Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-24
DEATHOF YOUNG
~ IS APPALLING
CENSUS BULLETIN GIVES INTER
I,STlNG FIGURES
EARLY YEARS IMPORTANT
Greater Part ol the Diseases Prevent
ahlc-licgistatiOn ol Births Is
Not Accurate,

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Washington. u. G.. Sept. % OF the
Total number of -895gS deaths I'm 1908
lin the Census Burc9u's death rogls-
Iuation area, representing d fraction
Ioyer h, prr COM of the proyLsionnliy
estimated popunttou of continental
limited states no 1ess than lg6.53l or
IaG.S per cent. were of children under
! o venrs of age. and llOO57 or 1871 per
Iccnt were of infants under year Of
Iape. II nppeuu i'm the Census Bu-
Ircau's forthcoming bulletin ON NOR
Imli.y statistics iu 1909.
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'Na'e"'
IN delault OF lhe proper state-
ment OF iniant mortalltN' Daseu on
comparison OF the deaths OF ihiants
under ! year ana the registered pirths
lrecourse may le had 10 the rall9 ne,
tween the deaths Oh lnlahtS uuuer
year OF age ana lle popuIhiloH Wy 30
under ! year, put the latter rallo Il
unsatisfactory lor many reasons any
'ls not aNallaple except ny PIuC.Ns W
estimatlon lor lhtercelsal Years ~ y
/. very crude means OF JuuRlnB VI lh'
relallVe CONDITION oi biNen az ga
as regards the general extent OF lhlall
ana enid morlallty Is 70 compare tn'
total number OF deaths OF lhlahts ui
der / year ana OF chlluren unuer
years OF age Wltn the total hunlper o.
deaths registered lor tle year otie'
= thihss pelng equal tlHt Is to say WY,
5 sur'tahtlallN siinllaI popuiatlonS VIZ
respect to age distribution ana III IN
labsence OF epidemic diseases preNah
ing at higher age periods the relatiV'
proportions of deaths OF niants an'
children to the total number OF death
should SHOW approximately the I'm
portance OF inlantile diseases ana IN
ierHbillty by eiorts directed toWar'
TINS class OF disease
The per cent distribution oi death
of infants under year TO the tota
deaths ior al ages ranges from II 10
California TO ~ l9r PehIsyivpnla am
South Dakota, and for children unde
. years OF age from 10 TOT Caliiorh
to 3S Tor PennsyiNahla ana south Ia
kotl.
The coIored population oi Mary
Iand' the oihy state ior WnlSN d coIi
parison of white. and eolored- Is aNaii
lrbie shows stlu-hlgher raGosi nancy
"a and "a per cent respectively. ih'
lower proportion Oh deaths on m
fants'in Cahlprna may pe eNpialhuoI'
In part by the hlgh proporuohs Q
deaths OF nonresldehts 4 rom tupercu
3 losis and ether diseases at iore az
vAnced periods or NE ana perhaps th'
| relatively small proportion OF cnilu
rem Phe higii RATIOS W. tiv.uii,'y ~ a',
and South Dakota are related al'o t'
the high blrth rates OF lhose States
'For lndlVlduai cltles II happeh'
Frequently that the presence OF al
iwWupon m Nhlch many deaths a.
ladVanctd ages occur lOWsrs the Pru
lportion OF deaths Oh lniahts ana Chil'
dren, although the INFANT ana chllo
mortality may be lalfly hlgh'
AS stated by Or Arthur NeW-
sholme, medical officer or me loca
government board or England, IN M