Evening star., 1942-05-01
Child Health
Day Observed in
Chest Agencies
Number of Events
Scheduled Today
For Children

For Children
To stress child health as funda-
mental in the defense of the future
of the Nation. hundreds OF children
in Community Chest agencies all
over the city were participating to-
day in various kinds of functions
and ceremonies in observance OF
Child Health Day, May /.
Arrangements also were being
made for rehearSals for future cele-
brations running up to as late as
the middle of May.
At Southeast House, 324 Virginia
avenue Sc, about II day-nursery
children added their rhythm band
this morning to the Child Health
Day parade of children from the
Giddings School.
Small children from Southwest
House. sol Second street S.W., had
miniature folk festival today
and the school-age children will put
on a demonstration of dancing,
health games and exercises at 7
o'clock tonight.
Maypole Dance Rehearsed.
At Barney Neighborhood House,
470 N street S.W., 80 youngsters
staged an outdoor rehearsal of q
Maypole dance yesterday to prepare
for the May spring festival of the
settlement, which takes place May
II. Is and Is.
From Friendship House, 619 D
street Sc, bus load of about 40
children ranging In age from 6 to
Is will leave tomorrow at 6 o'clock
for an early morning May-Day sere-
nading tour Of shut-ins and friends.
Greetings in the form of bouquets
Of flowers, arranged by the children,
will be tied to door knobs Of neigh
bors.
For two small boys at Christ Child
Farm for Convalescent Children
near Rockville, Child Health Week is
q gala occasion. For these two it
marks 4 successful return to health
after a year OF convalescence in
which they spent long months in
bed under care of physician and
nurse in order to recover from post
diphtheria hearts" John and
Charles" will rejoin their families
this coming week. proud of . weight
gain of nearly 20 pounds each.
20 Enact Play.
Twenty out of the n children now
convalescing at the farm today en-
acted the roles of vegetables and :
fruit characters in q play titled THE
Three VS." which they helped to
write.
A total Of 1924 days care have
been given lit children from the
ages of through "A years who have
received care at the farm during the
past year following acute illnesses
such as rheumatic fever, diabetes,
pneumonia and infantile paralysis,
it was announced.
Similar convalescent care for
children ranging in age from 3
months up to years has been pro-
vided during the past year for IS
children at the Childrens Country
Home, Eighteenth street and Bunker
Hill road NE.
In seven other Chest-supported in
stitutions, where 900 well children
are given away-from-home care.
health education was emphasized In
both classroom and play periods.
The 78 boys from the age of 5 to
II years, at st. Joseph's Home and
School, Eastern avenue and Bunker
Hill road NE, will observe the week
with a display of posters, classroom
discussion and musical programs.
At ST. AIMS Infant Asylum, $500 K
street NV. 81 children from the
ages Of Is months through years
have completed annual health
checkups in preparation for the
spring exodus to the institutions
summer home at Berwyn, Md.
Weight Gains Noted.
Weight gains at the Washington
Home for Foundlings, 4610 Forty
second street NV, were pointed
out to all visitors during Child
Health Week. Although the home
admits well children from months
to years of age who need tenn
porary care because of a parents
illness or some other emergency in
the home, some of them repre-
sented feeding problems which need
special attention.
Thriving examples of the 1000
a-month baby attendance at the
Child Welfare Society's well-baby
clinic took advantage of this Chest
supported service at the clinic this
morning Each baby Is weighed in.
spends a period in the playroom
under observation of the "habit-
clinic" specialist, and is then ex-
amined by clinic physicians. In
subsequent conferences with their
mothers, Child Health Week will
see renewed stress in all clinic ses-
sions on nutrition standards and
immunization against contagious
diseases.
Continuing emphasis on health
for the child under 6 years, the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
is cooperating in city-wide sum-
mer roundup project for health ex-
aminations of all pre-school chill
dren.
Toothache will continue to re-
ceive priority attention at the Christ
Child Dental Clinic In the settle
ment building at 608 Massachusetts,
avenue Sc. After losing the serv-
ices of DIR. George Cesso to the
Army, attention to child dental
health is now assured by the pres
ence of DR.. Morton Finn, who Of
ficiated at clinics today from 1 to
4 pm. OF the 653 child patients
who made a total of 2,466 visits to
this clinic last year, the records
show that at least 20 per cent were
pre-school-age children.
Paul Rnhesnn Ia Gixa