The sun., 1910-06-26
THE RATTLE FOR THE BABIES.
TheIR Chance for Life Improving Al
Over the NeFld.

The baby that IL born in Buenos Ayres
has better chance Of living than u Il had
bean born In any other Of tho worlds
large cities. In Amsterdam Il would find
figures more in its favor; but Amsterdam
is not 90 hig town.
In the United States Boston has been
the best place 70 be born u you want 20
stand a good chance Of living 10 be ai least
year old. In thirty years Boston has
not averaged once death out Of FIVE babies
born during the year.
Back IN 1ss7 it came close 20 that average
when iea infants less than a year Old died
in every l.OOO But in 1857 there were
lees Than ie0. in 1891 the number went
below $50. In lses Il pasaed the 10 mark,
in 1898 the 100 mark. in isos the $50 mark.
and In 1909 it sank abruptly 10 iI5 per
1000.
New York IL making a record il may
well be proud ol. . says the .insrioaR Baby.
although its starting point in ipO0 was
at 10. Compare with that the record
for 1903. lea. and bear 10 the babies the
message Of hOps. Philadelphia beRan
in 1000 with lTs, diminishing this by 1901
70 iSe. And Western cities too; &c. Louis
10 very low, and Chicago. admitting her
self 20 be high. is promising Important
reductions.
I'm England. an q whole. with Wales
included. The infantilo m m9rtAlity rate was
isS per loo births in 100; that Of London
ibt In Scotland the rate ran above l5O
and In ireland little higher. In the same
H. go a
and Wales had declined 20 its, London
had gone a. low a. iio Scotland was down
70 10, and Ireland. doing not quite so well.
was af lst. In all Of these there are
sansibls and important gains for the
baby.
How N Il in Germany ALWAYS the
same good news. Berlin down from ID
deaths Per thousand births In lsaa % M
IN 1901, ViannA from l0s 70 iti, Budapest
from tg7 10 ttS, Cologne from asi 10 isS.
while In Russia, Moscow has declined in
the saEns yaaFs from sle % 3os. ID 4
trse that the Russian figures are high.
but there IA the fact of the same good
worh IN Propeas. There e IA Europe
og S.aVunio cogIntries without Genzlhle
daGline. although some of them do move
rather slowly, kdnigsberg. for example.
from 2as 20 27s.
sIn Frunch Speaking countries ths news
Tor the baby 3 most excellent, for y IL
IN 1eoe was really laading the world at
0nly 40 and By 1897 had decreased 10
l0a, with Nioe q close second at iis 10 los
bordeaux and Amsterdam have Gs.de
StEiking impEpveEasnt IN ths stated time.
from la3 - e and from 80 20 80 respsc-
lively, their rating placing them among
the worlds lOwast rate citiss.
In MAFneilles. q port whers Il n Usually
very diiilcult 20 CuntFOi vital conditions.
the tida has sst tho other way and ths
mortality az bahiea h greater than ten
yeaFB aRo. Marseille1 oomea within the
Mediterfauaan dlslFict. ths one that Eivas
the least eno0ura cement to-day, for.
whather through striCter raRistFaiion oT
gFga8sF actual Ices. In Rome, Naples.
Palsrmo, Genua and Floranoe ahe ra,e
to-day h rising.
AS b OthaT great Citiaa ln tho wUFid
Tckio. with a n8duotion from 9is in Isso
b 90 IN 1877. b b the olaaa with Amsfi-
On cilioa. Whilo kioeo n hotter esill and
compares very cloaaly with Boston. Rio
o. Janqiro started HIGH at ~ and has
rotuoed ~ rata % Llo, WhiIe nuan0u
Ayrea rufcioug IN de lowest rate FOE .
Agao city. constantly holoW l00.'