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Show DEATH RATE SHOWSBIG CUT .Utah's rural maternal mortality rato has dropped 26.8 per cent since 1922. when cooperation under the Federal maternity and infancy act was begun in that state, according to the report 'of the administration of the Sheppard-Towner Act for the j fiscal year 1927. In 1022 the rtiral i maternal mortality rate was 50.3 j per 10,000 live births and iit 1926 it had dropped to 36.8. In the rural ( areas the average maternal mortality mortal-ity rate was 35.9 per cent lower during the period of cooperation (1922-1926) than ihe average, rate during a corresponding period prior to cooperation (1917-1921, exclusive of 1918. the influenza year.) The average maternal mortality rate for urban areas showed a drop oi" 29.7 per cent during the period, of cooperation as compared with the earlier period. The maternal mort- alUy rate for the State as a whole dropped from 55.5 in 1922 to 48j6 in 1926. During the fiscal years 11927 twenty-three new permanent combined com-bined prenatal and child-health centers cen-ters were established. They are supported sup-ported by local funds. Other outstanding accomplishments accomplish-ments of the year included the conducting by physicians of 409 combined prenatal and child-heaith conferences. Nearly 4,400 infants and pre-school children were examined ex-amined at the 86 conferences conducted con-ducted by physicians from the bureau of child hygiene, 82 prospective pros-pective mothers received instruction in prenatal care. Defects were found in more than 3.600 of the children. Dentists conducted 125 conferences, at which more than 1.900 children received dental advice. |