STATE INFANT DEATH RATE IS FOURTH LOWEST
State Infant Death Rate Is Fourth Lowest North Dakota, Connecticut, Rhode Island Records Better Only three states had lower maternal mortality rates than Wisconsin In 1938, according to the latest...
...Under the federal social security act, Wisconsin in 1940 is spending $85,000 of federal funds, in addition to state funds, on a .maternal and child health program in the state's nine health districts...
...The Wisconsin rate of 29 deaths per 10,000 live births is a drop of 7 points compared with 1937, and 31 Below 1C24, the bureau said...
...Dykstra Says Democracy In Youths' Hands WAUKESHA—If democracy is to persist youth will have to lead the battle, Clarence A. Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin, warned Carroll college students gathered at the annual Honors' day convocation yesterday...
...He said that the American Youth commission, of which he is a mem-, ber, met in Washington last week to discuss problems facing ycung people of the nation and the solutions being worked cut...
...The infant mortality rate of Wisconsin in 1938 was 42 per 1,000 live births...
...Ten states had lower rates than Wisconsin, the lowest, 36 per 1,000 live birth, being established by Connecticut and Nebraska...
...The bureau estimates that at least one out of every two maternal and one out of each three infant deaths can be prevented...
...Is giving special attention to the study of deaths associated with hospital deliveries in the larger cities and deaths of premature infants...
...The children's bureau said that the problem of maternal and infant death rates is most acute in cities between 5.000 and 50,000 population...
...Thirty years ago, Dykstra added, whenever there was a democratic struggle or a political battle, it was youth that led...
...Wisconsin, according to the bureau...
...The Ihree states with lower rates than Wisconsin in 1938 were North Dakota, 24, Connecticut, 26, and Rhode Island, 28...
...State Infant Death Rate Is Fourth Lowest North Dakota, Connecticut, Rhode Island Records Better Only three states had lower maternal mortality rates than Wisconsin In 1938, according to the latest statistics of the U. S. census bureau, the "hlldren's bureau of the U. S. department, of labor said today...
...Recent history has shown, he said, that the existence of democracy is dependent upon youth...
...Home calls on expectant mothers by public health nurses, maternal and child health conferences, special demonstrations, more nurses and doctors, and educational courses in schools are being carried on...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 18
