Sheltering all infants under nin months in individual glass cubilcles at the Home for Hebrew Infants, 100 West kingshridge Road, Bronx, has been accompanied by a 50 to 75 percent reduction in mortality among premature babies, the Home’s medical staff announced yesterday, following almost three years of observation. Not only have the number of cases of disease been reduced, the report said, but a marked shortening in the duration of such cases as do arise has been evidenced, with consequent improvement in the nutritional status of the children.
The observation was under the direction of the late Dr. Alfred F. Hess and Dr. Sidney V. Haas, in connection with the members of the Home staff. Each of the 75 cubicles in the building is made of ultra-violet transmitting glass, resembling miniature glass chambers. These transparent chambers are arranged so that, while they receive maximum light, sun and air, all three may be regulated to suit individual cases.
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