Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-10

w,sHINGTDN, D. C., November 9.
 ,nsri,an race waste, more serious .l.D race suicide, is pointed out in G..lrs -~a Mortality buleetin No. lO4, in
 ,DS {, is estimated that annually in Slrr T,it.5 States from 100000 to 200,-
 L,biss under five years of age die
 nrevrntaIlc causes. This great
 @ yT of life among the little ones at the
 ,r,5 when they are most loving and
 ',,te ,, IovahIc could be prevented, in
 s. o,;nion of Dr. Greasy l.. Wilbur,
 I,f ,tatistiriau for vital statistics of %o Cersus bureau, who prepared the Lnrlotp on the basis of present-day
 .,rIadce of sanitary measures. For ,S. accomplishment of effective proven .,r. work in this direction, Dr. Wilbur i,I3, that the prompt registration of ,l births and the more careful and a,ssisa statement of causes of death Sy physicians are essential.
 In snalyzing and comparing the to- ,,, obtained in the compilation of t,peripts of death returns received t,r tbe wear 1908 by the census bureau finn tbe entire death registration area n inc United States, as set forth in tbs bulletin. those for age periods show somewhat increased per cent of deaths of infants under one year for 1908, all though the ratios for each of the in- dyiiual years from one to four are 8 identical for 1907 and 1908. Of the total number of deaths, 69l ,574 return ed for 1908 from the entire registra- tOn area, it is stated in the bulletin that nearly one-ftth were ot lnIants under one year of age and over one fourth of children less than five years of age. It is declared that the brute . force of the figures representing the actual deaths is more impressive, how srsg tAsa-aay ratios. or than the rates Q. infant mortality, even if the latter @uH-je computed in the absence of 1 pUp,r registration of births. Here are the figures:
 More than oue-eight of a million ba- bes, under one year of age and fully 4 smoy children under five years of I age. died among about half of the total population of the United States h the year mentioned. It is eonsid- cred probable that fully 100000 more tel In those cities and states not in dIied in the census bureau death-regis- mtIOn area In this connection Dr. 1 Wilbur quotes Professor Irving Fish Hs conclusion that of all the diseases Of infancy, having the median age one year. 4 per cent may be presented; and that of the diseases of childhood having meiIan age two to eight years, 0 per cent say be prevented.
 "It does not seem unreasonable, " b. Wilbur states, "when we consider ile tact that there is apparently no Reason why infants, if properly born, and this means simply the prevention mtenata disease and the improve nent of the health and conditions of ne of theft parents, should die at all n early infancy or childhood, except nom the comparatively small propor- uoa of accidents that are strictly un- avOidsb.e" "
 The bulletin continues with state lell that the general death rate of
 country largely dependent upon Ns infant mortality, because the death ls s'e' of infants and young children are lsn and they effect a relatively num- uon element of the population. Ex ." study of the incidence of disease ugOn infancy and childhood is most i'm. P''aAt, and it is imperatively neces @'{ That there should be more effect 11SSss[alion of births throughout the s-.'gl State, for this purpose. The ,1IisWe'F important rate known as Iiant mortality' is the ratio of 1.''4' Of infants under one year of '" no, lo population but to the num- O' g1idren born alive during the '''' This most important ratio ,.l -.-o be readily available for the com sH sn".,'e study of deaths of infants in T. T yI ow states and territories, but, tr oa.,eun states, in the great major " .0em, unfortunately, the registra- s,I- 0l nlT.a, is worthless, and ratios 5~suIated upon the returns would be
 ,sP,IVe ,PP, and unreliable.
 ,,Ine possibility of great saving of %a5 Tan life during infancy and early m.,' .'u'od Is emphasized by the esti- mn '.S S made by Professor Irving Fisher, onir; tue basis of independent medical tsIia. tI%,ona' for his report on national vi- sar Sl to the national conservation ,,II.. ;ID' on, As to the ratio of preven- F F.'E Npostponability)', that is, ratio psu. P'e'en'ablc' deaths from causes fo, f-',u | 10 all deaths from cause named
 n0yg,ao diseases of early life.
 mr 1o' z, of every 100 deaths that oc. nol;a.'" each disease in which the bo,o age ot death is under five years, rrrr ,Oo'o be prevented the following geDtJ Premature births, 40; con. iO, J' %i ocoI.r.y 40; venereal diseases, impor,,aI raILa"ga and enteritis, the most So. ,n,'"' ra cause of infant mortality, bron%I, measles, 10; acute bronchitis. 30; iO, .nnoopo"amonia, 30; whooping cough, I5, mooP, (which means diptheria) other r"vGp'ngns, G 70; diseases of larynx 'Da0 Iryngitis, 40; laryngitis,