The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-04

Birmingham Baby Week begins to- morrow. It has special significance in that it is the second year that the Axis club and the department or health have joined hands to stimulate inquiry ard rivalry leading people to ask how weakly and defective chill dren can be nursed into soundness of health. Indeed it gives us an oo- porLunity to inquire into local com ditions-t9 measure the health of our babies.
 Our dcath records of infants and children give us a fair index of the amount os illness among our little ones-but are those who do live en- toying :,n abundance of health?
 Because there has been a slight ln- crease in the number of deaths or children hetween the ages of one and five years and; because so large percentage of the beginners in school on the preliminary inspection were found to have defects which If they had been corrected previously would have rendered these children Tt phys ically for beginning school life and, because no organized effort has been made to stress the care of these tod dIcrs. we especially want them to have q chance for a thorough health examination now.
 The bureau of child hygiene Of the department of health has established.
  ccnters, where mothers may come for weekly conference with children specialists in regard to care and teeo- ing of their babies.
 These permanent health centers and one tempo rary one in the city nall will be used daily during Bapy Weet, for like examinations and rat inc of the .baby's condition. Twenty siy physicians have signified thei} Willingness to serve the babies by making these examinations. some are elving one afternoon and others gre giving all five.
 Each center will be open from l'so D. m. to p. m. on Monday, uU1 tr,3 dav. Wednesday. Thursday and Fri- day and an baby or child will be ad- mitted after D. m. colored center at Councill school in Ensley Is the one exception and it will open at p, m' daily. . ,,,,
 England has this past summer had a National Baby Week to stlnhula.Ie interest in and inquiry into health conditions O. their children. one CT their correspondents says: "lt Is opVl- ans that the greater number of baoles that can be reared in health the greater viii be the growth and CT ficiencv of our population.'
 Since 1920 there has been marked decrease ln the death rate of babies under on. year of age in Birmingham. IIntil in 1922, S2 babies out of every o0O horn alive died before they reached one year of age instead or 1o5 as in 1920. Part of this decrease we feel is due to the fact that nurses from the bureau of child hyglene have cared for over 1000 SICK ana well babies in their own homes eaeh month, giving instruction by demon : stration when necessary or deslred'
 So bring your babies to one Of the following centers some afternoon this week. . charge of Mrs. c. ?. Beddow. Mrs Donald Wood and Mrs. A. w. Towns
 The following clinics and those In charge are as follows:
 Health department center, Mrs. Frank spain, Mrs. A. Rich Mrs. Joe Beitmen. Mrs. DuPont Thompson:
 Cunningham school, Mrs; ;; B. KIP SLIP melt. Mrs. J. w. McDonald,< Mrs Will lard Wheeler, Mrs. R. F. Carlisle Mrs, sam Meyer and Mrs. Fred Dill.
 Ensley Community House, Mrs. K. Jandprebe Mrs. C. w. Lawrence, |, Mrs. w. P Crane, Mrs. Morris John son. Mrs. N. R. Clark and Miss Lois McKenzie.
 Woodlawn clinic, Mrs. c. P. Yandle, Mrs. Stephenson, Mrs. c. $. Larn, Mrs. 0. D. Freedman, Mrs. r. w. Merldlth Mrs. Chester Sandman and Mrs. M' Hall. for colored people, will be in charge of Mrs. Angus Taylor, assisted by Mrs E. D. Brown. s
 These clinics are for children from habies to the school age, which IS U years of age.
 List of physicians; pr. R. G. Love-