Show HIGH MORTALITY RATES in tho the united states in 1919 one mother died for every babies born and every eleventh baby born died before ho he was a year old that these rates are excessive is shown in it savo tho the youngest a bulletin issued by the childrens bureau six countries are shown to have a lower infant mortality and IG in a group of lower maternal mortality than the united states not only do we lose moro more mothers in proportion to births than practically any other chiv hazed country but we apparently lose more on oil an average each year than the year before whereas in fit other countries there has been a decrease in the he death rate from childbirth the rate in tile the united states roso from GI 61 per 1000 births in 1915 to 62 in CG 66 in 1917 and 1919 moreover in this country there is no appreciable decrease in fit the proportion of babies who die from causes largely connected wit with h their care and tile the c edition of the mother experience has proved the bulletin points out that thousands of deaths of both mothers and babies could be prevented every year by public measures for the PI protection of maternity and infancy measures thich have proved successful in it preventing this waste of lito life among mothers and babies include the following prompt and accurate birth registration health centers public health nurses special clinics trained attendance at childbirth adequate hospital service education of tile the mother in ill maternity matein ity and child hygiene and education fo for r the general public in tile the significance of a 1 necessity for maternal and infant health |