The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
TO URGE COUNCIL
SAVE THE BABIES
Health Leaders Of City to
Ask City to Make Provi-
sion for Baby Camp.
CALL INSISTENT NOW

Health officials Of Kenosha under the
leadership of DR.. G. Windesheim, the
city health commissioner, are planning
ia fight to secure increased facilities
for the saving Of babies and for the
protection of the city against contagi-
Gus. disease and shortly after the or
ganization for funds for the extension
of health work. The campaign to save
the babies in Kenosha will center about
appropriations for the opening of a
permanent baby camp either on Sim
mons Play Ground or at Lincoln Park
and the other campaign will bring a
demand for an enlargement of the iso-
lation hospital.
City Falling Far Behind.
eve are falling far behind the other
cities Of the state in protecting the
health Of the people and giving the
babies of the poor people chance
declared DR.. Windesheim this morn
ing. sThe city of Racine has just
made an appropriation of $4,000 for
the establishment of permanent
Baby Camp" In that city and it has
made an appropriation Of $150,000 for
the erection of an isolation hospital.
1t Is possible that the demands of Ke-
nosha are not quite so great as those
OF Racine. Babies are going to die in
Kenosha for lack If care this summer
and it will be the fault of the people
If these babies lose their lives. Pos
sibly we could provide all that is neces-
sary to aid in saving the babies in
Kenosha with an appropriation Of $685.
600. Of course we would have help
from a lot Of people who believe that
saving the life Of baby is something
worth while but we can not expect
Charity to do all this big work
$4,000 for Isolation Hospital.
"The value Of the isolation hospital
has been proved" continued DR.. Wind
esheim. sit has made it possible for
diseases to be controlled in Kenosha
but it is no where big enough to take
care of the work which must be done,
We should have at this time an addi-
tion to this hospital which would cost
hundred thousand dollars for build
ing operations and proper equipment
but we could do lot with an appro-
pFiation of $4,000 of course. know
that the argument will be that the
! city has no money to take care of these
demands. IF the city needed sewers
i it would find money somewhere, if II
needs bridge it gets the money and
/ 1t should get money for the protection
of the lives of the babies and the pro.
per extension of the fight against con-
tagious disease in the same manner
The baby camp is needed now. 1t must
be provided for In the next few weeks
! If II Is to carry out the functions OF
such an organization this summer. II
must be organized on a business basis
and with view Of doing definite things
| If it is to be of real value
Aldermen in Doubt.
Several Of the aldermen, both old
timers and newly elected ones were
seen today and asked as to their atti-
tude toward these two big propositions
for the protection of the public health
They SHE'D at the suggestion Of going
on record and suggested that it might
be we'll to present the matter to the
council and let the aldermen make a
/ study of it. The aldermen all insisted
that to appropriate $4,000 to the
health department would mean the is
suance of bonds for the amount. Some
of them said they would not be oppos-
ed to the bond issue if it was shown
that the proposed improvements would
be for the betterment of the city.
cts the call of the children of the
poor" declared one of the members OF
the Health Department. "There are a
/ lot of people of means who are able to
give their babies every care, fresh ali
and sunlight and all that goes into
the making of the right kind of baby
hood. There are lot of others who
must let these babies shift for them
selves. Some of them are women who
must go out and work and leave the
baby at home with little sisters OF
! brothers. Some of them are mothers
who do not know what little baby de-
mands to have life assured to it. We
can worry along for a year perhaps
with the present isolation hospital but
we do need some organized method and
it should be directly under the man
agement Of the city to insure the little
/ babies of Kenosha a chance"