A Blot on CivilizationBy Julia Lathrop(Head of The National Children’s Bureau)
By Julia Lathrop
(Head of The National Children’s Bureau)
Infant mortality is a blot on civilization. If it is worth while to spend millions to safeguard farm products which are, after all, only raised to serve the needs of each generation of children in turn, is it not worth while to spend the necessary sums to popularize the methods by which the lives of children themselves may be safe-guarded?