The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-13
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Investigators Find Young
Japanese Stricken With
Disease
rnternatlenaI So a.rrlee.

TOKYO, Aug. H. Disastrous az
were the effects of the earthquake
81 seDfenaber 1. 1928, upon the
lives and fortunes of the present
generation IN Tokyo, the effect Of
that catastrophe upon the rising
generation Is an even greater men.
ace to the health and prosperity Of
the nation, according TO q survey
made by the Child welfare Section
81 the Tokyo Municipality
SO seriously has the health and
stamina of the children Of Tokyo
been impaired By the after effects
OF the quake, the survey finds. that
ii will be several generations, u all
probability, before the evils arising
from the earthuQa1xe are eradicated
from the national life. Those
Affected, of course. are the children
of the Sltifns the poorer classes,
where the problem ok existence al-
ways il acute and likely TO be
complicated by any great upneaval
ia the lives Of the people
Children Under.N ouEished.
According III the survey SO per
cent Of the children under seven
years of age in the SUM quarters
81 Tokyo are unhealthy. due to
undernourishmen or diseases Of
various kinds.
.sThe most immediate cause Of
the unhealthy condition Of the chill
dreri, said Eirnatsh1 Okazaxi,
head Of the Child Welfare section,
lis the fact that they have not been
so well fed as they were following
The great earthquake. This was es-
r1c3alIv the case during the period
when the city was beginning 70 be
rebuilt. Just before that the chill
dren in the slIim districts had been
fafrly well fed with supplies sent
them by relief organizations Al
over the world. Later, however,
MANY poor families were thrown
UPON their own resources and food
for the children became less pleiltl-
f,Il. n addition the present unen1-
nlovnaell4 situation mas led, 70 an al
most total lack OF work for the
wives 81 laborers and has still
further depleted the incomes Of the
poorer families.
Another cause for the poor
health Of the children Il that many
Of them have been forced 20 play
among the ruins ox districts devas-
.tated by the quake. The soil ct
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and debris left BY the disaster. The
green grass and trees have dtsapsz
reared and the wind raises the
gern1aden dust for the children 70
breathe. ssie I
Z Orgaaize Camps. Ss4zi
In il effort to countetact the III
effects arising from these eondi-
tions. the Tokyo municipality has
81 va fiized, for the first time IN its
I,istory. forest nurseries ~ the
country, to which ns snaIy poor
children as possible will ne sent
(,lring the summer. About 200 t.hii-
drer win be cared for At pubic
nursery camp to be established
near Gotenba. in the mountains:
they will be given three weeks q
medical attention, good food, fresh
air and exercise in an effort 70
build up bodily strength more cap
able Of offsetting the harldlcaps ~.
,ident to their home surroundinGs.
Besides this forest nursery elgnt
eurseries are being maintained ny
the citv in the slum districts, Where
thousands Of children are cared Tor
annually and where parsnts arr
-fa,Irht. TO the greatest possible eAs
cent. how<tto care for ana saIeguaIa
the health of their children.