Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-27
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
TO SAVE BABY LIVES
Mothers of Wilmington Are Urged
to Take an Active Part IN
This Much Needed Work.

Special D,spotch from. Every Evening :
Washington correspondent
Washington. May y rglnR VII
mingtou mothers to cooperate IN every
rossIhle way ~ tho baby saving cam
paIpn now IN progress in that city, Julia
& iathrop. chief of the hlldrcn i'ureeu
nf tho Department ot Labor to-day t"'d
Every Evcn,ng'a Washington representa-
tive that rs y patriotic duty u ta lmpela-
tive fnr American women to- cut down 'h"
eppalI,ns infant mortality rate at h"'n"
as thr cas,1alt, h4tz frnm France lncr"as"
IN length
Infant welfare Miss lathror thinks, -
matter of vital Importance ~ the future
| ~ tho 'nItcd States winch thus country
has hitherto neglected. ont NJ All proportion
II propro~= IN other lines IN lpl6.
| 30n 0On children under \ wears ot age
| dlcd ~ thus country. must ~ them from
,,r.,.uta},lo di- aace While the infant
r..rtait. iat,. fn Delaware as Sttf" 1a
! ..r,,,. tntivol, lav tha ~ NtlutugrDn
K listed IL hah,i imam 'ho great lninsfuai
.i4f,n- IF \,u srk lhiad,iph'a amt
/ , h,.aps ho great msl"rfN r. l"'
/ vcnfahle rufqu' deA'h~ tn Wilmington. eS
| shown b, 7tatiatics "t fhe cnsus Bureau;
! take place IN tlo iamhcs 4 poorly pald
mon a1nrlnycd ~ the factories, ehlpyardR
and industrial I,iarts /" the r''v and Y ~
| ,L, ann III Nree Iathr,r aud her aas"-
Yatcs IL make usc If war prosperity in
| .u,tfro down thc mortality rate The
| u.rL IA Delaware is being carried on hy
| ,br Wowcu's Committee of The state
| pafcn,a Council. III vhlch Miss leanr"tte
/ ECkuau Is secretary
/ tn,erIs.-z second wear ~ war hoh
\ hrqnn 81 \prl q II known ~ us Ra
4 Il t1aldn.n'a cav NIiaa athrnp aaid t"-
/ lay II ~ ann aim in this pouod ~ make
r,rJ 4- far a- posahlo ~ conserving 'h"
/ 4; hnruc ~ tremendous aerrlFrca which
1 >n,rriaa must mako n tho frcnrho- as her
contribution ~ world democracy
.nnr If thc goals vhlrh We have Rof
/ ourselves IN tul- eam''aiRu l- tnt Saving ot
| 100 OOr .rf4rf tNes Witch means one
,h,rd reduction IN the preeent Iate # chlid
n,,4talty The rrsf step and the iunda-
,erf+al -tcp 5u accomplishing thls am
htian i he wpiR hung and measuring cam
r.Iru i'm children under five now teinR
conducted In Wilmington
Without the accurate knonlcdgo q
tha condition and nccds ~ he 'h'idfcn ~
| Wilmington moi hing can l'o done I" "s-is,
that cit, ia SAVING lfs quota 81 the '"'-.'N
rlvos /; il IL NJ talr tins know cdNc tbR'
the women s committee ot ihc i'C'h"hr'
Couuctl 81 Defence have stH1t'd fho'
ch}ld welfare caupalgn hoA ~. ao 'he'
mart Isn't 81 course results dCp'Nd '', '''l'
an the " ihnEuCes to Co-or,'a'' A''"'
iv Wilmington mothers
The rrsuit~ of tho weighing "n5
measuring tests vii become arparcn'
late, Tho r-t thing II lc douo r. fl
~ a4f(X q
prhhr health nurses and the Co1mHWf'
Al .arrc ~ he proportion u taACs az.
children lindcr school age who are sho"l
f., hc undcrnouushed lv hose tests her
viii come tie fciIov-uV work 20 VINE
| .<an.4lIatf foue arc the necessary pr'
En,na~1 THIS vll require he psslstan''
~ thc mumc,pahtv and state and VIII %
s,lr,,~etuI IN dcgrce as financial heiP j
/ gwen
Mis-, La,hrop explained that IN th
{olloU-,lp work individual attention Wi
Inc gwen to every child who Is found to b'
below normal IN he tests IhIs would. o
course never Nc gwen vlt thout The parent .
con4cn, lal' IN he case Of "a recorded rmld
moi ,cpahl, below the average weight o
heIcht standard of has age. notices VII p
sent parents urging that 4 ho tahen {
the infant welfare station or Tree chidTen
cliric for thorough examination and
necessary medical treatment
IN Cracc J. Me'gS prominent woman
st:.&-5v.. 1T Washington sald today ha
"a ~, host 81 dramatic war appeals mon
aata f,lt .ar'Eard tae Nta 3UiN "
.4.,.lats5f tIcaa.T.iHg 'H. 'ratth 9. 4
coming generation ls ~ oanger bonn
los -jGh. ~ in TINS conne' .t4lt 8.
a.stea fd, advice ol President Watson
Next te the duty Of dong every lthui
/ possibIc for the soldiers at the front, thcr
could be. ii seems to me no more patriot
duty than that Of protecting the children
who constitute one-thrd % our popu
latiou
The success IL the efforts made il
England m behalf OF the children il eNl
depctd bv the fact that the infant dealt
rate IN England fuI the second year IN tn
war was the lowest In her history Al
tentiau is now being gwen 70 educatio
and labor conditions Tor children by tn
legislatures Of both France and England
Z ! showing that the conviction among th
: allies Is hat thc protection ot childhood
! essential to winning the war
II am very glad that the same processe
I are being set afoot IN this country and
heartily approve the plan Of the Cll
: drcns Bureau for making the second Vet
Z If Tie war one of united activity on beha
/ of children, and IL that sense children
! year
\ DR. Mcigs told little story e lllu
trate her point. smiling Az She did 5
In Chicago recently. she said, = NICE
j ing was called by the City Dcpartmcl
d Of Health to dI-cuss the <, ,w'r necassl'
I for infant welfare work ia wartime. II vi
addressed by the Director Of the DvisI'
: if ChId Hygiene, well-known wom'
pbyeician of Chicag She lad ~ soon
finished her speech when women beg'
popping up all over the hall. What ,
The feeding Of children got 70 do va
nursing soldiers? they said We want
know what we can do for our countr,
Tell us what women can do 70 help v
the war
This is an extremely natural tendene
but none the less a dangerous one, /
Meigs continued "Of course work
benefit the babies. who will be the bac
bone Of our nation in the coming gener
ton. is about as important war work
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