The Bitter Cry of the Children

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

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

P
 Paralysis, 178.
 PARIS:
   _Caisse des écoles_, 278–282, 283, 284.
   _Cantines Scolaires_, 115, 249, 277–287.
   Death-rates in Elysée and Ménilmontant, 5.
   Infant mortality during siege of, 43, 44, 51.
   Medical inspection in schools of, 109.
   Underfeeding and dulness, 109.
 Parsons, Mrs. Elsie Clews, 239.
 PASTEURIZATION OF MILK:
   In New York City, 29, 234, 236.
   In New York Foundling Asylum, 22.
   In Rochester, New York, 22, 23, 235, 236, 238.
   In St. Helen’s, Lancashire, England, 235.
   Renders digestion difficult, 305.
   Scorbutus caused by, 304.
   Unnecessary, 235.
 PATENT INFANT FOODS:
   Dangers arising from, 28.
   Federal supervision of manufacture and sale of, 245.
 Paterson, New Jersey, 152.
 Paton, Dr. Noel, 9 _n._
 Pauper apprentices in England, 131–136, 150, 162.
 Peek, Sir Henry, 109.
 Peel, Sir Robert, 136.
 PENNSYLVANIA:
   Cigarmakers’ Union and child labor in, 193.
   Employment of children in cigar factories in, 167, 168.
   Employment of children in glass factories, 154, 155, 159.
   Employment of children in mines, 163.
   Investigation by Child Labor Commissioner of, 144.
   Investigation of reasons for employment of children, 210.
   Orphan children employed in, 198.
 Pertussis, 298.
 PHILADELPHIA:
   Employment of children in, 144, 151.
   Still-births formerly not registered, 12.
   Underfed children in, 85.
 Phosphor poisoning, 179.
 PHYSICAL CONDITION OF POOR CHILDREN:
   Accountable for educational failures, 100.
   Inferior to richer children, 96–98.
   Investigations in Chicago of, 175.
   Investigations in England of, 10, 108, 291.
   Malnutrition responsible for, 106.
   Report of Royal Commission on Physical Training (Scotland) on, 98,
      99.
   Responsible for criminality, 105–108.
   (_See also_ Underfeeding and Poverty.)
 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 168.
 Pittston, Pennsylvania, 143, 163.
 Playfair, Dr., 7.
 PNEUMONIA:
   Infant mortality from, 21.
   Porter, Dr., 98, 100.
   Rachitis predisposing to, 17.
 _Poverty_, 277.
 POVERTY:
   Children in United States victims of, 61, 63, 117–124.
   Cost to society of, 23, 24.
   Educational failures largely due to, 60, 100–105, 279.
   Effect upon infantile mortality of, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23.
   Estimated number of persons in United States in, 61, 63.
   Mortality from convulsions, measles, and rickets increased by, 17–19.
   Most heavily felt by children, 1–3, 61.
   Proportion of still-births due to, 52.
   Reason for child labor, 206–213.
   Relation to death and disease, 14–24.
 PRISONS:
   And child labor, 194.
   Filled by victims of poverty, 24.

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 Quarries, child labor in, 163.
 Quinlin, Dr. Francis, 301.

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The Bitter Cry of the Children

Spargo, John

Child labor; Child welfare

P
 Paralysis, 178.
 PARIS:
   _Caisse des écoles_, 278–282, 283, 284.
   _Cantines Scolaires_, 115, 249, 277–287.
   Death-rates in Elysée and Ménilmontant, 5.
   Infant mortality during siege of, 43, 44, 51.
   Medical inspection in schools of, 109.
   Underfeeding and dulness, 109.
 Parsons, Mrs. Elsie Clews, 239.
 PASTEURIZATION OF MILK:
   In New York City, 29, 234, 236.
   In New York Foundling Asylum, 22.
   In Rochester, New York, 22, 23, 235, 236, 238.
   In St. Helen’s, Lancashire, England, 235.
   Renders digestion difficult, 305.
   Scorbutus caused by, 304.
   Unnecessary, 235.
 PATENT INFANT FOODS:
   Dangers arising from, 28.
   Federal supervision of manufacture and sale of, 245.
 Paterson, New Jersey, 152.
 Paton, Dr. Noel, 9 _n._
 Pauper apprentices in England, 131–136, 150, 162.
 Peek, Sir Henry, 109.
 Peel, Sir Robert, 136.
 PENNSYLVANIA:
   Cigarmakers’ Union and child labor in, 193.
   Employment of children in cigar factories in, 167, 168.
   Employment of children in glass factories, 154, 155, 159.
   Employment of children in mines, 163.
   Investigation by Child Labor Commissioner of, 144.
   Investigation of reasons for employment of children, 210.
   Orphan children employed in, 198.
 Pertussis, 298.
 PHILADELPHIA:
   Employment of children in, 144, 151.
   Still-births formerly not registered, 12.
   Underfed children in, 85.
 Phosphor poisoning, 179.
 PHYSICAL CONDITION OF POOR CHILDREN:
   Accountable for educational failures, 100.
   Inferior to richer children, 96–98.
   Investigations in Chicago of, 175.
   Investigations in England of, 10, 108, 291.
   Malnutrition responsible for, 106.
   Report of Royal Commission on Physical Training (Scotland) on, 98,
      99.
   Responsible for criminality, 105–108.
   (_See also_ Underfeeding and Poverty.)
 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 168.
 Pittston, Pennsylvania, 143, 163.
 Playfair, Dr., 7.
 PNEUMONIA:
   Infant mortality from, 21.
   Porter, Dr., 98, 100.
   Rachitis predisposing to, 17.
 _Poverty_, 277.
 POVERTY:
   Children in United States victims of, 61, 63, 117–124.
   Cost to society of, 23, 24.
   Educational failures largely due to, 60, 100–105, 279.
   Effect upon infantile mortality of, 13, 19, 20, 21, 23.
   Estimated number of persons in United States in, 61, 63.
   Mortality from convulsions, measles, and rickets increased by, 17–19.
   Most heavily felt by children, 1–3, 61.
   Proportion of still-births due to, 52.
   Reason for child labor, 206–213.
   Relation to death and disease, 14–24.
 PRISONS:
   And child labor, 194.
   Filled by victims of poverty, 24.

                                   Q
 Quarries, child labor in, 163.
 Quinlin, Dr. Francis, 301.

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