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Show MORTALITY FALLS AS WAGES RISE Labor Department Reports on Infant Death Rate "v A X H I .". To X, March II. The results re-sults of a study of Infant mortality la Akron, o.. are glvea in a bulletla re-crntly re-crntly issued by (he children's bureau of the lTnited States department of labor. In ihe er selected, the Infant mortality rate tn the city was SC per luoo births- As compared with other industries cities studied by the burr bu-rr a ii, Akron hnd a relatively low rate. Hut even thia rate of s is considerably higher ihan rates already reach rd In New Zi aland cities, aa In -i'unedin, ! where ihc rate is only 44. I This report gives further evidence of the fact shown In previous stud 're of infant mortality marie by the tu rfiu that, as fwthers earninss increasa, t he infant mortality rate falls. The death rate In families where the fathers' fath-ers' earnings were not sufficient to provide medical and nursing care an-1 other essentials for t he care of children chil-dren dunng ittfanry. was much higher lhan in families with larger incomes. The mortality among children of native na-tive mothers wh much lower than among babies of foreign born mother, eNn-nal)- in digestive and respiratory UlMeaae. The deat h rate among bablea who were artificiaily fed was found to be over four tims as great as among as among those who were breast fed The study, which wax made before Ohu wa admitted into the birth registration reg-istration area, revealed aa imperfect birth registration. A thorough ran vaet of the riiy, made in connection with the study, showed that about M per cent of the births were not registered. reg-istered. I Hince the time of thm study, the re- (ort shows, gremt Improvements have en made in the facilities of the rity heait h department. NVw Infant welfare wel-fare stations have been opened and the number of visiting nurses Increased. The report points out, however, that further increases in these facilities are needed for the adequate health protection pro-tection of Akron's babies and mothers. |