Show GIVES MEDALS FOR BABIES boston committee adopts unique plan for reduction of mortality among infants boston tho boston committee on hygiene will offer gold and silver raed mod als to mothers who bring them babies which conform to tho the standards of the board of health mothers who have the healthiest babies will receive a geld medal those thos 0 whose babies are healthy but not in the gold medal class will receive sliver silver medals then too there Is to be some form of recognition tion tor for the mothers who start out with a n sickly baby and bring it to a high degree of health this scheme is it direct result of the Hudders huddersfield field plan for the prevention of infant mortality although a great improvement upon the hudders field plan says dr J M connolly the medical director of the committee on milk and baby hygiene the hud ders derifield field plan arose in the following way mayor broadbent of rudders field england five dollars to every mother in the longwood district of huddersfield Hudders neld field who should during his term of office produce at the city hall a healthy child of one year of age at the same time mothers and prospective mothers were visited by vol tary lady helpers who showed them the most approved methods of feeding ing and caring for the babies there are four cities ln in the unite 3 santes which have improved upon the bedla and tle the Hudders huddersfield field plans these four are now new york cleveland rochester N Y jand and doston boston boston whose committee has been able to proul profit from the experiences of foreign as well as american cities has a system for in advance of them all conditions are different in every kcal locality ity and treatments treatment must be modified to suit the conditions I 1 |