New Britain herald., 1918-07-16
Minute WOMEN ARE
READY TO DO WORK
Local Committee in Movement
Tor Child Welfare

At meeting of the minute women
Of the Child Welfare department OF
the New Britain division of the No-
mems committee, State Council Oh
Defense, held yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, in Chamber Of COM
mercc rooms, plans for carrying on
the campaign in this city were lald
by the chairman, Miss Fallon. Nearly
20 women were present ana ALTER
hearing the details OF the work as II
is to be carried on here, the matter
was discussed openly, and each one
seemed to show an enthusiasm winch
forctells a successful campaign for
New Britain.
In addressing the women, Miss Fal-
lon said that she feels the importance
of the undertaking lies in a combina-
ton of every one doing the one thing
which will bring forth an increased
health condition of our own children
as we'll as being a help to the nation.
She urged the necessity of enrolment
of healthy children as well as thoscN
who are abnormal. The first step,
she said, is to take a survey of the
number of children under five years
of age, in this city and find out their
conditions of health, by carrying on
q house to house canvass. If cam
paighs can be made for money, such
as the Liberty loan, Red Cross sub
scriptions, etc, surely it can be done
for the sake of better babies, she
pointed out.
Plans Arc Withheld.
1t is the plan of the committee to
divide up the territory in accordance
with the various school districts
Each member of the committee will
be captain of some one district
This captain will choose a committee
of seven, and in turn, each member
of that committee will choose a COM
mlttee of about fifteen, making each
of the seven, suIb-captains Members
of each committee should reside in
the district So that each member may
field lies. and in selecting their mem
bers the captains have been instruct
ed to choose from different parts of
the district so tina each member NAV
canvass in her own particular neigh
borhood, to avoid long walks and
waste of time. 1t is the aim of the
minute women to have fifty babies
in each district ready to report at
any one of the nine school buildings
in the city, to be used during the
campaign, on the opening day, July
"A. Then, a system is to be ar
ranged whereby fifty will be ready
to report on each succeeding day until
the end of the campaign when it is
hoped all babies in the city will have
been weighed and measured
Prizes Will Be Offered.
Prizes will be offered for the babies
N a K q +oe
the year. after being weighed and
measured. They will be weighed and
measured again at the end of the wear.
No prizes will be given now, but sue
cess in winning the prizes depends
entirely upon the Improvement in
abnormal children at the end of the
year, due to treatment brought about
through this campaign. If members
of the canvassing teams encounter
parents who cannot speak English,
then they should find someone who
can assist them. Circulars are printed
in more than one foreign language,
which is also a great help. When
once the parents realize that the
movement is one advocated by the
government, and is without cost to
them, they will undoubtedly be only
to the weighing and measuring sta
tons while the campaign is on, and
do their part in helping the govern
ment determine the health standard
of the country. The movement was
started because so many young men of
draft age have been turned down by
exemption boards through out the
country, because they were physically
unfit for military duty This, it is
believed is due to the fact that they
were undernourished children, and
had they been given the proper at
tention when babies, they might have
grown into healthy young men,
All babies will be examined free.
but If some parents are fastidious and
insist upon having their own family
Gohy sician they are privileged to do
SO at their own expense.