Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1935, Page 15

RETARDED HEALTH VR EVLSCTED Dr. Ruhland Declares Fi- nances Are Necessary to War on Disease. Hampered health supervision in | Washington of the child from 2 to 6 | costs the city millions of dollars, according to Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer. “The institutionalization of patients whose ailments might have been checked by the early influence of medi- cine is one of the most extravagant expenditures possible,” he said in urg- ing an expanded child-health cam- paign. “It is estimated that the total cost | of sickness and preventable death, | estimated by the cost of actual care, | loss in wages, etc., is 10 to 15 billion | dollars a year. “It costs at least $30 to care for a case of smallpox, but it costs only 7 cents for vaccination. We've got to be adequately financed to war on disease | by preventive medicine and stop deal- | ing almost entirely with the end result.” OQutside Aid Volunteered. Only last month one of the Capital's privately financed welfare groups came to the aid of an anti-diphtheria cam- paign which Dr. Ruhland lacked funds to conduct. | Even while Congress was deciding to withhold money asked by the Health Department, the Child Wel- fare Society, a board of Children’s | Hospital, proffered him 1,500 doses of | the toxoid for immunizing children | against the dread disease. Eventually, these doses are to be repaid in kind by the District. Remedying the lapses of Congress | is only one of the widespread activities | of the Child Welfare Society. Last year 13.379 children up to 6 years old Were brought to the welfare for treat- ment, care and observation. At pres- ent 1.350 active cases are registered on its files One supervisor and two nurses oversee the health of these children, and the two nurses last year made 5.213 visits to the homes of these children. Teaching Center. It is a teaching center for the chil- dren as well as a health center. It has found tuberculosis in persons whose condition might have remained undiscovered had not the welfare nurses visited the homes which har- bored the plague. This “mother of child welfare work in the District” permits medical stu- den's to get their only real pediatrical training in the city and provides reg- istered nurses with an opportunity to obtain post-graduate knowledge of child-care problems But sven the heroic work of this | instituiion cannot entirely overcome the blow dealt child welfare work here by Congress, according to Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, honorary president of the board. and Dr. Ruhland. The program needs more money. There is a great need for co-ordinated welfare work by the public agencies and the private institutions, headea by the Child Welfare Society. Puzzled by Congress. “We lack liaison work. We need to facilitate the expansion of the work of the public health nurse and the social service worker in contacting the families and aiding them in getting the necessary medical atten- tion. | “I am astonished and nonplused over the action of Congress in deny- ing the sum I asked for this while giving thousands of dollars for housing the animals in the Zoo. “The tragedy is that we have the facilities for caring for the children, but now we can't bring those who need the service to the service.” “Keep the well child well” is the exortation of Mrs. Noyes, who for years was head of the Child Welfare | and has been an active honorary president since her retirement in favor of Mrs. Frederich De C. Faust because of ill health. No greater benefit can come to a eommunity than the health of its children, and this is a blessing which | 1t found, the mother is advised at once | to consult her own physician or the of disease and injury are given new THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Here young boys and girls whose chance of future happiness and success has been blighted by the ravages most expert medical attention. tion's work is sadly handicapped by a lack of funds, all of which are supplied from private sources. hope by the city's But even so, the institu- —Star Staft Photo. center. “Originally there was an appropri- But still additional funds had to be raised from the general public, and when I became president of the so- ciety it was decided by the board to | refund to the public health centers the entire congressional appropriation |and to connect ourselves with the Children’s Hospital and there estab- lish an ideal center.” $100,000 Fund Raised. “To this end an endowment fund of $100,000 was raised over a period of five years in memory of Mary | Gwynn, the founder of what was | known originally as the Washington | diet kitchen. “Here, today, children are weighed and examined carefully by the Medi- cal Board of the Children's Hospital, made up of the most competent phy- sicians. “If it develops that malnutrition is the cause of some ailment, the diet is corrected. The mother is aided if de- fects in hearing, the heart, eyes, nose or throat are discovered in the child. incipient causes of disease are hospital staff. ~ "I do not think the medical faculty is entirely aware of how much their individual practice would be augment- ed through increasing these prelim- inary examinations. fee of a private physician for a physi- cal examination if her child seems well. If 1t is ill, of course, any sacri- fice will be made, but then it is often oo late. Can Forestall Epidemics. “Frequent preventive examinations can forestall epidemics, and often the morale of the entire family is lifted through the advice and assistance of the nurse who follows up the child’s case in the home. ‘What saner work could be done for any community, especially when hun- dreds of our citizens are living tem- porarily in Government positions on limited salaries? “This is the