Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 20 | Infant Death Rate is High

INfANT DEATH nEATH RATE IS HIGH Pitts Pittsburg Highest o of Nine Cities Investigated WASHINGTON Aug 6 SInce Since ln 1315 1915 the federal feder l government go has been able to keep a l ledger for Cor th the birth regis registration I area showing g profit and loss in terms of t infant life liCe and and- death In a report entitled Infant Mortality in tn Pi Pittsburg which has just been Issued is issued issued Is- Is sued b by the iho United States department of labor through the tho ch childrens children's bureau the hc figures for Cor a two year two ear period are given for eighteen la large ge cities Here Is a summary of oC the report Of ot tho the nine large largo cities s in the birth h I registration area since It was established established in 1916 1915 Washington Philadelphia Philadel- Philadel I phia and NoW New York show the most satisfactory progress tow toward i-d i a lion of oC rates although Minneapolis nan haK consistently ily maintained the tle lowest ra rate e I of oC any of at the nine In each year of I Ithe the year five period 1920 1916 Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg lost more babl babie In proportion to its birth rate than any other of the I nine clu cities s. s Sin In as a a. whole In 1920 there was wasn a loss during infancy of C one I life out of oC every nine The rates vai va- va I I i ned greatly I In different parts of ot the I city being belnE deaths for every 1000 I births while in the most favorable ward yard th the rate was only 64 per pcr 1000 I Nearly one half of tho babies babies' who failed to survive died before the they were I a month old when deaths are largely large due to naval al and prenatal causes It has haa been clearly d demonstrated that I su such h deaths are ro largely preventable I through care and Instruction for tor the tho I 1 mother r before tho the bab baby Is born and j skilled care at at and shortly after birth I Nearly earlY one fourth of the tho deaths were I Ica ca caused by gastro intestinal l diseases D Deaths from these causes causes' o occur cur for the most part in the heat of or summer The They can be r reduced d ced through instructions to 1 mothers in the proper care and feeding feed teed lag ing of ot babies and through civic su sup supe supervision su- su p pe ision to Insure purity and proper handling of milk supplies Milk Ilk stations maternity and baby clinics and public health nursing serVice service service ser ser- vice have been established In Pitts- Pitts burg An extension of ot such services Pitts-I Pitts I ia Is necessary If It th the city Is to deal of- of j with the tho problem of ot Infant mortality and i If IQ the tito the ledger ledger for tor the J next five years ears Is to show saving in infant t. t life I f. f 1