The Bitter Cry of the Children

by John Spargo

LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES AND DIAGRAMS

		PAGES
1.	Diagram showing Relative Death-rates per 100,000 Persons in Different Classes	[6]
2.	Table showing Number of Deaths in United States and England and Wales, at Different Ages	[12]
3.	Table showing Infantile Mortality from Eleven Given Causes and the Estimated Influence of Poverty thereon	[21]
4.	Diagram showing the Infantile Death-rate of Rochester, N.Y., and the Influence thereon of a Pure Milk Supply	[22]
5.	Schedule relating to Five Families in which the Mothers are employed away from their Homes	[40]–[41]
6.	Schedule showing Dietary of Children in Six Families	[93]
7.	Table showing Comparative Height, Weight, and Chest Girth of English Boys according to Social Class	[97]
8.	Occupations of Juvenile Delinquents in Six Large Cities	[188]
9.	Occupations of Juvenile Delinquents in Six Towns of less than 100,000 Inhabitants	[189]
10.	Table showing Reasons for the Employment of 213 Children	[212], [213]

THREE “LITTLE MOTHERS” AND THEIR CHARGES

THE BITTER CRY OF THE CHILDREN

I
THE BLIGHTING OF THE BABIES

“Oh, room for the lamb in the meadow,

And room for the bird on the tree!

But here, in stern poverty’s shadow,

No room, hapless baby! for thee.”

—E. M. Milne.