Show D DAILY L HEALTH HEALTH SERVICE ERVICE Child huld Health Con Conditions Now Far Better Bette Than Forer Former Formet By DR MO MORRIS RIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the tho American Medical Medica Association I and nd of Hy Hy- gi the tho H Health Magazine MagDi e. e It I has JOg long been understood that tto the infant mortality rate late of ot the tha community could ld co be taken as as' as asa s a a. fairly good meura measure of ot its is' is heath health health- The Tho American Child ChUd Health aSa as as association re regularly r reports on n more ton than OO dt cities s of tho the United States as s to their rat rates s of of deaths for be or Infants In In Infants Infants' tants' tants within the first year al' al of life There was was n a time when some cities es' es had rates laH BH as high as us or or more per thousand in ln n other ther- words at I least O babies bables out of or every r e 1000 that were born died before they were 1 years old old The he latest studies by the tho Child Health association show that mat the rate rato for tor 79 cities In hv 1928 1923 was wa as ns compared with wih the rate during 1927 The rate for 1928 Is Is therefore slightly over over three thle points higher higher than that for 1927 1027 but but Is still sUl the tho second lowest Infant death deth rate rato rte ever recorded Sn In this country 1 There are of course ourse many factors factors fac fac- tors which may Influence the death rate rte badly or favorably favor bly In In some cases Obviously a a- 8 city located like lkc Seattle or is more healthful health health- ful than one with wih a climate like that that of or many ot of the thc cities cies In inthe the tho south or s southeastern portion porton ot of the United Stales State For or of thu tho cities in tho tini tho been low 10 Jn In n 1928 Seattle and P Portland r an rates of ot 43 and and San Francl rate In 1927 1911 Seattle was y with th 41 41 and Portland n nd and nd M MapolI MI apolis U tied ll with wih 47 n. Amon Among over to Oak Ca Cal lid hd with h 47 47 41 fol followed by I kane Wash Vash with wih 49 3 by Qi Ct cities clUes between n and antI Berkeley y was first tint with n 31 Union City N. N J. J J. J wes was wa second 32 Among cities of or to S Alameda Cal Ct was first wit wilt Medford rd Mass MB second send with Hh wi J Oak Park ill 1 and Ev Everett rett rett third with wih 31 In the smallest lotion loUon group Holland Mich low Jaw with wih 21 then Braintree with wih 22 22 and Stonington with wih 24 24 Of Ot the largest cities In tb the States that of t the te o rate of ot L Los geles fell teU in ten Len y years from L 66 66 Cleveland in ten ten years tr fro to 60 and Baltimore from US Th The states with ho the tho high fant rant m mortality rates during years yeaS have havo been Carolina So South th Carolina Q Tenne Tennessee Tennessee sEe Alabama Mississippi Obviously the work m in m our large jarge louthe southern s Is la badly Influenced M largo larg number numbers numbers- of ot negro pop popi POP and and by similar factors |