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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Oct 1938, p. 9

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cago and its environs. This task is by' no means limited to physical health service through its corps of- doctors, nurses' and ý nutritionists. The. whole family situation is a part of the picture and it is freqluently necessary for thé Infant Welfare staff to work, with, outside- agenicies and to solve the problems, of older mern- bersof the family ýin order to guard the health, physicail and 'mental, of the children. Until Iast spring the Sontag. fam- i1ly living, at. home consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Sôntag and Alice, a, 17 year old, girl. In April, an Older, daughter. with four, chlildren' under six, ycars ýof age« died of ýtubercu- culosis* and Mr: and Mrs. Sontag brought the children into their home while the father sought employment ~esewhere. The home was a dark, narr.ow frïsemcent flat in the society's Alice H. Wood district. The house- * hold equipment was inadéquate and the -bnly daylight reaching this four room flat, which now must house three aduits and four children, camne through the top of the windows in. the one room facing the street. Brought by Auit -The 14 month old baby, Bil1y, was. registeïred at the Alice H. Wood sta- tion, brought there by bis aunt, her- self rrnlv 17. This baby was badly, ness to learn how to. discharge her heavy obligations and a ready co- o peration with the' Infant Welfare doctors and nurses except in one regard-giving cod liver oi to the baby, which, she ýrefused to do be-, cause it mnade. the baby smnell ofth oul! It took a little time.to.convince her that the, cod liver oil (which was furnished bv the, society), was a niecessity for'any- baby and, espe- cially_ for thi s malnourished1 one, but once she was convinced of what it 'Would do for ber baby nephew, she administered it loyally. .-The babyv is now a well rourished, nice looking child: his skin condition is' cleared mp and the oth(-r*two chil- dren have shown satisfactory de- veloptnent Into Better Flat ger, light, third floor flat. The old building was reported to the housing authority and has been closed against occuparicy. The 17 year old aunt is stili head of the household --too much responsibility for her-- and, she too is receiving the best efforts of the members of the In. fant Welfare staff who touch ber 1f e. ~the littie'furniture shlop 1147 Wifimefte Avenue Wilmel't, 70 Baushless Shave Cream. When the Infant Welfare'nurse made her first cail in tS~ homne, she found the grandmother, a sick old woman, the, grandlfather defeated -bT the unequal struggle, and the y oung aunt doing what she could with ber inadequate knowledge and strength. . Is it surprising that it.took some timne to overcorne the indifference towhat seemed a hopeless situation? to, th~e community cnest made sible for themn to have i guidance when they most ne( HERE FROM ENGLAND Mrs. C. L. Barton arriveci Suniday from ber home in London, England,. to visit ber daughter, Mrs. Richard V. Murison, 331 Kenilworth avenue, *Kenilwortb. Mrs. Barton plans to be here until after Christmas. VIIbIss A. 0. D *G. Capsules Econoniy Size las

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