The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-22
CROP OF BABIES
SHOWS A GAIN
Mortality Rate in Cities
Is Considerably
Reduced.
LIFE CHANCE BETTER
Brookline, Mass, Has Lowest
Death Rate, While FL Paso
Texas, Has Highest.

NEW YORK sept Sea'',o'
Washington, OF an I,c ulS 'tleS u,
the United states, " hnN'nB ll' pSsy p'Sy
success IN rhSihE ,ue y'"""S
most important crop , -,c
Rrookllne. Mass Ul ,' ~. "'
Incorporated cues IN me souh,ty,
has the lowest dealh ray OF na.'y
during ~ - ,'..,,1 ,,biic In p.s,
ever one 'l,su''St'iiDr ,,,. Si,,r,st irs,nt rnnr,
TEXAS 59s 5'9s do,th nrr,irrln- among
taaS' ono yaar ola ont Of
hapl,S ,,,s,,d
eVg.S go" inst , f,w Of tho in
,,;,t.s b~ourbt our in rho
leI'a,,' .,' "b,by crop' r,pott bst
pIy.,,'.....,I Is. he A,ncyicar child
vvin.' ,ss,ciar,r of which Or
- r,gor pf this clty ia
In..8 Tho census bureau IJsuos
p'g1.,r,r .,nort each veai. hut ow-
90, lha vast amount Of labor in
lht l3 nyf,rt,1 firurrs for 1919 may
Eo nxrcctcd before Tho middle
nv. yc5r
VI ",N' ,.,... ...... ,...,.. ,,,.. ,,,,.,
ne wv N'' oND' ,,,ttIl.,'' ia M
In the 'uuHu Ia IL -. ib.
Van !hben ~ i'T r,,.,ll,n,, .ssci, lon
AnsI 'y,''i ,,e cI,,,,rcS "I,efters wer,
so..',u So ,hc braIlb officers of every
,ls,,,rst,d NV In fhp country,
y',sg ,,eo'' were finally received from
80 I,,ios of over I'd. 600 popuialiou,
mn nearly thirty-one millions.
40. Largo r.ronortiou of the
,,t,, - In This area oven $50. OOO
L.E,.si births were reported wnc
ooS..S oaS.O tJ,trs fnr n. Unite. States
.,,,,t IN ahoI,t tNyo nng . half mil
al.o",'' 60
"O''' ...t
rms n0",Vc,. ~ '''s. wy .,',..,,,, S,' .',',
mate, SAID pi' van lhE'a' W.
In only '"vn,'S-'MV s,a'es 81, ~, an
prokIees' 80. hJ,ihs ro,oyt.1 ord
P.I "a ,r,yert,,' other statcs have
a,,,trir, n NM tbov are not
mwS A,,d y., an thc rrq,istration
t,'VI " I 90, ,,,9v danrnd "a ,hIld's
Oi nus '.l' VI co. 80 hfs .iigibilitv
.bHi5 oFftca IN inherit ana his
W - .i-bt ia -, ,yidovv's neusion.
H'g'. ,,,rs .gn a greet lsrenrh
i.s.tgt st,to5 tbat babv who
-, i,to ~, world has loss chance
y i,,,o oro Ural tban an old man OF
rirst, and less chance TO live one
nerson az eighty. An
snaivsis cf tbe report. however,
shows some interesting and encour-
aging things.
r., x,,.. c,. R,,,,s
80, - - ,So host c,.ar for
,.htcs 4, 81, countrv To,. tho 56g
ut,sns 80 ,ogntbsr tbe infant NOR
'T,S 80. az N'v,btcb noans The Num-
snr ., bobios Who died ner thousand
SorrfaIi an thc oncoiira ginR figure
90 a. This 10 a saving Of nearly
,weIye thousand over the 1918 rate.
INA, wear, however, will be remem-
bered as tho great Influenza year,
and The eomuarison is not fair. II
The 1917 rate. 80. had prevailed.
seven thousand more babies would
have died,
n,t,, , sou, ,.o,rs ago the spend-
inc 81 nnhtjc ,nonsy in Tho effort TO
git. s =, -, puu'T fair chance for
H. ,,,,, ;cis,t go "a ,,igorousIy on
naso% 49, Lt,.a, go, 4, 'ts none TO
sasy n get money Tor these cil!zens
who cannot sneak for themseivcs cs.
Medical science tells us that SO per
cent OF these deaths are unnecessary
and can be prevented. Practical eN
perience proves II. In our largest
cities the death rate for babies used
to be very high and 1t Is high stlli
In some of them. There is the dense
congestion, poverty and ignorance -
combat. Almost all these cltles now
spend large sums of money LOT ch4d
hygiene work. Inc results arc
SHOWN IN the lntaht NOR amy '"'@
W" horh o'"huS IiE't -
among the twenty -Iour CI'''S -, ",
oyer S"u."pp rsP%itea, ~ "I' -
s sne 49, aSe loI .he ~ ''.u ,,,,,,ts
~ .N' M"oIe - Was 90, ~ }I,on
os'o" .ne seltl al -,,,,,. a
go aso II ~'ta titt an, sno Nj Ito
Ss 1''', men. Va ,no , W y, tGIa ~
,Soso S,a Wy" t,'e wv ,i,a forr wore NOT
hoIo', o''Iea, 80. Wy W. ct,,. LARGEST
S,,,, 80, S 50. ~ T1,,is
ia T., "a -, ~ ~, ,,S So Erancisco'
.t- Hfi,,n,a"Sils a. and seat
ye - 40 ,,n,,d ~ ha, recnrd figure
~ "a
In p,a ci,i.s 90 toss than 95O 600
,rS - ,i,a', Ioo ooo tbe rota is
rnt a,,tto - hoirg ga ant
49,, -, ~ s'-,,,..,,t,,,, In tg17
49, 90 l., IqTG a.
~ 20 -. "a nor
@ ~, "a, - s,,ocood.d
Se"t oL these clues h'ue ~ ,. suIl IN
m se''Ihs oelo" sH' IOo .t', i,tN. ,ro,,
sa meNt sloup' III ''' o.
oUvOO 10 iVu'VVo' lht '"'' - - ~ ol,
u me 70 belnE bcln" yo .ta' o,c n
( as against ~ IN l9l' ana ~ III 10 w.
IN spite or the soW'"hAt nlsn,I