Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1918 — Bumper Crop of Babies in United States During 1917 According to Statistics [ARTICLE]

Bumper Crop of Babies in United States During 1917 According to Statistics

Infant mortality statistics complied "By the New York milk committee reveal the fact that there was a bumper baby crop throughout the United States in 1917. Basing its conclusions on the figures gleaned from 163 of the largest cities in the Country, the committee estimates that the number of births throughout the nation totaled 2,678,000 and the number of deaths 1,648,000, leav*ng a national increase in population Qf over 1,000,000. Among the cities of the honor class Omaha claims first place with a death rate of only 59.2, and Seattle comes second with a rate of 59.4. Nashville, Tenn., had the highest rate, 182.2. Chicago’s rate was 106.4. The five honor roll cities boasting death rates under 50 per 1,000 are Berkeley, CaL, with a population of 40,434, 43.4; Everett, Mass., with a population of 33,484, 45.5; Bfookline, Mass., with a population of 37,792, 41.2; Alameda, Cal., with a population of 23,383, 40.7; and La Crosse, Wis., with a population of 30,417, 42.2.