Show 3 Live Births Sf f d tah's 1951 Baby Crop Cropt dA A t ops National Average pl I 1 produced a bumper crop cropin cropt f t l les ies in 1951 1951 1951 2553 live which is well above the I lit 1 1 average I report based on figures Q Vital Statistics Division 11 Utah State Health Department I Gale Rose Hose chairman of oC staff I Utah Education said Tuesday Tuesday Tues day the birth rate for each 1000 I population in Utah was compared compared com com- pared with for the nation as asa asa asa I a whole He lie warned that if iC the trend continues public school facil facilities lies will be inadequate in eight years ears Since 1939 he said the number of oC live births in Utah has steadily steadily stead stead- ily increased at nt an average rate of annually From 1940 to 1950 the number of births recorded recorded recorded re re- re- re corded rose from to Continuation of the trend would necessitate more first- first grade rade units in 1957 than the state had in 1947 said Mr Rose This would require about 15 more elementary schools By 1956 he added the first of oC the war boom babies will reach high school and by 1960 the present facilities will be totally inadequate for the state |