Show CHILD HEALTH DAY aay may 1 1941 may alay day the children s own day for fun and frolic hat hai on a more serious aspect in recent years president Rno roosevelt sevelt has proclaimed may I 1 to lip he observed ai 01 child health day in an effort to focia attention upon the need of children for better leelier medical care last year s infant death rate was nas the llie lowest on rec ord lut but the V U S children s bureau iq i still far from satisfied 1 r 9 f i av tit regular examination of infants will permit treatment of disease before it becomes dangerous young babies are especially susceptible to illness w at 1 1 I fo proper care can fr frequently restore emaciated and cri crippled led ar arms s and legs into healthy limbs this child is practicing occupational therapy to regain use of her arms infant death rate 1937 age A of death U knoell NDE R 2 WEEKS UNDER I 1 WEEK UNDER MAX 0 daab FAN eilonth 0 WW yil wb 9 almost one out of every 20 babies born alive dies before his first birthday if they survive the first six months their chances of a normal life are greatly increased SIZ healthy normal children like these represent the aim of child health day and doctors everywhere naturally the train was just pulling out of fort worth when a breathless lad dashed to the ticket window hurry up gasped the boy A round trip ticket where to why back here where do you think |