Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 12 | Daily Health Service

Daily Health Service Infant ant Deaths Fewer By DR UR MORRIS It is ic generally recognized that the number of ot deaths of ot infants under 1 year of age in any community is a fairly good test of the sanitary conditions conditions condi coridi- in that community For ome Some years now the American Child Health association has made available the report of ot Infant deaths in almost a cities The records rec- rec for 1932 arc are striking and afford valuable l information concerning health conditions in various parts of the coun country try The total rate for cities clUes was 56 8 the lowest ever attained in this country and approximately half hall what the rate was 20 years ago The lowest rate in cities with lations over was wa for POrtland Ore Ore with 3 34 d deaths for each 1000 births St. St Paul San Francisco and arid O Oak Oak- k land and California follow closely after Portland with rates of 39 and 40 In cities from to population population pop pop- Long Beach Cal is first firt with 36 JG Grand Rapids Mich second with 37 and Spokane Wash third with 40 Cleveland Hel Heights Ohio a suburban suburban sub sub- suburban urban city in the thc to population pop class claEs had no infant deaths of this type and thus leads all the cities of ot the country It is followed by Cice Cice- Cicero ro Ill and Berkeley Cal Cat each with witha a rate of ot 25 t v Among Amons the thc ten largest cities in the United States Chicago led with a arale arate arate rate rale of 49 49 followed b by New York with 51 51 and Philadelphia and Detroit with 52 But even the remaining six of ot the largest cities In the United States all show decreases from 1931 rates The figures for these these- cities Including Cleveland Los An Angeles St. St Louis Bos ton Baltimore altimore and Pittsburgh range from 53 to 67 Low infant mortality rates arc are the result of many forces including the social and economic status climatic factors and similar as well as public hea health th cf effort ut It is clear that the thc number of babies under 1 year car of age dying ding in the United United United Unit Unit- ed States is steadily decreasing and that the effects of modern scientific preventive medicine are arc directly measurable b by these records