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if a rancher has sickness on the ranch and is not sure 

 whether it is infectious or not, he has to placard these 

 facts on his house himself. " That's the way we do 

 things in the Prairie Provinces," said Dr. Wilson. 



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The pioneer is still to the fore as he was a century 

 ago, but he has moved out to the Last Great West, 

 where the rancher placards himself for contagious 

 disease, and the Royal North-West Mounted Police 

 help him. 



"What do they know of England who only 

 England know ? " 



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But these considerations, which show you that in 

 Canada infant mortality is not as high as it seems, 

 and that there are some difficulties surrounding our 

 birth registration, do not change the fact that our 

 infant mortality is too high. We must, and will, do 

 better, and we are beginning to try. 



Take Montreal. The death rate in Montreal 

 under five years of age is said to be something like 

 40 or 50 per cent. But then is there any other large 

 city represented here where there are families of 

 nineteen children ? Last year Montreal made a 

 noble effort. She told the truth to herself. She 

 organized a magnificent Child Welfare Exhibition 

 in the Great Drill Hall. Everybody helped, from 

 Professor Adami and Lady Drummond down to the 

 newsboys. And this is the truth that Montreal told 

 to herself at the first step inside the Hall : 



" The Voice of the Child cries out against you. 

 Last year 5,355 babies died in Montreal. Two- 

 thirds of these deaths were preventable. What will 

 you do to stop this waste of life ? " 



It was a great Child Welfare Exhibition, and will 

 have an effect in reducing infant mortality. The 

 French Canadian mother is like a Madonna. She is 

 a wonderful mother, and she and her husband were 

 deeply interested in the Child Welfare Exhibition. 



Take Ottawa. The infant mortality of Ottawa in 



