Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — Babies Healthier Nowadays. [ARTICLE]

Babies Healthier Nowadays.

The death rate among babies in the larger American cities has been reduced 11 per cent Since 1910, according to the infant mortality survey just completed by the New York milk committee. This reduction has been made among cities of 100,000 population and over. The smaller cities have not done so well. The reduction in cities between 50,000 and 100,000 population is only 2 per cent, while those under 50,000 show an increase of 5 per cent. The general reduction is 9 per cent. The survey covers 150 of the largest cities in the United States since 1906. The marked decrease in infant deaths did not begin until 1910, when organized infant welfare work became general.