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Show Beehive State Has Record; 14,478 Births RegisteVed Last Year There were 11,478 birth registered in the stato of Utah last year, according accord-ing to the returns of the United States census, and infant mortality in this state is the lowest in the country. Statistics show that 64 deaths of babies ba-bies under 1 year of ago per 1000 of live-births occurred during 1019 in Utah. According to Dr. T. B. Beatly, chief o the state bureau of vital statistics, this state has decreased infant mortality mor-tality among children of 1 year by 25 ,per cent. The rate per thousand of children under 2 years who died of intestinal in-testinal diseases dropped from forty-six forty-six to nineteen per thousand in the some period. Deaths of porsons under 5 years of age dropped from 377 to 293 per 100,000 of population in this state, according to the same authority. "Utah," said Dr. Beatty, "has probably prob-ably the highest birth rate of any state in tho union. Coupled with the low death rate, this gives this stato a larger natural increase of population than any other stato in the union." |