Milford chronicle., 1935-03-01
MATERNITY WARD
WILL Be LARGER
IN new HOSPITAL
rConlinned from Fir1 Paael


rate than Delaware and that
states have a better rate.
Why should Delaware, which is
healthful State, stand so high in in
FAINT mortality?
Why should there be 20 states Il
the Union whose death record amcnl
infants presents a better showing
than that of Delaware?
Citizens who are informed of thu
situation are considering the matte
seriously and their conclusion il
that more and better disqualification
will steadily improve Delaware
record in infant mortality.
II is fair to assume that hospital
izatiOn has been responsible for the
better showing in the year 1888 anC
the trustees of the Milford Emer-
gency Hospital and the doctors Of
the hospital territory are firmly oil
the belief that the new Milford
Emergency Hospital with its en-
larged and adequate facilities for
the care of maternity cases will con-
tinually help to reduce the number
of baby deaths in the State.
This hospitals record, as has
shown, is excellent in this respect
and this in spite of the handicaps
under which its doctors and nurses
have been obliged to work.
DR.. JOst says in a letter to the
Hospital Campaign Committee, dat
ed January 2S, 1885: Undoubtedly.
a child born in a hospital has a bet
ter chance of living than one born
outside" although he adds: ANY
normal case of childbirth will do
fully as well in a hospital and
chances for benefitting both the
mother and the child in all abnOr-
NAL cases of childbirth are infinite
~ better in the hospital than in the
home"
A valuable contribution to the dis
cussiOn was made by DR.. S. NJ. d.
Marshall, who is not only a State
Senator and a leader in medical
circles in this community. but also
the son of the late Mrs. George w.
Marshall, a pioneer in hospital work
in this city and neighborhOod. DR..
Marshall looks upon the new Mil
ford Emergency Hospital as boon
not only to infants. but to the gen.
eIal public. In regard to the birth
of children, DR.. Marshall says, I'VE
must consider not only the cOnfine-
ment of the mother when baby is
born. but we must consider also the |
prenatal care and the after-care of
both the mother and child. The care |
of the sick today, as compared to |
fifty years ago, has been revolution |
lied Then only the wealthy had ac-
cess to disqualification. Now through |
doctors, welfare nurses. and State |
nurses no prospective mother need /
lack proper instruction and atten-
tion. The most important point in /
the conservation of infants and to-
ward lowering infant mortality is
that the mother shall have the pro-
per care before the child is born, at
birth, and for several days follow
ing.
Our new hospital with its i'm
proved facilities will be the means
of promoting not only the health
and welfare of mothers and babies,
hut also of the public in general"
From other states, there is further
support of the benefits to both child
and mother, if the birth occurs in a
hospital.
DR.. George T. Vincent. late presi-
dent of the Rockefeller Foundation.
New York, has said, regarding the
need of better hospital facilities: "If
nne really wishes to give a baby
lair start in life, it should be born
in a hospital. Every year 10000
women lose their lives in child
birth and $4,000 babies die before at
aiming their first month. Most of
hese mothers and fully one-half the
)abies could be saved by proper '
conditions at the time of birth. The t
hospital IS the only place for baby d
o he born. The child of the pauper. b
Dorn in hospital, has a better a
,hance of life and health than the il
.hild of millionaire born at home" s.
All of us value the opinion of the
american Red Cross, whose officers a
re so well grounded in matters of "
ealth. Il
From DIR. A. B. Emmons. I'd. ex- Il
CullNC ullGCLOl VI tic hCllOUOAlldn
hapter of the Red Cross at Boston, Il
lass. comes this unqualified state CT
lent: a
For many years before the war, Il
did obstetrics in Boston. Without fO
esitation I can say that the safest ol
lace for confinement is in a hospi- c'
al. Only those people who are finan- "
tally able to supply equal facilities s
! the home should take the risk of Oh
at home-and those. l s.
resume, are few and far between, u
)day.
"My own particular interest was al
/ prenatal care. 1t has been prov e'
! statistically and very convincing NJ
: that the earlier a woman receives m
lie advice of visiting nurse and Sc
an intelligent obstetrician, the OF
lfer she is. Care during pregnancy in
as important to prevent disaster -
J is the hospital care at the time"
To return to Delaware, we print fe
e statement of DR.. John B. Baker in
our own hospital, whom many of al
know and whose opinion certain
we all respect. AS Dr. EmmOns tn
not only on confinement, If
It on prenatal care, DR.. Baker, st
no is a specialist in prediatrics, ca
mments on the care of the mother oc
d child, after birth. wi
DR.. Baker says: "The care of our eli
ildren is one of the most impor- tel
1t factors in our life. Infancy is er
riod of beginning growth. To see
It the baby. is growing normally de
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