El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-27
BIRTH CONTROL
HELPS NATIONS
Better People in Nations
Where It Obtains; Child
birth Claims It's Toll.

birth control Is not race suicide. but
race preservation said DR.. s. Adolf
phus Knopf. professor or medicine at
the New York Post Graduate Medical
School and Hospital in an address to-
dav before the American Public Health
association here
with the increase Of the family"
he said there is rarely. if ever. a cor
responding gain in the earnings OF the
father or mother. and as result, mall
nutrition and insufficient clothing en-
ter as factors to predispose to tuber-
culosis and other diseases. In the
larger families IL is unusually the latter
born who contract tuberculosis most
frequently. Fifty thousand children die
annually from tuberculosis in the
United States and the mortality from
this disease IS highest among the poor
where the number of children is great
est.
Economic Loss Great
The economic loss TO families and
communities by the deaths of wives
end children because OF transmitted IN
fectiOus diseases. cardiac and renal al
fections. to which has been added eN-
cessive child bearing. goes into mil
lions Those vast sums and untold
physical sufferings could have been
saved by judicious birth control as eN-
ercised in Holland. where. since the
the population has increased in physical
stature and well being
Dr. Knopf said he was convinced that
by following the example Of Holland
the life span OF the American people
would be heightened. just as IL has been
heightened in Holland and also IN
Sweden. where birth control has been
sanctioned by law for almost 40 years
DeathS From Childbirth
That 1900 women died IN this coun-
try in 1913 from conditions caused oy
childbirth. was the statement OF Dr-
Grace L Nfeigs. chief Of the division
Of hygiene OF the federal children's bu-
In 1913 the death rate per 100000
population from all conditions caused
nv childbirth was but little lower than
that from typhoid fever. said Dr
NIeizs. and this rate would be almost
ouadrupled If only the group of the
nopularion which can be affected. wom-
en- Of child bearing age. were consid-
cred In 1918 childbirth caused more
deaths among women 10 to - years old
than anv other disease except tubercu-
losis-
Tuberculosis Cut Down
THE death rates from childbirth and
from childbed fever for the registration
area of this country are not railing IN
the year IOOo-1913 the typhoid rate IN
me registration area has been cut IN
half The rate Of tuberculosis markedly
NM.
reduced 10 less than one-half
severe criticism Of the 'hit-or-miss-
rule OF thumb and shotgun type OF
health regulations which are commonly
adopted by cities and states because
thew do not know any better or because
somebody else is doing II, or the people
demand it." said Dr. Hoyt
Country People Live Longer
IF YOU were born in the country you
stand great deal better chance OF Nv
ing to be SO years old than II you were
born in the city unless you happen 10
be a woman. or negro sald lanes
". Glover. professor OF uaInenlatlc anu
insurance Of the University OF Michigan
Who had made a study OF the life tables
prepared for the first time BY the
United States census bureau
prof. Glover found that out OF every
90 600 rural male births 5s,llf sur
lived the age Of SO. while in the same
number of city births, only 4S'4S4 sur
vive TO that age. -
The tables show that the mortality
rates among women are lower tIrouEh- Z
ont the entire range OF life than tor
ron and that the expectation OF me OF Z
women is much greater There IS z
striking exception in the case OF EuI , 4
women From the ages OF 20 10 ~ tue
rate Tor rural ~JllieI - q
rost as great as that of the men eA-
eept from ages % to 81, where II IS ac-
tually greater 100
H1v Fever AffIicts 1 Out Of 100 /
DR.. William ScneppeEIeeal u Ss'-'-
,f the American Hay Fever prevention
, sori7tiOn. said that one percent OF the
ron7lIation Of the United states suffers
rom hav fever To relieve their annual
oeriod OF sneeZing and snuitlnS' Ut
-CbannegralTs association is engaged IN
Z nation wide publicity and educationaI
-s-onaien on the relationship OF poilen
IN hay fever and for the passage OF
evys for the eradication OF weeds lhae
cause the disease. ~oo-..,,
Official mortality returns OF ~ cotll-
+ries covering a quarter of century
nov an annual saving of 25O.ooO hves
-brouchout the world due 10 the use
- anfitoxin and other improved treat
,~ent of diphtheria." said DIT freuerlSh
: Crun. assistant statistlclan OF inc
prudential Life Insurance COMPANY
Diphtheria Death Rate High
DiDhtheria is still responsive TOT
,bc,If four percent of the total NOR
-aIitv at ages under Is years IN couh-
-ries which have reliable death regis
.Diphtheria still causes more deaths
m the limited States than scarlet teEer'
or whooping couGhL sara br'
..'The average annual number o.
Jearhs from diphtheria and Group IN
ne United states is approximately IL
,6O against 10000 from Whooplns
,ough. 5000 from measles and SVOv
rom scarlet fever