New Britain herald., 1918-07-23
SCHOOL CENTERS
FOR BABY WEIGHING
Campaign for Welfare Of Children
Opens Tomorrow Morning

The executive committee of the
Childs welfare campaign to be carried
on in this city beginning tomorrow
morning, under the local woman'5
committee of the State Council of De-
Tense, held its final meeting last eve
ming in chamber of commerce rooms.
There was a. good attendance. The
meeting was presided over by the
chairman, Mrs. George w. Traut.
Plans for the campaign were dis
cussed and perfected so that When
the work is started tomorrow morning
at 9 o'clock everything will be in read
mess Eight schools of the city are to
be used as centers where the babies
should be brought to be weighed and
measured. The schools decided upon
are the academic high school, gram
mar school, East street school, Small
ley school. EIlihu Burritt school, Bart
lett school, Lincoln street school and
Smith school, The hours during
which the actual work of the cam
paign will be carried on are, morn
ings, from 9 to IL o'clock, and after
moons. from 1880 to 5 o'clock. The
Bartlett school will be open on Sunday
afternoon. The campaign is scheduled
to last for one week instead of ten
days as was previously given out, and
will close on Tuesday evening, July so.
1t is very necessary that all moth
ers bring their babies to the school
assigned them and not to the school
in their school district. In each school
building there will be three available
rooms for use during the campaign.
One room is to be used by the exam
lining physician or nurse and the baby,
while the other two will be devoted to
waiting mothers and their babies
The committee wishes to impress
upon the mothers who have been as
signed any special time, to make an
effort to be there, as the captains
have q record of the time each baby
is to be brought in, and prompt at
tendance on the part of the mothers
will insure quick work. The nurses
and doctors, all of whom are very
busy, have volunteered the hours
they are giving to this work, without
compensation, and it will asst them
greatly if the mothers of the COM
munity cooperate with them and
aid in performing the work quickly.
At last nights meeting, the COM
mittee extended a vote of thanks to
all doctors and nurses who have so
kindly volunteered. It has been diff
ficuIt to see all of the doctors as some
of them are on their vacations.
large number has left the city, some
in the service, while several have
passed away during the past year.
Those available have been most gen.
erous in giving part of their time
while it is remarkable the manner
in which nurses have responded.
will trained
nurse in attendance. She will have an
assistant, and clerk will be on duty
to take down the figures. The central
office will be in Miss Ella Fallon's
office at the Grammar school. The
phone call is 1909.
The captains report that the en-
rollment will be completed by to-
night. It was thought at first that it
would be hardly possible to have all
the babies enrolled before Wednes-
day, but good management on the
part of those in charge has helped
much towards Fastening this work.
The captains and assistants to
nurses met in the Chamber of Com
MERGE rooms yesterday afternoon,
when they received their final instruc
tons from Mrs. KitsOn, graduate
nurse, who demonstrated the manner
in which the babies are to be weighed
and measured. She also gave a clear
outline of just what each one is expect
ed to do so that the work may go on
unhindered when it is once started.
Miss Fallon also gave final instruc-
tons A great deal of enthusiasm Is
shown by the workers and everything
points to a very successful campaign.
The committee urges that mothers of
healthy children feel the Importance
of having their children examined at
this time The government is very
anxious to know the health standard
of it's babies and be able to tell just
what percentage is normal, or abnor-
NAL The object of this child well
fare campaign is to have this grow
ing generation as healthy as possible
and the government is willing to as
sist as far as possible.