The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-25
WHEELING HAS HIGH AVERAGE
IN DEATHS Of YEAR-OLD |NFAN 5
MORTALITY SURVEY OF INFANTS
BY NEW YORK MILK COMMIT
TEE RECEIVED HERE.
City Is Ninth Of Having Highest Aver
age-Shows Necessity OF Child
welfare work.

Tho city "f Wheeling. i2n;h IN $40 IN
IN" United States. and with r"rHia-
non OF =. .itl AT The l"l" ''uSuS... ~
ninth in tn. country III an average -!
,i.athS Of infants uud'r on" Year ola.
I'ha: is th-r,. IS NOR" deaths IN our 'llE
nC infants thar hav" no; r"a"h''l th'ir
FIRST year than cit,"s Xix" E'.w YORK
Chicago, Philadelphia and other much
larger cities III III" "utir" country
NV York 'Ity. the metropolis - ~"
country. has reached ihr lowest iH'nF
death rat" N It's history. and rank'ne
lower than any other world cI'F. NJ
though it's population has inrr"A>' ! WIN
rapid strides during II" past '''Au'
thrr. wr-" A.nil l"SS infant deaths last
year than occurred in l9n'. Sine" Then
wh.n tho infant mortality rat" WAS ''r''N
thcr. has been u c"nSt'tnt d"rr"aSc I"
SSS New York - now on" or IN"
c.n,rrs Of prenatal treatment ana 'hH
decided drop in tn" baby mortality ra'c
shows the city tn b. r"hrinG INC t"'h'-
fits Of maternity car" (which waS lirSI
introduced there by III" Now YORK MIX
Committee and which is new being cur
-icd on bv the Maternity Center AsSo-
citation in co-opcratior with the commit
:re and kindred organizations.
Whrclinc'S rate Of death of infants
Iurine the past year as given out in
:hr statistical report of the New lorh
Milk Committee is 1881 per cent Nnen
Tho rate Of New York City itself ia
locked at and compared with the RAJ"
vt our own city. II Is appalling I" S'
,,. ,ifr,rcnrc between these twh with
I,.w York hoaslinc population OF
t.T66.SSS and Il death rate "f sa.H per
cent
The Council Of National Defense
'nbr,urh It's subcommittee, tho Child
Welfare Committee. Is cndeiN"FlnE !"
make their baby saving campaign
success tn" object Of which ~ 10 pro-
snryc th,, lives Of lnn.00n babies during
IN. co;lntry'S second year n tn" war.
TIL. Federal CThldr'n's bureau IL also
working IN conjunction with TN" th'lu
Welfare Committee. but tn" campaigns
will not be- a success unless "hch cry ~
made IN rrallzr it's own responsibility
and enter fundamentally int" the work
and accomplish The desired decrease IN
unnecessary sickness and d"ath. IN"
WnnanE' Club Of this city 10. In charge
nr this campaign IN this section and ar"
working in hearty C"-on"Tat"n with IN"
high officials In au effort I" d" all IN
their power in cutting down this 2ppalI-
ing t.-.lth of infants.
Tho honor infant death rat" among
the cities ~ lNn.non or NOR" prevailed
in Omaha Nebraska. whore IN" marx
WAS 30 Close behind was Seattle.
Washington. with q rat" Of so. or All
;fn cities in ;he and Nashville. Tonnes
500. with Il population Of llo,34, had the
highest ratN--1So.2.
There are five honor roll cities who
boast infant death rates below so These
cities are MI OF the class below 'o.ooP'
Two CT them arc in California. two in
Massa rhuS"tts and the other IN WiScnn-
sin. rs follows: Berkeley. Cal. popula-
ton 4n43O. rate 43.A; Everett Mass,
population G2.4St. rats ass: la Crosse.
! Wis. population 30.II. rate 49,
Rrooklinr. Mass population 27.7?:. rate
AZ: Alrncda Cal. population 23'"S"'
rate 40.T.
Tho rates listed above for our city
and New York are the number nf deaths
under one year OF age per 1000 iiFlns
births reported during the calendar year.
Prenatal care and the milk station
movement are tho two big factors which
Now York is employing to stop the
! many deaths. Since 1912. when m"
milk COMMITTEES Of New York started
it's experiments. by providing med'ca!
and nursing caro- for "Hpcr'ant mothers.
gratifying results have h""n attained.
Within this period StillhirthS havc-b""n
reduced pcr cent. deaths under ono
month Of az" IS per cont. and maternal
deaths CO per cent below New York rates
| in corresponding years,
These figures should make n" many
! -oe;dnnts of tht CITY awaken their eyes
to tho fearful toll which e. hctnG OK
/ acted among tho infants md join hands
! with the local club Of women VII" ar"