Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-05
MORE DANGEROUS
TO BE BABY THAN
FIGHT IN BATTLE

The wonan's committee, council
hf defense. is making another ap-
eeal TO mothers whose children
have not yet been examined be
cause Of sickness or any other rea-
FOL. TO help make a perfect record
for Rock Island in the registration
Of children.
Children may be taken to the
West End Settlement Wednesday
between the hours of , and or to
Or. Sala's Office. Nineteenth street
and Fourth avenue on any after
noon from 2 to O'Clock. Two
school districts have registered 100
per cent which should be the rec
ord for every district in the city
There will be no crowds at the Vari-
Gus stations and since the govern
Rent has asked that the children
under six years OF age be registered
every mother should make this eff
fort.
At conference of the child vel
fare cha.rmen from the different
Eates, called by the woman's com
uittee of the council of national
defense and Miss Julia Lathrop of
The children's bureau in Washing
ton. many notable addresses were
made by prominent men and women
who have devoted their lives to
solving the problem of childhood
They all agreed that the protection
ct child life in this country is a
Ear measure OF the first and high
at importance. They agreed, more
over, that il is difficult to make this
understood amid the more obvious
patriotic appeals Of the Liberty
loan, the war savings, and the Red
Cross, but they insisted that every
Effort should be made 10 arouse the
American people to the menace to
childhood involved in the war. The
child must build up what the war
destroys, and on the protection and
education Of children today de-
ponds the future Of the world to-
borrow.
England, in the first year Of the
var, faced a largely increased
death rate Of children IN the sec
ono year OF the war, by national
subsidies 10 her sanitary boards
aud by the extension Of work
through infant welfare stations It
reduced the death rate OF children
tot only below that Of the first year
Of the war, but below that of nor
nal times.
The death rate Of infants IN
France has been appalling. and the
people, realizing the necessity for
strenuous efforts If the population
vas 70 be maintained al all, have
welcomed assistance from America
% aid them IN checking the alarm
1g child death arte of France.
L can truly be said at the pres
en- time in Illinois that It is II
eIaes as dangerous 10 be 4 BABY IN
tae state as il is 20 be a soldier on
ue western front Of the allies THIS
surely disgrace 20 the state and
me which should and can he re-
EoFed, for the remedy lies IN our
.s1qs. u IS moreover true that
10000 children under five years
od die in the United States each
year, largely from preventable
eaases. 10 save at least 100 900 OF
uese children is the special work
Undertaken by the child welfare de
yaru1enl Of the WomaH's committee
L the several states and the chill
efeh's bureau in Washington un-
yer Bliss L.atLrop. 1t has been fig
sieq that the quota OF children 10
- saved during the year in Illinois
= ~,SZ5. TO achieve this result
@eFe must be better education Of
aonen in tbs care Of children, bet
Nf provision for mothers at ma
.sfnity, more public health doctors
tad nurses 70 give instruction to
Eothers and care 10 the infants and
he children Ia sCnooI.