The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-18

| VHt OA Nthg MtAAtG9AetSO seA&@ - V s8~ Iting Nurse has to overcome is that of prejudlces of families. The following story illustrates this.
 When Josephine was first visited, tho nurse saw an undornourished baby of nine months, whose dict was only milk. She explained to tho mother the importance of prop CT diet and sunshine and advised her to bring Josephine to the near est baby welfare station, to check on her weight and to be under the supervision of the station doctor aa she could not afford to call her own doctor, Josephlne's mother was not impressed. She had four older children and had never gone to n Baby station and said 10. sephlne was all right, she just needed fresh air. The flat had no porch and Josephine had to say In. doors continually.
 Many visits were made to urge pla cling the baby under tho doctors care with no results, Tho mother wondered why tho nurse visited hcr NO frequently, Josephine was not sick and no one ever helped poor people. Her husband'A wages had been cut and sho was dlscour- aged, Tho nurse tried to lank0 tho mother realize that Bho wanted Co help Josephine to develop Into a healthy baby.
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 Ono visit to tho home, tho nurse found the baby worse, Definite was IS months old and could not n. .to alh AhA had only two teeth and hor color was poor, and her flosh soft and flnbby, The only answer tho mother made to tho nurse's sug- gegtions were that "sometimo they wero going to move into n bototr flat, one that had n porch" But just now that was i'm mpossiblo. Her husband hnd received another cut in wages and this moan emitting many of tho necessities Of life. Tho nurse sympnt thlsed with thls Rltua. ton, A now baby was expected and 10 Jose phine's mother 1t seemed ns if hor littlo girls oondi- ton was tho loast of her worries. Something should bo done but tho nurse nlono could not do 1t. Here was n little girl, whoBo blrthrlght it WAS to have n healthy childhood, being doniod Of everything essential to it, even fresh mir and sunshine. Tho nurso wondered if she could get botter cooperation from tho father than tho mothor and decld. cd to find out by making a visit when tho father was at homo which was nt noon. After explaining tho dnngor of riekots to him and urg- Ing him to place his baby undor medical supervision. his only RnB. w0r was that Josephine wuold bo nll right bye and bye: that even if sho did become bow.loggod liko her older sister, they would gtrnlghton out later on.
 Aggra avated Case
 J0sephln0's condition gradually became worse. During the wintor months Bho became neutoly III. Tho family could not afford to call physician, There woro two dls- DonBnrloa in tho city whore exc0l- lent medical attontoin was given without cost but tho mother could not be persuaded to tako tho baby to either.
 Tho father was made Co foal his responsibility to his sick baby and IJnltIy tbVh HUT " bhO AsbpNbbhtt accom- panied by tho nurse, This seemed h step forward In tho right direction, Surely tho father would listen [ on doctor and follow hiB advice. After Q complete exaniin. ntIon, the doctor said Josephine had tho worst enBe Of riekots he had ever seen. The liver and spleen woro enlarged. Tho bones of tho sDino wore eurbod and there waD n question Of tho baby being do. formod for life if Bho lived. She also had bronchitis and m ear and gland condition. Sho hooded hos. pitnl care immediately. Tho father consented and the doctor made special arrangements to admit her vory day, Her nam0 was placed on tho danger list and Co save tho ohild'B ilfo n blood transfuslvn was noeeBBary. Tho mothor visited J0. soon nftor thiB and took her home against tho adviee of the hospital.
 Nurse Persistent
 By this tiDi0 tho nurse was dls. c0urnged. 4 ycry ill baby was at homo and no doctor in charge of the ense. Tho nurgo oven suS- gestod the oth0r hospital, but no, the mother would not hear Of lt md snid If hor child was going to do, she wanted her to die ht homo. Daily visits and visits twice n day when noeesasry were made nc this time, to carry out hoBpl. tnI orders AB far as it was p0s-