Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-12-27 | Page 1 | Work of Mors Causes Death of Babies

WORK OF CAUSES DEATH WASHINGTON Dec 27 The death rate in the United St States tes among b babies lies of mothers who work york outside their homes far exceeds the infant mortality where the mother is not so em em- This ia is a brought out in the annual I report today of the federal childrens children's bureau which is conducting an inquiry in jn Into the social and economic causes of or babies' babies deaths The report report re reo re- re I port shows an average Infant death rate of ot out of ot every 1000 babies in a steel making and coal mining town as against a rate of ot 84 out of every 1000 in a residential sub sub- urb An even greater contract is found between the most congested sections and the choicest residence section in each of oC these two com corn Commenting upon these findings the report says I The more favorable the civic and family surroundings and the better the general conditions of life the themore themore themore more clearly are the reflected In a lessened infant mortality The report adds however that it itIs itis itis is Impossible to determine the relative relative relative rela rela- tive importance o of 01 the high death rate rale among babies of working mothers mothers mothers moth moth- ers until it is ascertained how many mothers work in industry The ne need d of developing standards of rural child welfare physical standards for children In Industry and stan standards ards ot of law lav for the protection protection pro pro- of ot all children are sized