Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-10 | Page 1 | 147 Groups of Triplets Born; Twins Frequent

TRIPLETS BORN? i 58 Cases Reported Where Birth Is Twentieth or More in Family WASHINGTON, May 10. Births in tho registration area of the United Stalea. which covers about 35 per cent of tho country's estimated population, j during the year 101S exceeded deaths; by 34.4 per cent. Statistics for thatj year just completed by the census bureau bu-reau show a total of - 1.3C3.C-19 births In the territory which is a small de-crea80 de-crea80 compared to 1 17, while the deaths, 1,014.020. show a alight increase. in-crease. Of every 100 infants born during dur-ing 13 IS, tho figures show, ten died before reaching tho age of ojio year, a i fractional decrease over 1917. Mortal- lty rates among male infants was 2S i per cent greater than that for fcmlo Infanta. The birth of 15.342 pairs Of twins and 147 sets of triplots were reported. The order In which tho births were j recorded ran all the way from 3 15,027 cases of first borns to CS cases where the birth reported was tho twentieth j or moro child. i nn I