The Bitter Cry of the Children

Name: The Bitter Cry of the Children
Author: Spargo, John

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

In wood-working industries, 168.
   Industrial revolution and, 130–140.
   Introduction of machinery retarded by, 203.
   Machine age and, 129.
   Machinery and, 202.
   Moral ills of, 181–190.
   Parental responsibility for, 205, 206.
   Reasons for, 195–217, 305–306.
   Synonymous with slavery, 127.
   Unions opposed to, 193.
   Unnecessary, 200.
   Wages of adults affected by, 192, 194.
 CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE:
   Alabama Child Labor Committee, 142.
   National Child Labor Committee, 163.
   New York Child Labor Committee, 169.
   Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee, 144.
 Cholera infantum, 21.
 Cholera morbus, 21.
 Christiania, school meals in, 115, 275.
 Christopher, Professor, 100.
 Cleveland, Ohio, underfed school children in, 85, 89.
 Coe, Dr. Henry C., 300.
 _Colonies Scolaires_, 254, 255.
 Columbia University, 116.
 Committee of House of Commons, 139.
 Competition of children with elders, 192.
 Consumers’ League of New York, 208.
 CONSUMPTION:
   Among children, 175.
   Infantile mortality from, 21.
   Leather work predisposing to, 178.
   Miners’, 164. (See _also_ Tuberculosis.)
 Continuation classes, 241, 242.
 CONVULSIONS:
   Infantile mortality from, 19, 21.
   Rachitis predisposing to, 17, 298.
 Cotton manufacture, see Textile industries.
 _Crèches_, 50, 55, 221, 231–233, 242.
 Crichton-Browne, Dr., 108.
 Cronin, Dr. John, 109, 253.
 Croup, infant mortality from, 21.

                                   D
 Dale, David, 134.
 Dangerous occupations, 175–181.
 Daniel, Dr. Annie S., quoted, 34.
 Danton, quoted, 247.
 Darlington, Dr. Thomas, quoted, 299.
 Dawson, Professor, 195.
 DEATH-RATES:
   Among English pauper apprentices, 134.
   Birmingham, England, 26.
   Comparative general, 6, 7.
   Comparative infantile, 7.
   England and Wales, 10, 11, 12, 13.
   France, infantile, 21 n.
   In Foundling Asylums, 232.
   Of infants from specified causes, 21.
   Of infants in Metropolitan Free Hospital, London, 7.
   Of United States compared with England and Wales, 11–13.
   Poverty’s effect upon, 5–7, 14–21.
 Debility, infant mortality from, 21.
 Defective children, 101, 111.
 Defective hearing among school children, 107, 253.
 Defective vision among school children, 107, 251–253, 281.
 DEMOCRACY:
   Education as safeguard of, 58.
   Of birth and death, 8, 293, 294, 295, 296.
 Dental examination of school children, 253, 255, 277.
 Dependence of families on children’s wages, 207–210.
 DIARRHŒA:
   Infant mortality from, 21.
   Infant mortality from, among rachitic children, 17, 298.
 Dixon, George, 112.
 Doble, Mr. Roscoe, quoted, 39.
 Dodd, Dr. F. Lawson, quoted, 303.
 Dolphus, Jean, 50.
 Domestic industry, children in, 127, 174.
 Downe, Jonathan, quoted, 139.
 Drysdale, Dr. Charles R., 7.
 Dundee, underfed children in, 272.
 Durland, Kellogg, 210.
 Duruy, M., Minister of Public Instruction, Paris, 278.
 Dyspepsia among glass workers, 60.

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The Bitter Cry of the Children

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

In wood-working industries, 168.
   Industrial revolution and, 130–140.
   Introduction of machinery retarded by, 203.
   Machine age and, 129.
   Machinery and, 202.
   Moral ills of, 181–190.
   Parental responsibility for, 205, 206.
   Reasons for, 195–217, 305–306.
   Synonymous with slavery, 127.
   Unions opposed to, 193.
   Unnecessary, 200.
   Wages of adults affected by, 192, 194.
 CHILD LABOR COMMITTEE:
   Alabama Child Labor Committee, 142.
   National Child Labor Committee, 163.
   New York Child Labor Committee, 169.
   Pennsylvania Child Labor Committee, 144.
 Cholera infantum, 21.
 Cholera morbus, 21.
 Christiania, school meals in, 115, 275.
 Christopher, Professor, 100.
 Cleveland, Ohio, underfed school children in, 85, 89.
 Coe, Dr. Henry C., 300.
 _Colonies Scolaires_, 254, 255.
 Columbia University, 116.
 Committee of House of Commons, 139.
 Competition of children with elders, 192.
 Consumers’ League of New York, 208.
 CONSUMPTION:
   Among children, 175.
   Infantile mortality from, 21.
   Leather work predisposing to, 178.
   Miners’, 164. (See _also_ Tuberculosis.)
 Continuation classes, 241, 242.
 CONVULSIONS:
   Infantile mortality from, 19, 21.
   Rachitis predisposing to, 17, 298.
 Cotton manufacture, see Textile industries.
 _Crèches_, 50, 55, 221, 231–233, 242.
 Crichton-Browne, Dr., 108.
 Cronin, Dr. John, 109, 253.
 Croup, infant mortality from, 21.

                                   D
 Dale, David, 134.
 Dangerous occupations, 175–181.
 Daniel, Dr. Annie S., quoted, 34.
 Danton, quoted, 247.
 Darlington, Dr. Thomas, quoted, 299.
 Dawson, Professor, 195.
 DEATH-RATES:
   Among English pauper apprentices, 134.
   Birmingham, England, 26.
   Comparative general, 6, 7.
   Comparative infantile, 7.
   England and Wales, 10, 11, 12, 13.
   France, infantile, 21 n.
   In Foundling Asylums, 232.
   Of infants from specified causes, 21.
   Of infants in Metropolitan Free Hospital, London, 7.
   Of United States compared with England and Wales, 11–13.
   Poverty’s effect upon, 5–7, 14–21.
 Debility, infant mortality from, 21.
 Defective children, 101, 111.
 Defective hearing among school children, 107, 253.
 Defective vision among school children, 107, 251–253, 281.
 DEMOCRACY:
   Education as safeguard of, 58.
   Of birth and death, 8, 293, 294, 295, 296.
 Dental examination of school children, 253, 255, 277.
 Dependence of families on children’s wages, 207–210.
 DIARRHŒA:
   Infant mortality from, 21.
   Infant mortality from, among rachitic children, 17, 298.
 Dixon, George, 112.
 Doble, Mr. Roscoe, quoted, 39.
 Dodd, Dr. F. Lawson, quoted, 303.
 Dolphus, Jean, 50.
 Domestic industry, children in, 127, 174.
 Downe, Jonathan, quoted, 139.
 Drysdale, Dr. Charles R., 7.
 Dundee, underfed children in, 272.
 Durland, Kellogg, 210.
 Duruy, M., Minister of Public Instruction, Paris, 278.
 Dyspepsia among glass workers, 60.

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