Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1918 — CHILD WELFARE STATION OPEN IN COURT HOUSE [ARTICLE]

CHILD WELFARE STATION OPEN IN COURT HOUSE

The children under six yean of age are now being weighed, measured and examined for physical defects by the physicians of the county who have generously responded to the call of the government to volunteer for this important conservation work which has for its purpose the preparation for the time soon coming when the county will be deprived of much of the medical and nursing professions and parents must learn to keep their children healthy. The children of Marion and the adjoining townships are to come to the welfare center in Rensselaer in the waiting room of the court house where a physician and trained nurse will be in attendance from 1:30 to 3:30 each afternoon. Appointments should be made with Miss Simpson who is the township chairman or wiith Mrs. A. G. Catt who has the professional work in charge. The government requires that every child under six years of age be examined. The following doctors have charge on the following days of each week unless unavoidably detained in which case they provide a substitute: Dr. E. C. English, Mondays. Dr. M. D. Gwin, Tuesdays. Dr. A. R. Kresler, Wednesdays. Dr. F. H. Hemphill, Thursdays. Dr. E. N. Loy, Fridays. Dr. I. M. Washburn, Saturdays.