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PHIC FICTURE DRAWN BY SP.C. OFFICIAL

AT ROTARY CLUB MEETING:

Kong:

Speaking on Child Welfare fa. Hamlrigg, who is one of the jaint, honorary Society for Provention of Cruelty to Children, said Fosterd It appears to me that the Colony is faced with two siteri in the case of sick children. One is to provide Arab class medical and hospital accommodation, to educate the parents as to the value of these and possibly ultimately to compel then fr all ossen of necessity to make use of them. The other alternative to ignore the sickness of the children and dispose of their Godies The latter policy is cheaper but I think you will agree with me that Hatadoi pe demand the former.

Mr Hatslrigg gave a very pointed ddress on the condition. under which the children of the poor are brought ap sud mentioned that the death rate, in 1921 was 26 per thousand. Last year, i was stated, 6,777 infants died in their frat fear and 2,500 others, under the age of five, als lost their lives,

The meeting was presided over by Bon. Dr. S. W Teo, who at the outset mentioned the question of providing playgrounds for the poor children as discussed at the Rotary Club luncheon" the previous week.

STARVATION AND DISEASE- RAMPANT.

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EPTEMBER 2, 1931,

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Our Inspectors are, I think, doing to provide really first-class modient 315,000 our vary ustful work in educating

xpenditure

incomes hich,

parents in the use of the medical and hospital accommodation to 83,000 Government grant fabilities available in the Colony educate the parents as to the value I hope, will be maintained. We get and they are getting the children

·latg hospitals and sometimes they manage to persuade the parents also. In many cases the parents will call and remove the child with in 24 hours from the hospital. Whether they expect miracles in the way of rapid cures I don't know.

Inroads of Starvation.

Hong Kong's Blums.

of these and possibly ultimately to roughly $1,000 from annual sub- compel them in all onses of necessity scribers. We get $500 from the Minis- to make use of them The other tering Children's League and we alternative is to ignore the sickness get 8500 coming in from invest of the children and dispose of their ments of the Life Members Subscrip- bodies. The latter policy is cheaper tions and other large donation but I think you will agres with me Altogether we look like having, un, The Chairman anid:-At our inst of it is merely casual labour and wrong impremion with you if I

I should be leaving a wholly that humanity demands the former, less people prove generous, a dificit meeting we decided to take the the income, such as it is, is pro-in overy case in which we have to-day with great pleasure that this frightfully depressed about that be- were to leave you with the iden that.

I read in the papers and I heard of $10,000. Fersonally I am not responsibility for organising games carious. For the adult, life, I supplied food and scoured medical Society is taking, an active interest cause I think that when the rom- on certain vacant areas in the City think, must be always overshadowed attention, the Society has been the in childrens' playgrounds. A fuwmunity of Hong Kong Malisa, the of Victoria Our President hus by the fear of sickness, and unem- means of saving life. It has not, written to the Colonial Secretary ployment For the child it un- Unfortunately, owing to the re days ago I was reading a book en zoads of the children of the poor regarding our schema and this is the doubtedly means, as a rule, life in children to hospital, in some cases titled "The Diliquent Child and in this Colony, the community won't luctance of people to take their reply from him, which I am going ongestod tenement house and nothignorance as to the existence of the it may interest you to know that let them down and I ask you as a te rend for your information.

Society which is willing to help thee the Lord area, the figures show representative and influential budy My Dear Hornell, Many thanks

reported to us at such n late stage quency is highest in those arena into do your utmost to see that the children, cases are all too frequently very clearly that the ratio of dilin for your letter of today's date. I

that we can do nothing. The in-

which there are the fewest facilities children are not let down." am very pleased to see that the

roads of starvation and disease have for recreation for children.

I wish to thank you in the names lasted so long that the child's con Rotary Club is prepared to under-

Work of the Society, stitution has been so worn down

of the Society for so take the management of two play-The Society is charged by its which could be effective.

I don't pretend to be an authority I

kindly hear- that there is nothing we can do on the slums of Hong Kong and 1ing what I have to say about the grounds for children and I will ask constitution with the duty of pro

don't my that our slums are any Society's needs and hopes for, the While I speak of medical atten- worse than those of many European future. the Director of Public Works to tecting the interests of the young take this opportunity to question to anyone who goes round that tion for children I should like to cities, but it is a self-evident fet hurry on the work of preparing and I think I am accepting it that whether we have sufficient accom-averorowding is rampant, where the Hazelrigg had taken into account Professor Gerard asked if Mr. these grounds so that the Club may it is the duty of the Society to modation in the hospitals for the sole playground for the children is the thousands of children who were start its excellent scheme at the ensure at least that the young do children of this Colony I don't the street. It is wonderful how treated in the clinic at th earliest possible moment,”

After extending a welcome to two not suffer from starvation. do but one must get statistical, and it is nothing short of ment Civil Hospital each year.

liko statistics any more than you these children over grow up at all.

