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Show I IX F ANT MORTALITY Infss'. i;T; mortality has reached the lowes ti point in the nation's history anc hj:( appears to be still heading do- tj ward, according to Public HealS left Service statistics. The rate for 1W; ki was 38. 3 deaths under 1 year 0!: per one thousand live births, 3.Sr. lower than the rate of 39.S ft" j 1944. The maternal mortality rate ' of 2.1 per 1,000 live births forlM? Cj I ft'as also a new low, nearly riie I percent below the rate of 23 0: . . j the previous year. LA |