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Highland Park Press, 26 Feb 1931, p. 37

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Thursday, Feb INFANT WELFARE OPENS ~ANNUAL DRIVE MAR. 3 niversary tUhis. mont organized on Jan. 12, all of theseâ€" years t been one of the chief ing Chicago babies fre niversary thisâ€" month having been organized on Jan. 12, 1911. During all of these years the society has been one of the chief factors in savâ€" ing Chicago babies from sickness and death and thereby preventing the mounting calls for charity â€" which sickness always brings in its train. For six of the 20 years Highland Park and Ruvinia have had an imâ€" portant part in the work of the soâ€" ciety through the Highland Parkâ€"Raâ€" vinia center of the Woman‘s auxiliary of the Infant Welfare society. . The center was organized in Ravinia in 1925 and 1926 they joined with Highâ€" land Park to work for the support of the society‘s Alice M. Wood station now located at 1964 N. Halsted street. In their firstâ€"year, Highland Parkâ€" Ravinia center turned over to the soâ€" ciety the sum of $44, Recepits have land Park to the: society‘s now located a In their . first Ravinia cente cietv the sum Thursday ~conferenc babies, make a rect on the baby‘s cha nurses to keep the ning . smoothly. When. the Infant started its never to city. wis mal where infant and it was f these were housing situ overcrowding the burden « In the 10 dis map to have fant welfare fant welfare service the first 10 staâ€" tions were opened and the location of the 11â€" stations which in 20 years have been added to the original 10 has been determined in the same manâ€" ner. _A periodic check ‘of the infant mortality spot map of the city is made to be sure that the districts which the society covers with its staâ€" tions are still the ones where the need is greatest and always Alice H, Wood section has shown its great need ‘of the â€" Infant: Welfare soci Highland Park and Ravin of the work, ; In 1930 Alice H vided expert medi advice by the so tors, followed by 1216 expet children â€"of A detailed follows: Mother Deaths Attend ence H Babic (Continued from page 3) VC it _ first year, . center turned » sum (of $44 care( Alice H. Wood station proâ€" t medical examination and the society‘s staff of doeâ€" red by regular home visits ‘ses and nutritionists, for tant mothers, infants and the two to six year age. report 9( at Prenatal Of 1931 Infants for 0n the work in 1930 ty nfer 1 avenue, arned for 365. _ Beâ€" to the Inâ€" Highland need "01 and of support 156 96 0 Deaths Death rate Attendance ences Home | Children Deaths ences . cropsiieci0M® Home visits . M ie wee ie To have cared for 1245 mothers, babies and children in one of the poorest sections of the city in a year of financial stress and unemployment with only 4 deaths in the infant group and none at all among the older chilâ€" dren and expectant mothers . is a truly remarkable record which could only have been achieved through such: expert care as the Infant Welfare soâ€" viety gives to the mothers and chilâ€" dren: who come to its stations, Highland Park and Ravinia may well be proud of the part they have had in making this record possible and of the time, the effort and the self sacrifice which the women of this community who have been members of Highland Parkâ€"Ravinia center in the last six vears have put into this Attendance work CITY PRIMARY IS HELD MARCH 3RD south Centr PR south of Ravinc Beech street. PRECINCT 5 and s to the south of Roger PRECINCT 7 â€" From tracks and Roger Williams avenue south to city limits, west to west branch of the North Western, north to north line of Section 34, east to Green Bay road, southeast to Roger Williams avenue, and cast to the point of beginning. PRECINCT &â€"From Deerfield avâ€" enue and tracks, south to Roger Wilâ€" liâ€"ms avenue, west to Green Bay road, north to north line of Section 35, west to the west branch of the North Woestern, north to Deerfield road, northeast to Deerfield avenue, east to point of beginning. PRECINCT 9 â€" From Vine avenue and tracks south to Deerfield avenue, west to Decrfield road, southwest to west branch of North Western, north to West Park avenue, east to Green Bay road, north to Vine avenue, and east to point of beginning. PRECINCT 10 â€"â€" From west line of Section 14 and tracks, south to Vine avenue, west to Green Bay road, south to West Park avenue, west to west branch of the North Western, north to Old Mill road, north to Old Elm road, cast to Green Bay road, south to north line of Section 15, west to center line of Section 15, south to north line of Section 22, east to erst line of Section 22, north to point \of beginning. outh PRECINCT 11 â€" All territory west of west branch of the North Western. PRECINCT uth of Central avenud Ravine drive. § PRECINCT 4 â€" Eas PRE _ of Vine al avenue ECINCT :| visits (Continued from CINCT uth of Roger city limits. of Beech Williams cared for at at station confer nc avenu« I‘reâ€"School () ition confer avenu« â€"â€" East of tracks, street and north of â€" East of tracks, drive and north of East of tracks, Williams avenue East ast of tracks, and north of page THE PRESS of tracks, and north 1) "If You Know Good Dry Cleaning, | Know You‘ll Like Miraclean" You shop for value in everything you buy ; . so why not look for value in dry cleaning, too Every dry cleaning dollar you spend entitles you to dry cleaning that is pure and odorless . . . dry cleaning that brightens colors and adds life, pep and sheen to materials. This is thP kind of value you don‘t have to shop for . . . it‘s always yours when you choose Miraclean. Call Shore Line Cleaners tomorrow. You‘ll be pleased. 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