Show NATION ADO TO POPUlATION B J Only Slightly E Higher gher But More Are Saved IC I- I C lIV WASHINGTON May 1 The I.-The The rate 3 j t Increase of the nations nation's i t by birth was considerably gr ter in 1924 than in 1023 1923 lIe lle the birth rate increased per 1000 in 1923 to 1 ler r 1000 In 1924 the death rate i decreased during the period from Zito per 1000 A bureaus bureau's survey made public today showed the highest t rate in the country countr to be per per 1000 In the rural districts of North Carolina while the lowest ate J.-ate per 1000 was found in die rural districts of ot Montana death rate was lower in 1924 than tham In 1923 In twenty three of the nine states covered by the y Infant mortality rates were shown to be generally lower In 1924 than In 1923 Increases be- be noted In only three states The 1924 rates per 1000 of pop pop- of births and deaths were shown to to-be to be for tor California 22 and nd Montana and 78 Nebraska Ne Ne- braska braska and and 9 Oregon and Washington and 10 and Wyoming 24 and 95 The highest 1924 Infant mortality mortal ity- ity t rate 1216 was In the urb urban n districts of South Carolina and the rawest lowest 61 for tor the rural districts of N Nebraska braska For thirty six six cities surveyed surveyed sur- sur the 1924 Infant mortality f fates tes were lower than those of the year The highest 1924 ra e 92 was for Trenton and the lowest for Seattle Deaths under 1 year of age In the Registration area totaled per in 1924 against In 1923 |