Nation's Capital, yet Congress has refused to increase the sum needed to carry on this work as it should be done, especially in the face of unemployment. “The Children’s Hospital center should be conducted through the pay- ment of a small fee for all who can afford to pay it, as the endowment is not sufficient to conduct it properly. The fee is only 25 cents. “The Government child health cen- ters should care for all indigents. At present the clinic at the hospital is being run for this class chiefly. And as it is situated in a colored district, the majority of the children are col- ored. Suggests Federal Aid. “I would suggest that as soon as possible the Federal Government es- tablish a health center for colored children in the vicinity of the hospital. which is too remote from Freedman's should be given to all through the | child health centers,” says Mrs. | Noyes. | “Keeping the ‘well child well’ is a slogan to be proud of and would en- | able our schools to receive all children in a healthy condition. Benefits to Society Cited. ! “The cost of maintenance for hos- ! pitals would of course be reduced; in- mates of insane asylums would be lessened. and our criminal class cer- tainly become less menacing if our future citizens received the benefit of physical advice and, if necessary, physical adjustment during the first 8ix years of life. “The maternal instinct is not suffi- | cient to insure perfect care of young children. “I think before free education is of: lergd the coming citizens, free ed cation in health should be bestowed upon each mother and child. “In our Children's Hospital is a clinic being conducted under the name of the ‘Child Welfare Society,’ | Pure Orange Juice Extracted to your Order Oranges recei groves produce the finest quality j Delivered wholesale to Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals, Etc. Public served from our mod- ern, scientific, sanitary plant. You will find a new delight in the delicious flavor of your favorite heaith fruit juice our modern_eauip: no bother. save tim work. Take home a CITRUS JUICE COMPANY 1214 14th St. N.W. Phone Dist. 5557 No mother with a limited income will pay the ordinary | | neighborhood to attend. | “I feel that the society's work should | tients now living in the Capital. “As one who has given much | thought to the subject, I earnestly trust this may be given consideration by all who are in need of our aid.” | “The society's work to prevent the | spread of tuberculosis and the in- | crease in infant mortality rates is em- phasized by Mrs. Frederick Faust, president. who says: “Our work has brought us in con- | stant touch with the increasing spread of tuberculosis in the District and its | high death rate. The Child Wel- fare Society has been instrumental in helping many of these cases and by |its aid has prevented the spread of this dread disease in many families “As a city, our infant mortality rate is far too high and definite steps should be taken at once to stimulate and increase the attendance of all well-baby clinics. It is discouraging to note that there has been a de- cided falling off in attendance at practically all other welfare centers throughout the city. Death Rate Fxcessive. “Quoting from Health and Hospital Council, we are told that the Nation's Capital has an excessive death rate! and ‘that a baby's chance to live in | the most beautiful city in the Nation should be less than elsewhere is a |sene “Clearly we cannot afford to les- sen our vigilance or relax our efforts lest. through our fault, one little life shall be needlessly sacrificed.” The roster of women aiding child welfare work through member- ship on the society board is a who's who of Washington prominence. The list includes Mrs. Frank | president; Mrs B. Noyes. honorary Frederick De C. Faust, president; Mrs. Claude Swanson, first vice president: Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, second vice president; Mrs. Brady Mitchell. secretary, and Miss Caroline Haralson, treasurer. Mrs. George Barmett, Mrs. Joseph Bradley, Mrs. Thomas Claytor. Mrs. Hamilton C. Claiborne. Mrs. John B. Cochran, Mrs. Harry Covington, Mrs Joseph E. Davies, Mrs. Matthews Dick, Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock, Mrs. Beale Howard, Mrs. N. Bowler Hull, | Mrs. Ollie James, Mrs. O. H. P. John- | son, Mrs. Eernard Jones. Mrs. Hilary ) Jones, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mrs. | John H. Kennedy, Mrs. Willlam Lyster, Mrs. William B. Mason, Mrs. | Henry K. McHarg, Mrs. Henry W. ! Miller, Mrs James F. Mitchell. Mrs. Arthur O'Brien. Miss Christine Owen, Mrs. Ira Patchin, Mrs. Nelson E. Perin, Mrs. George Pilisbury, Miss Anita Phipps. Mrs. William Ritter, Mrsz. Cherles R. Shepard Mrs. Em- mons Smith, Mrs. W. F. M. Sowers, Mrs. Frederick Solger, Mvs. Thomas B. Sweeney. Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Miss Enid Wilmerding, Mrs. Charles M. Lea, Mrs. David Porter, Mrs. challenge to the home of every citi-| | \ | where we attempt to conduct an ideal | for many of the colored families in its | Le Roy Irwin, Mrs. John Allan | | Daugherty and Mrs. Lindsay Russell. | Mrs. Predericke H. Brooke is mem- | ation from Congress for this work. | reach the great class of part-pay pa- ber ex-officio and Mrs. E. Hope Slater ion of pronounced improvement. Is an honorary associat>d member. Associate Members. Associate members are Mrs. Warren | Austin, Mrs. Gist Blair, Mrs. Powell | Clayton, Mrs. William Eldon Doeller, | | Mrs. Alarson B. Houghton, Mrs. | | Frederick Gillett, Mrs. Cary Lang- horne, Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, Mrs. Hamilton McCormick-Goodhart, Mrs. Demarest Lloyd. Mrs. George | Marye, Mrs. Stanley Rinehart, Mrs. | James W. Wadsworth Absent members are Mrs. Victor Cushman, Mrs, Alexander B. 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