at the Govern Rotarian visitors, from Shanghai, cognising that duty, the Society. Messrs. A. H. Gordon and T. K. has during the past seven months, otherwise you cannot grasp the sub-miraculous if they develop a physic King, the Chairman introduced Mr. granted food to 62 families. These cut. We have not the result of the worth having and escape disease. Hazelrigg. He said:-Mr. Hazi-grants of food, were not india present year'a census so I am driyan rigg in the hon. secretary of the criminata. We very rarely make back to the 1921 census in which work of immense value to the know that large numbers of child I think you are going to do a Mr. Hawingg replied he did Hong Kong Society for the Preven any advance of money and grants, we find the following figures. Colony in your provision of play tion of Crusity to Children. He as a rule, take the form of milk Children of the age of ten years and grounds. I ask you to go a stop ren were being treated at the clinics has come to talk to us on the subject food of some sort or ather such as under, 64,000 (Chinese children further and make a study of the in the Colony, and he said he wish, of child welfare in Hong Kong. Glaxo, Lactogen or some other well only); under the age of five years, congosted districts of this town inded to express thanks to those doctors, Mr. Hazelrigy was for sometime, a known brand. I hope that is the 43,000. At that time the death rate to use your influence with the pow secretary of one of the Society's means of saving, & number of lives was stated to be 206 per thousand iners that be to see that these congest who were so generously giving their branches in England. He has a In some carca we find that the the first year of birth: Let us looked districts are reconstructed. They time and valuable skill to helping. thorough knowledge of the working parents are unemployed and wholly at the position as it was in June clamour for demolition and recon schome and he gave us the benefit destitute. In those cases it has been last. The number of beds and cots struction. of his knowledge in Hong Kong when we started the local Associh- tion. We are greatly indebted to hing for all the help he gave in forming the local society. I am sure everybody will be interested in the welfare of the children in Hong Kong. I think every section of the community is greatly interested and I am sure we shall be delighted to hear Mr. Hazelrigg speak on the work it has done and the work it Hds carried on elsewhere.

MR. HAZELRIGO'S ADDRESS,

substantial.

Government Ollates.

the Colony's children. He referred

to the work done at various clinics.

and said that they were doing an

immense amount of good but he

clinica distributed over the Colony. thought they needed more children's

2,500 children who died under the and financial help. We started in work it proposes to do in tho 450 of five years. That, I think, August last year. with one Inspec- future. gives some indication that the availton; in July we took on another

able hospital accommodation is not Inspector Up to that time we had Mr. Hazelrigg has omitted to sufficient. There is another indica- been averaging 20 cases month: mention one important particular tion, if it is noted, and that is the In July we had 35 casca and in and that is the officials of the great number of children's bodies August the figure went up to 55 and Society, Mr. Hareizigg hintself which are found yearly dumped in we have taken on a third Inspector the streets of the Colony.

Nothing Serious,"

If we are to

the policy of this association to try available in this Colony for child. I have tried to show you some and make the parents self-support-Ice was 100, and this includes thing in a few words of the thinge ing. We have tried to find employ-in the French Hospital and in the our Society found itself up against. ment for them I am afraid we Foundling Home of the Sacred I think I can say that malnutrition, have not been very successful in

Heart.

This works out at one bed pering conditions and the failure of lack of nourishing food, bad hous some cases, and it is then that the Inspector General of Police becomes

400 children. Neither I nor any parents to avail themselves of very useful. We try to find employ body also can tell you the pre-medical facilities, plus shortage of Inoxpressing the Club's thanks ment, for the entirely destitute by

cise ratio of the number of beds accommodation, are taking a ter giving them hawkers licences and thero should be to the number of rible toll on the child life of this Hotewall idf his briet

to the speaker, the Hon. Mr. R. H setting them up with a certain people in the population, but there Colony. You cannot remedy these amount of stock tune. Are, I think, factors which will give things without money. You cannot address Mr. Harelrigg has To give you one instance of this, you a fair indication. The death remedy them unless there is public managed to give us a comprehensive there was woman living over in

rate in this Colony among children opinion behind it aid here and clear idea of the work under- Kowloon who was left destitute by has been for the past two years over Rotarians can be of the greatest her husband's death and she had,000 of the children under one year value for the community. So far as taken by the Hong Kong SPÆ, the four children. When the case was.

of age. Last year the number was our society is concerned our work dificulty it has encountered, the Mr. Hazelrigg said I have reported to us they were absolutely 6,777 beneath the age of one year ennnot continue as it should, unless work so far accomplished and the never had the experience of speak without means of any kind. A who died There was a further it has the backing of public opinion, ing to one of these terrifying member of the Society brought the meetings before and if my voice case to our notice and contributed does not carry properly I hope you towards the licence and we paid for will indicate it by throwing some the stock Through our Inspector thing at me.

