New Britain herald., 1919-04-19
VEMENT BEGUN ID PROTECT CHILDREN
aaIls for Coming Year Show
 Interest in Education


 SI more than 2,0OO,0OO babies. es- aDllshment of many new health cen 8eers to advise mothers on the care of heir children and stimulation of the sanoVement to keep children in school HNnd provide them adequate recreation. gre reported by the Children's Bureau #ts some of the results of it's Children's ear campaign.
 More than 10000 900 women parti- Neipated in the activities of the year. winch was inaugurated last April 6, N Nghe first anniversary of America's #deciaration of war. It was planned 8to save at least, 100000 of the 3OO,- X poo children who die annually of pre- F~vntable diseases.
 < The first activity of the year was a test of children under six to see whether they were up to the standards Nof weight and height for their ages. @Nearly T,000,000 record cards were H Issued, of which more than 100000 have been ia bulated with others yet Nto be turned in. A number of com munities have undertaken a second fest this spring to include children missed in the first and also to note < #improvement in thosetpreviously regis satered.
 Need for preventivesWork on behalf E of children was said to have been em phasized by the information ob- tained in the test According to re- ports received from State Child Vel ' F@.rs Mo X tional Defense, communities in A M states have employed new public x health nurses during the year. From E ten of these states a total of 137 new @ nurses has been reported. One hun H dred and thirty-four children's health NJ eenters to which mothers may go for expert advice concerning the best Sa means of caring for their children s8 have been established during Chil- 3 dren's Year in communities in Is ga states.
 Swimming pools, playgrounds, and N new activities have become 8 M part of the play fife of boys and girls
 in many communities as a result of 18 the year. From sixteen states the
 Establishment of'1Dew playgrounds has
 been reported.
 
 Forty three states, New York City and the District of Columbia are en- s gagged in 8 campaign to prevent boys z and girls from going to work before S they have the training they need fol 8 successful and happy lives. Back te |8 School and Stay in School are the 5 slogans for this drive. A number o1 8 Communities have provided scholar N ship funds to enable children of needy 8 parents to continue their education 8 after they reach the legal working a age At least one such scholarship M for each of the 2s1, 900 school houses x in the United States is the goal tha 8 has been set.
 q Although Childten's Year is off 8 cialiy over. plans are under way 1T VI several states to make every year { chiIdren's Year. A new'consciousnes A os the value of the child and his neec a For good health, wholesome play, ade auats schooling and protection iron # premature work is said to be indicated hv laws cont em plated by the states 8 These include many bills for the pro lection of children.
 8 The ChiIdrens Bureau lhas planned a conference with foreign experts Wh @ have had a part in the work done b. A European countriesifor the protection @ of children during the stress of wal M The conference will consist of tw % distinct parts: First. small workin # committee of American authorities | M be invited by the Secretary of Labor M and members of the Bureau staff Wh M will meet informally with the foreig M guests at Washington during the wee M of May s: second, Q, series of regions M Conferences in various parts of tn N country at which the discussion # minimum standards can be continue @ 1nder local auspices and with refer sr1ces to local conditions.