Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-07
Efv Oyercrowded Homes
Ionse of Many Infant Deaths

r,,o baby death list of the city o
INCREASED can out Of every 600 . died
s. #I.lty-three IN, ,.,rt snhmittcd by the Bnreat
ring to ~ commissioner Copeland, 81
Ii4;ies '@acu,nbed in dis"a7e' ~
= ,,and suoc ,t,.. rise in the baby death ritt
,ousils eo,,. ,,naI conditions. it is slgnillcah'
isted WIN ~. ,,te of Germany Is now TN
4sant nlof'" ,his after Germany mas beeh
4 world; "'," ,,o,iod Of Internal distress.
#ord war ai'" ,',,. increased baby death rate
M reason ~, low percentage in ms respect
!. Of Gerh'a"' - the Bureau of Child Hyglnen
4 mime BAKE ~ her observations and ratings
Feet o,, rrounic
\ Dr. i'asrr ~, ranort that the death rate was
in spite u ' ,,..,,. 1919 and 50 in 1920, said
sand III 'i, percent increase in either
SEThS hi''" ,ho prevalence OF contagious dis-
VH' onr .,os and whooping cough
measIcS as a"u an epidemic of measles, many
hereby L., +l,,se Of the respiratory tract,
IN diseases ''',, vain causes of infant NOR
u,ot moor housing conditions cause
Band S"'' I, right. These conditions roster
babies - - n,n,,monia. the immediate cause
,.,o charters and succumb to disease.
BE III V'oaN in.uvs shows that the overcroWd-
be ANA oi,. leave the young members OF
lpdan' ith loss resistance to epidemics
Phod VIZ" ','ia, .,r, afraid Of opening windows1
|fns u others believe might air is bad.
ts thc best prcNeilLN'' o,,,,,t,a.1 bod.bod
~. whose children succumped hao hdo
Ta',n', ,n'. tbo deaths might have been aVer'ed
BefH'!' la,ht that last year--in which the
4 be "o Iitiors became notOrious-was for
|1'nE ,,,J wear for contagious diseases.
psoh that ppidcmicS or contaSion seem !
Fe NIL ,,1 tho children seem to have become
Fcle' dos .5 or whooping cough at the same
z ,.,,,iod is over, and new crop OF enid
'u'' at tbec in turn become susceptible.
c,ocrol Tendency Encour"sing'
, tbo slight increase in the death rate
Inul"L bow is bopcrul about the whole situa-
'' 'o,,ostiors for health as well as citing
aS ,,or even those prc-disposed to believe
was fho slight increase, the general
:, inf,nt mortality rate is downward, she
aa, when our work began, the rate
t.,sond Now it is S5 to thousand or
Wv. SG to a thousand. Surely quite de-
.,, ohout 10000 yearly deaths of babies
II, If age. Twelve years ago there were
io,ths of babies under one year.
's,ont that we have this great decrease In
PfS Of the enormous increase in population
period ..,o.,,o,.s
'r,, understand that cold air and fresh air, ii
.hu'e h1t al ia the
\ ther babies.
!. .,o,bna is necessary, but I greatly deplore $
'ao,hors smothcr their children in the win
so1 uomen who themselves don't like the1
The, wont 60 out for walks and won't take -,
N, Then the children succumb to disease. :
4 r., ,omembered" advised DIR. Baker "tha' |
i Nd be contagious diseases are not necessarily
I'M weather They may occur any time of year. !
4 obou that there are the greatest number
[sNs season o. the year when conditions, such Il
ocdins and insufficient ventilation and out ! I
Fl .te are numbers of children very suscep-
a Gra Progress in Hygiene" "
4 spekng, the whole world is progressing j
en Germany's low death rate of babies may a
ehd that during the war such large num- il
4 Far killed that il became very important to Ii
Ihds life. The nation then began to give
b babies f;
j the rate is lower than ever before. Eng |,
given great attention TO this subject and has a
1 methods in caring for babies. +
R that suffered from the war find they must ii
RsIves 10 life, and there is no better way to =.
care for the new generation"
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