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Show Healthy Babies For Uncle Sam Head of Children's Bureau Says Mother Is Responsible, In Measure, for All Children By .Mil l rnnoi Chief, l . S. Children's Bureau WASHINGTON, Sept. J. One of the most lmportunt lessons for a mother to learn Is that her baby Is nor. safe until every mother's baby Is safe. The; dlsea.-es that result from lack of prop-1 lor C0.re and treatment and unsanitary I surroundings arc nol limited to ba-! ba-! hies born into poor homes or to neglected ne-glected babies, but they otten spread i to babies who arc well cared for. A. 'good mother, accordingly, is In a mea-j sure responsible for all children It. j Is u part of her duty to her own hlld to stimulate community activities of, the sort that will make It possible for every mother to give her child the care it needs. it has been shown that the chief cause of de-ath among babies dUlihg 'the first year of life, and especially ! during the perilous first month. Is lark oi proper care of the mother dur-I dur-I Ing pregnancy and at the time of con- flnemcnt Many women who can well , afford adequate prenatal and confinement confine-ment enre neglect to secure it because ih.- do not realize lis Importance j There are many, however, for w hom such care Is out of reach- To make I I care available for ihos mothers Is a community responsibility. Many eom-j I munltlcs arc accepting this responsl-. blllty unri are providing classe.; for) mothers, prenatal centers te whichi ! prospective mothers can go for ael-j j vice, free confinement care, and free! I nursing Services What Is your com-' mUnlty doing for the mother who I cannot, Unaided, secure the care ahel I needs .' BAFEG1 IltD MILK SUPPLY What elo you know about the milk supply of your community? Does tpe milk furnished for babies come from clean or ellrty cows, healthy or diseased dis-eased ones" Is It handled in a san-' llary manner? Is it kept cool and clean from the time It leaves the dairy until It Is received in the home la It adulterated or treated with pre-screa pre-screa lives? It is obvious that the milk supply can be safeguarded only by civic action ac-tion If your" rommunliy is lagging1 behind, it Is your duty to help start j a movement for the proper supervision of milk. I'ure milk should be placed! within reach of every mother, and In-j strueilon In tho preparation of baby's food should be made available through' health centers and visiting nurse as-l soclations. The diseases caused by lm-' f DEATHS UNDO? 1 YEAR Of AGE PER 1.000 BIRTHS Efd swes NEW ZEALAND iF" v Infahl death rates In nil e ountrles, fot latest available years up to 1910. ' Within the first your after blrth.T the United states loses i In (0 of nil bablce born. it blinks eleventh among the principal conntHes of thi woiiei. New Zealand loaea few-erbablee few-erbablee than nnj other country, f 1- pure milk spread rapidly, so long as they exist, vour baby is In danger. INSANITARY ( ONDITJ NS bud pa ements dirty streets and alleys; al-leys; InadeQUate provision for the dls-i dls-i posal of carhoge and sewage. Insanitary Insani-tary overcrowded houses all these are amohg the factor that send the Infant death rate sky high. Such con-i con-i dltions are a menace to the health and happiness of every communlt) where they ox 1st. Do they exist In yourj? It has been shown over and over again that community effort can bring down the haby death rate. New Zealand boasts the lowest rate In the world. In 1807 Now Zealand's rate was higher than ours Is today. Hut ; since the beginning of the work of the ' lety for the health of women and children, with Its staff of state mater-i mater-i Hity ho3pltnlu. and the passing of laws regulating the practice of mldwlves, the rate has gone steadily down to less than half of ours. Till Is the laM of a BCrleS er four , articles bv Julia Lnlhrop on the c-arc Of bab!.- |