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Te ------ WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1923 3 INFANT WELFARE FUND DRIVE ON Group of Winnetka Women Prepared to Receive Dona- tion for $6,000 Budget CALLED INVESTMENT Station Cut Infant Death Rate Low BY THE VISITOR Out of every thousand babies in the city of Chicago a a whole, eighty- nine die every year. This is a poor record. It is a high- er death rate than the infant mortal- ity rate of the country as a whole. Tt is higher than that of New York. Philadelphia, Detroit or St. Louis. Chicago ought to do something about its high rate of infant mortality. Out of every thousand babies regis- tered with the Infant Welfare sta- tions, fourteen died in the last year. Need Welfare Stations One way to solve the infant mortal- ity problem would be to establish plenty of Infant Welfare stations. Winnetka owes its prosperity to the economic life of the city of Chicago. It is the source of practically all thc income of the very great majority of our citizens. To the city of Chicago, therefore, we owe certain obligations. Support of our Infant Welfare station is a way of meeting one of these ob- ligations. Highly Trained Staff Our station is at the Chicago Com- mons in the heart of an ignorant im- migrant district, a strategic point for an effective fight against death and disease among infants. The station is conducted along the most modern scientific lines with three branches of highly organized work -- pre-natal work, work among infants till two years of age, and work supervising the care and feeding of children from two years of age until six when they are handed over to the public school welfare agencies. We have a doctor of excellent standing conducting our clinics. We have an efficient and de- voted graduate nurse giving her en- tire time to the work. We have en- thusiastic volunteers helping in the conducting of the conferences and we appeal for the generous whole- hearted financial backing of the whole community. Need $6,000 Budget Last year $2,000 were diverted from the general funds of the Infant Wel- fare Society and devoted to the work of the Winnetka station so as to meet our total budget of $6,000. This must .not be so again. The general fund is needed to bring up other sta- tions to the class A standard and to extend the Infant Welfare into dis- tricts at present untouched by such welfare work. Winnetka can well af- ford to support her own station mas- sisted. It should be a matter of pride with us to do so, and, in order to do so, we must have new subscribers and many old subscribers must in- crease their donations. It is an in- vestment in the future of our coun- try we can well afford to make. These babies will build our railroads and run our factories and harvest our grain in a few short years. Among them, as among the poor of other generations, may be Keats, Millets, Lincolns. They are to be the part- ners of the children now growing up in Winnetka in the life of America tomorrow. Are they to be strong and healthy and sound, or weak and puny and distorted? Where To Mail Checks Any contributions for this work should be sent to Mrs. E. B. Bartlett, treasurer, 589 Lincoln avenue. Any member of the following committee will be glad to receive donations: Mesdames Norman Anderson, H. Badgerow, E. B. Bartlett, E. S. Bal- lard. Robert Butz, N. H. Blatchford, Griscom Bettle, C. H. Coffin, Frank Crawiord, FE. V.. 1. Brown, Harry Barnum, Emmons Blaine Jr., Donald Dallas, Arthur Dean, Edwin F. Earle, Harry C. Edmonds, R. K. Friedman, H. A. Gardner, Dwight P. Greene, Lawrence Howe, Joseph Husband, Ralph 'Hobart, :F. A. Gerhard, H. P. Harmon, John S. Miller, C, T. Mordoch, Philip Moore, Donald Mec- Pherson, George Parker, Albert Pot- ter, Lawrence Stein, Robert Steven- son, Arthur Tuttle, Henry Tenny, Ernst Von Ammon, Hathaway Wat- son, George Wilson, M. K. Wilsou, Willoughby Walling. blaze on Sunday, April 8, in the Forest Lowrey home at 554 Oak street. The fire was quickly put out before much damage could result. Week's Building Permits Total $22,600 Aggregate Five building permits were issued by Erwin E. Dames, superintendent of public works, last week. The five | permits represent new building to the a! agpregate amount of $22,600. Precaution Against Brush Fires Heeded by Villagers Efforts of the fire department to teach the public the danger of burning rubbish without proper precautions seem to have had some effect. Only two runs were made by the Winnetka department last week on account of fires started by blazing rubbish. These | runs were made to 706 Center street and to 555 Arbor Vitae road. An overheated furnace caused Christy Brown was issued a permit which authorized the construction of a $12,000 frame residence at 720 Wil- low street. Anothey permit for a dwelling was issued to E. J. Belote who will build a $9,000 residence at 1136 Oak street. Mr. Belote also re- ceived a permit for a private garage. Charles W. 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