The Bitter Cry of the Children

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

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

H
 Hall, Professor G. Stanley, 101.
 _Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates_, 138.
 Henderson, C. Hanford, 229.
 Heredity, 8, 9, 291–296.
 History of the Factory Movement, 131.
 Holiday Colonies (Switzerland), 254.
 Holt, Dr. L. Emmet, 296–297.
 Home employment of mothers, 33.
 Home industries, children employed in, 171–174.
 Hood, Thomas, 156.
 Hornbaker, William, principal Chicago school, 84.
 HOSPITALS:
   Bellevue, New York City, 300.
   Death-rate in Foundling, 232.
   Filled by victims of childhood poverty, 24.
   General Memorial, New York City, 300.
   Infants’, Randall’s Island, New York City, 232.
   Metropolitan Free, London, 7.
   New York Babies’, inquiry in, 27.
   New York Lying-in, 224.
 HOUSING:
   Among Italians, 78.
   Among Jews, 25.
   Infantile death-rate not lowered by improvement in, 26.
   Relation of, to tuberculosis, 26.
 Hrdlicka, Dr., 98.
 Huddersfield, England, campaign of education in, 30.
 Hungarians in carpet works, 178.
 Hunter, Robert, 61, 62, 63, 65, 277, 286.
 Huxley, Professor T. H., 77.
 Hyndman, H. M., 271.

                                   I
 Iceland, loom used in, 126.
 IGNORANCE:
   A cause of malnutrition, 82.
   Among factory girls, 31, 32.
   Babies victims of, 27, 28, 29–32, 37, 39, 239.
   Campaign against maternal, 30, 31, 240.
   Often only one of poverty’s disguises, 37.
   Remedial measures for, 30, 239–245.
   Social need of protection against, 214.
 Illegitimate children, death-rate among, 7.
 ILLINOIS:
   Child-labor investigation in, 208, 209, 210.
   Child-labor law, 208.
   (_See also_ Chicago.)
 Illiteracy in the United States, 143.
 Imbeciles in English cotton mills, 134.
 Inanition, infant mortality from, 12.
 INDIANA:
   Child labor in, 154, 155, 161.
   Children working by night in, 161.
   Glass manufacture in, 154, 155, 159, 161.
 Industrial revolution in England, 130, 149.
 Industrial Schools, England, 96.
 Industrial Schools, New York City, 83.
 INFANTILE MORTALITY:
   Among Irish and Italians, 25, 26.
   Among Jews, 25, 26.
   Effect of improved milk supply on, 22, 23, 247.
   Employment of mothers a cause of, 37, 38–44, 50.
   From eleven given causes, 21.
   Ignorance of mothers a cause of, 27, 28, 29–32, 37, 39, 239.
   In England and Wales, 9–12.
   In United States, 11–13.
   Lowered in siege of Paris and Lancashire cotton famine, 43, 44.
   Malnutrition principal cause of, 26, 27.
   Not affected by sanitary improvements, 26.
   Proportion of, due to poverty, 20.
   Proportion of, due to socially preventable causes, 13, 21.
   Reduced in Australia, Berlin, and Rochester, 247.
   Relative, among rich and poor, 7.
   Still-births and, 52.
 INTEMPERANCE:
   As a cause of child labor, 210, 211.
   Employment of married women due to, 34.
   Malnutrition as a cause of, 90.
 Inter-Departmental Committee, see British Interdepartmental Committee.
 IRISH:
   Infantile mortality among, 26.
   Underfed school children among, 26.
 ITALIANS:

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History

The Bitter Cry of the Children

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

H
 Hall, Professor G. Stanley, 101.
 _Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates_, 138.
 Henderson, C. Hanford, 229.
 Heredity, 8, 9, 291–296.
 History of the Factory Movement, 131.
 Holiday Colonies (Switzerland), 254.
 Holt, Dr. L. Emmet, 296–297.
 Home employment of mothers, 33.
 Home industries, children employed in, 171–174.
 Hood, Thomas, 156.
 Hornbaker, William, principal Chicago school, 84.
 HOSPITALS:
   Bellevue, New York City, 300.
   Death-rate in Foundling, 232.
   Filled by victims of childhood poverty, 24.
   General Memorial, New York City, 300.
   Infants’, Randall’s Island, New York City, 232.
   Metropolitan Free, London, 7.
   New York Babies’, inquiry in, 27.
   New York Lying-in, 224.
 HOUSING:
   Among Italians, 78.
   Among Jews, 25.
   Infantile death-rate not lowered by improvement in, 26.
   Relation of, to tuberculosis, 26.
 Hrdlicka, Dr., 98.
 Huddersfield, England, campaign of education in, 30.
 Hungarians in carpet works, 178.
 Hunter, Robert, 61, 62, 63, 65, 277, 286.
 Huxley, Professor T. H., 77.
 Hyndman, H. M., 271.

                                   I
 Iceland, loom used in, 126.
 IGNORANCE:
   A cause of malnutrition, 82.
   Among factory girls, 31, 32.
   Babies victims of, 27, 28, 29–32, 37, 39, 239.
   Campaign against maternal, 30, 31, 240.
   Often only one of poverty’s disguises, 37.
   Remedial measures for, 30, 239–245.
   Social need of protection against, 214.
 Illegitimate children, death-rate among, 7.
 ILLINOIS:
   Child-labor investigation in, 208, 209, 210.
   Child-labor law, 208.
   (_See also_ Chicago.)
 Illiteracy in the United States, 143.
 Imbeciles in English cotton mills, 134.
 Inanition, infant mortality from, 12.
 INDIANA:
   Child labor in, 154, 155, 161.
   Children working by night in, 161.
   Glass manufacture in, 154, 155, 159, 161.
 Industrial revolution in England, 130, 149.
 Industrial Schools, England, 96.
 Industrial Schools, New York City, 83.
 INFANTILE MORTALITY:
   Among Irish and Italians, 25, 26.
   Among Jews, 25, 26.
   Effect of improved milk supply on, 22, 23, 247.
   Employment of mothers a cause of, 37, 38–44, 50.
   From eleven given causes, 21.
   Ignorance of mothers a cause of, 27, 28, 29–32, 37, 39, 239.
   In England and Wales, 9–12.
   In United States, 11–13.
   Lowered in siege of Paris and Lancashire cotton famine, 43, 44.
   Malnutrition principal cause of, 26, 27.
   Not affected by sanitary improvements, 26.
   Proportion of, due to poverty, 20.
   Proportion of, due to socially preventable causes, 13, 21.
   Reduced in Australia, Berlin, and Rochester, 247.
   Relative, among rich and poor, 7.
   Still-births and, 52.
 INTEMPERANCE:
   As a cause of child labor, 210, 211.
   Employment of married women due to, 34.
   Malnutrition as a cause of, 90.
 Inter-Departmental Committee, see British Interdepartmental Committee.
 IRISH:
   Infantile mortality among, 26.
   Underfed school children among, 26.
 ITALIANS:

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