Show by enter Is Is Established hedl m I P PURPOSE RP I IS TO TOIV GIVE IV AID I TO EXPECTANT TANI M Work Is New Departure in Salt Lake Which Doctors Consi er Highly Necessary Necessary sary for Saving Infants I D DR a. a SAMUEL G. G PAUL of the i city board of health announced an an- I today that a baby health center would be opened at West Vest First South street Thurs Thurs- day A physician will be in charge and a a. nurse will be attached to the center The object of the new establishment will be to educate expectant mothers and see that they have the preparation for the child The infant welfare work will vill include the examination weighing measuring an and feeding o the baby under 2 years of age This work will ill be a new departure In Its line and is something which local local lo- lo cal physicians consider highlY necessary necessary sary Acc According to the b board ard of h health alth I one month of l st ste e er r- r ra a add many of these could have been saved One hundred and andI I nine babies died between one month I and 2 years of age I This shows that the greatest care Is necessary for the baby Under tinder one monthS month as It is then that the mortality rate is tile highest say physicians Doctors can send expectant mothers mother to the center for advice They can also have the nurse keep track of the case until th the baby i Is 2 years old Where laboratory work Is necessary or other things required the doctor has I but to send a note with his patient to have the work performed l may go to the center for advice and I information Thursday March 20 from 10 to 12 a. a m. m The infant welfare work I will take place on Wednesdays and I the clinic will wili be called between the same hours I The city board of health hopes to extend the work and start other centers cen- cen providing that It Is found that the work does all that It is planned and that the demand for such service I becomes obvious |