we secured an apprenticeship for The history of the Hong Kong the eldest child and got a younger Society for the Prevention of one placed in school. At least they Cruelty to Children has been to now have enough to live on brief that we can hardly expect it In other cases we find destitute to have resulted in any radionl children in the Colony without change in the conditions under either parents or relatives. In these which the children are living in this cases it has been the policy of the Colony. There is a great deal of Bociety, particularly if the children exploratory work to be done before are Hong Kong-born, to try and set we can hope to achieve anything they will be educated and where them into some institution where The Society in Hong Kong was they will learn a trade and might founded in January 1930, and I grow into useful members of the may say that its effective life began community. This has been done in in August, 1930, with the appoint some cases during the past seven ment of its first Inspector. In too when the police one day brought to months. An instance of this was following twelve months the Society was called on to investigate 173 7 Dice s half-naked and half cases, which affected the welfare of starving boy who had been sleeping 955 children. The most outstanding Road. He had no relatives in the under the verandahs in Nathan fact that has been gleaned from the Colony and he was subsisting on first year's experience:e the amount what he could bag He has beau of poverty which exists in this placed in the Bt Louis Industrial Colony and for which there is 0 School and is maintained there by ber of body available by saying that hope to see it develop, our needs a tale of sickness, poverty and organised relief. Eliminating those cases in which the income is such the Society.

there are a certain number of oed-for next year will not be less than suffering and of the reuddevour

100 spaces available in the adult wards $10,000, which the S.P.C, has monile towards but, thibes are not necerca in as The New Territories, ameliorations Mr. Hadirisha entirely dependent on the demands Yesterday I received a letter from told us his tale with a studied of the adults. One thing has been the secretary of the New Territories avoidance of rhetoric and that done during the last two months to Medical Benevolent Association, simplicity has succeeded, bettor. in increase the accommodation. In That Association anks us to go and evoking sympathy July the Chinese Busters of the do our work in the Now Territories, Precious Blood opened a small hes and they want us to relieve the pital with accommodation for ip- poor there because they say, they If you realise the needs of the proximately 40 children. The Houg conduct their own clinics and an- children of Hong Kong, as if know Kong Society for the Protection of stantly and cases where children are you do, and if you think thể worký Children gave 4 grant of 81,000 half starved, because their parents of Mr. Haplrige dad bis asociates. towards the initial expensos of that are too poor to provide for them, deserves encouragement and support hospital and during the past month Unless we have funde and public | I know you do, I ask those of it has also undertaken to spend a ↑ support we cannot provide food in you who are not already members further 8800 on what the Medical | the New Territories Oficer regards as essential equip end out work beya menta

its present you' mhy take a share the hospitals, which (irits to tho, afit young

tago and we cannot give support to ing of these unfortunate children

*kwho need i

Louir Industrial School,

and those cases, in which we did so. Louir Industrial ascertain the income, we find in the The Secretary for Chinese Affairs remaining 140 cases that the family sent a boy to us recently whose income was under 82.60 per head father had been killed in an ae per month, ont of which the mom-sident and this boy was wholly bors of the family had to and cloth destitute. He was also placed in ing, food and lodging

the St. Louis Industrial School and In 12 cases the Society found that is learning carpentry, and I think the parents were utterly destitute he will make his way in the world and had no income whatever and Referring to one out of the ordi- In 40 cases the family income work-nary cases, in which we found it. ed out at under 62.50 per head, that necessary to place both, child and is about go beats per week, a trifle parent in the care of an institution, under half what I understand you that was the case, of a woman who pay for your tiffin here, to support was suffering from leprosy and her an individual for the whole of this son, 18 years old, was also affected wock. One has to bear in mind the by the same disease. That case was fact that among the very poor em-reported to the Society when these

and the Victoria district will be helped to start, the Society and since, sub-divided and I expect a leap-up January, last your, has been its A little while ago one of our tour help the destitute at joint hon. secretary. As Chairman Inspectors went round to see a case all we must give some relief. It is of the Executive Committee I have and found that the child had died no use telling the parents what to had ample opportunitics of apprais and had been buried. She asked the do if they have not the wherewithal ing and appreciating his work the child and the reply was noth want 85,000 for it Inspectors of say that Mr. Hazbirigg has beco parents what was the matter with to do it. I anticipate that we shall and it is no mero figure of speech to ing serious" I think unless we are the class we have cannot be obtain the Bodley's very life and soul. prepared to accept the standpointed for indifferent salaries Wo (Applause) His sympathy for the of these parents that there was engaged trained nurses for the work poor suffering children, is unbound nothing serious the matter, and une because we find so many medical d while the energy he displays and 6,500 children died in one year in will be in the neighbourhood of ing reliat to these children is simply less we nocept the standpoint that cases. Our expenses for Inspectors enormous trouble he takes in afford- the same way, we are forced to the 88,000 next year. There is also a amazing UNDER ERA P other alternative and that is that small amount of necessary adminis Calony for children is wholly in the neighbourhood of 81,000 or have already been mentioned though the hospital accommodation in this tration expenses of the Society in imposed labour-a debour of love

Some of the results of this self: adequate for the needs, $1,000 for office work. I should tay very inadequately in his mort I should, perhaps, qualify the that if our work is to develop is address Mr. Hazelrigg has told us figures I have given as to the nuri-

It appears to me that the Colony

cannot ex of the Society-to-join