The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-24

The rate Of infant mortality Is here
f1wn 60 have continuously decreased
sr.e the establishment Of the Pasteurized
rllized) milk booths from 1861 IN 1898.
70 ISL in the present year. These cold hg-
ures are fluent and powerful evidence o.
faa beneacence Of this work Of placing
J. steurized tsterilzed) milk within the
r.ch OF every poor family ia Manhattan,
o q It's efficacy In routing the forces
81 disease and death.
Combining the comparison TO deaths
fam dlarrhoeal diseases during the two
ulst fatal months OF the year. July ana
gust we ind the following state Of az
frs For che three years iss0-lS@ the to-
'a number OF deaths from dlarrhoeal dis
cases during the months OF July ana Au'
gust was 6.l22. for the three years 1894
'6 the total number during the same
tao months was 262. showing a saving
a. SO deaths In the presence OF an in
crease 81 average population from LOO
F1 TO 1870 600. Tor che three years is9f-iSn
Hc total number during the same two
nanths was 1850. showing a still further
saving OF .2l2 with a still greater popu-
hH0n
GAS a mere hint OF what might be &C
c1mnishea by municipal ownership ard
municipal operation Of plants for the Pas
teur.zaflon OF the milk supply OF cities.
Ia results OF the establishment OF plant
iH the Infant Asylum az Randllls ISL
srl New York city. may be quoted. IN
fhe death rate amongst waits picked
up In the streets OF New York ana taken
= tais hospital was A.36 rate SO high
10 become matter u grave concern
y oso Ia charge. ] asked permission 70
sIr.lw the asylum with an the Pasteur-
.zel milk they required. This Of
Or was declined. and the ap-
polling death rate continued. Fin
ally la 1885 secured permission
tom President John " Keller OF the
apartment Of Charities, TO install In this
a=..um a complete plant for the Pasteur-
d t.ou OF milk foods The following sta
ucs. furnished by the Department OF
Clarifies. show the result OF the hrst at
tupt az municipal proprietorHhip ana op-
cation OF a milk Pasteurlzation piant:
st children treated, l.2l5; deaths OIL;
l.r centage. i202.
1895 children treated i2i2; deaths. "a;
Percentage. 39ll.
sec children treated. ild, deaths, 52i;
TreentaEe. 4i36
ae rasteurizing plant was installed n
ise curly part OF lSes. and the death rate
Immediately dropped az follows:
-, children treated, i2si; deaths, 20;
irasutage. 1850
4 Children treated i097. deaths go:
What may we call this needless. need
sacrifice OF infant life7 In the face
these facts, Is 81 too strong b. call Il
der. permitted murder? When the
HsNs Of railroad wreck and accompsnr~
Joss Of lie Is telegraphed across the
uueut IL & followed By a shudier 81
far ana u any life-saving preca ltions
te been lacking there Is raised A cry
" vengeance against the ''soullcss" cor
iii"n. whose duty q Is TO provide every
.f..suard Tor life But what OF tho thous-
90 Infants whose lives pay the ZEN
af Of lack OF precaution? No shudier
1Pftor passes over the land: no cry Tor
.3rm S. raised. yet just as surely as
proper precauiion would have pre-.
Tel that railroad catastrophe. just -
fe'y would the lives OF the thousands 81
t"e helpless Infants BE- saved dii our
icipal authorities adopt the preventive
lures here shown 10 be effective"
tHe mortality statistics for Savannah
% Common with those OF other cities
LOW the death rate 20 be greater among
ilaren among 9 years OF age than foi
other class and greatest among in
s iAn1s The mortality amcng the Negro