The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-11-21

son for the opposition, as l understand
it.
There is plenty Of evidence of good
work done In the matter of tuber-
culosis OF consumption, the evidence
shows that prior to the Social Unit
taking charge of hat work, the city
organization for that purpose hal
only been able to discover and treat
as their high-water mark at any one
time eighteen cases in the Mohawk
Brighton district, that the Social Unit
had discovered and We're treating aC
one time che hundred and forty eight
cases, and that also because of the
organization of the physicians and
nurses AMI the information which they
had give to the people which was
being used to combat this evil, this
condition was being treated more eff
fectively than it has been treated
prior to mat time, at about fifty per
In the children's welfare work, there
is no question but that the block moth
ers with the cooperation and assist
ance of the Physicians Council and
nurses skilled treatment, are saving
the lives of many children. The work
of the Social Unit in educating the
people to the desirability and advan-
tages of safeguarding their lives,
limbs and health, that comes from
having competent physicians exam
inc the children from time to time,
has saved many lives a great deal of
sickness, ard untold misery and suf-
fering.
The WORK of the Better Housing or
ganization for the district has result
ed in many disease-breeding spots be-
ing removed, in raising the standard
Of health, and in making for reason
able rents
The case work through which spe-
cially selected workers visited the
whole field and through which the
block mothers get to know many
cases within the district that through
false pride people are usually unwill-
ing to have known, has resulted in
children having operations performed
on them which has made them HEALTHY
and has bought happiness into their
homes. Many cases of unemployment
have been relieved and temporary nee
essities provided for in a friend.v
way. INSTRUMENTATION has been
established in an interesting way BE-
tween all Of the people in that great
district. The trend which ! saw to-
wards higher standard of knowl-
edge, education, and citizenship, ar
rangements for healthy recreation III
the parks. etc, the use of schools dur
ing vacation for community recrea-
tion centres, gave me the feeling that
there was in this movement much
good for everyone. / saw in this dis
trict the feeling that any injury or
injustice to one Individual in this COM
munity was the concern of everybody.
The bringing of the people together
and the Elimination of race and other
prejudices recommend it to me as a
source Of better things for all the
people, second only to the organiza-
tion Of labor itself, and at the same
time it seems to me a means through
which every phase Of the labor move
ment will be materially strengthened,
its work accelerated, its purpose made
clear, and the scope Of its efforts To-
,ally widened everywhere.
Speaking personally and as reo-
resentative of organized labor, find
nothing about the Social Unit that
can criticize, except that there is
not enough Of it and | failed to dis
cover in my investigation any of its
work that did not appeal to me strong
ly as being the finest kind of work
from a human point of view
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