| Show More Hospital Babies The decline in mortality among American babies in recent years has been most gratifying and andt has as a's been largely due to the increased use of hospital facilities by b to mothers-to-be according to a bulletin of the Hos Ho's Hospital Hospital pital Research Institute of Chicago It is stated that nearly SO 50 per cent of all babies born last year ear first saw the light of day in a hospital Improved hospital methods methods of caring for these new arrivals arr als have given them a better start in life which aid in in their battle against that first dangerous dang rous year ear in which such a heavy toll of infant lives was formerly taken In n spite of the great progress which has been made this death toll still takes an average of 54 babies out of every 1000 before b fore they are a year old old- Fifteen years y ars' ars arsago ago the death rate was 74 out of 1000 the increase in hospital born hos born ital-born babies b bies the Institute bulletin says that 15 IS states now have bave- have 1000 1000 or more hospital bassi bassi- bassinets bassinets bassinets nets available New York leading le ding with approximately of or these baby baskets Pennsylvania Pen syhania comes comes' second second- with about and Illin Illin- Illinois Illinois ois ois is third with about As the better care available to i mothers and in hospitals be be- becomes becomes becomes comes more generally recognized it itis I is that the percentage of hospital born hospital born babies will be still further increased The best efforts of the medical world are being de de- voted toward lowering the mortality rate |
