,
consists of representatives from the
following sources:
DR.. C. M. Horton, DR.. w. D. Rous-
sci, DR.. C. C. deGravelles, Medical
Profession.
DR.. Beverly Smith, Parish Board
of Health.
Mr.. J. Allen Barnett, Parish Food
Authority.
Mrs. H. ]. Williams, Mr.. c. S. Will
liams, Red Cross.
Mr.. r. H. Himel, Civilian Relief.
Mrs. A. F. Storm, Mrs. Earl Barn.
EFT, Mrs. Paul Kurzweg, Woman's
Organizations.
Mr.: w. H. Latham, Mrs. s. P.
Vetter, Mr.. c. E. King, Press.
Hon. Chas Lauve, Mayor Of
Franklin
Hon. NJ. D. Shannon, Mayor Of
Morgan City.
Mrs. Warren B. Reed, Parish
Chairman.