CENSUS BUREAU
SHOWS THE CITY
CHILD HEALTHY
Poor-Year Trend In City's Favor
Continues As Figure* Are Pro
To Show Rural Infant
SfortaOlty Rate Hi*ho*
Washington?The census bureau
set off another Wast today under
the old idea that more country than'
?city children survive beyond their i
first year: Now It's the city child,
who Is healthiest.
Backing up Its statement with
- figures, the bureau unfolded for the
first time provisional 1933 data to
show 57.1 infant deaths per 1,000
population' in cities of 10,000 or
more, against 58.9 Infant deaths per
thousand*1/1 less populous areas.
This-Continues a four-year trend
In the city's faror.
Prior to 1929, the year the depres
sion struck, theu rban Infant mor
tality rate invariably exceeded the
rural.
Since then, the rural has been in
The trend pf city children being
healthier than country does not
hold true for all .parts of the nation,'
however. When studied by "states
the figures show country babies still |
displaying more vitality than city,
babies all through the south, and
In much of the central and eastern;
section. ?
Whether the depression has had
any affect on the Infant death rate,
country or city. Is highly problema
tical. In a few places, such as the
drought-stricken - Dakotas, hard
times would seem to have been
harder on country babies than city]
babies. - ^
Miss Katharine Lenroot, acting,
chief of the children's bureau, said
the general hypothesis Is that city
mothers probably have been reach
ed to a greater extent by health ed
ucation than country mothers have.
"Public health nurses and medical
care are more available in the city,"
she added. "Many cities have made II
a definite champaign against infant]
mortality."
Whatever the cause the change
QUITE A FEAT
Paul Robinson, of CHemide.
Pa., recently played the mouth
organ continuously for SI hours,
playing the instrument through
his nose while eating and drink
ing, and gave 638 different se
lections?all from memory.
has been, great. Back In 1018, 108
city babies per 1,000 died; as against!
only 04 country babies per 1,000. Ten (
years later the scales had nearly
balanced?60 city, 68 country. The!
next year, they tilted the other way:;
66 city, 68 country. -*
I The provisional 1033 totals com-,
plied today were:
Births In oities of 10j000 popula-J
, tton or more, 043,035; deaths under
?one year, 53.838, or 57.1 death* per
1,000 live births. _ _L_ -1
Births in rest of country, 1,137,508;
deaths under one year, 17,045, or,
48.9 deaths-per 1,000 live birth*. I
Arkansas gave country children'
their highest differential: 81.7 flty;
deaths per 1,000 live births, against i
21.7 country deaths.
With Florida babies It was a toss,
up; 62.0 deaths per 1,000 live births
in cities of over 10,000 and outside,
them.
At the other end of the scale was
Nevada. City areas showed but 45.8
|deaths per 1,000 live births com-!
pared with 80.8 In the country. |
Out In Washington and Oregon
where new Infant mortality lows
were established, city children had
a slight edge.
Other states showing a decided
survival balance In the city's favor
were: California, Colorado, Dela-j.
ware, Maryland, Missouri, Montana,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont
and Wyoming. ?
North Carolina had an urban mor
tality of 87.6 as compared with a
rural mortality of 61.7. In South
Carolina the urban figures were 98.2,
compared with 75.2 in rural dls
t rlsts.
U. S. Cotton
Three-fourths of the world's cot
ton Is produced in " the Uplted
States.
RIGHT FOODS
NEEDED FOR
GOOD HEALTH
If adults are to feel well and be
able to work, and If children are to
be healthy, they must have enough
of the right kind of food, says Miss
Mary E. Thomas, extension nutri
tionist.
A low-cost diet for a farm family
should include milk, butler and
bread for the children at every meal.
Every day the table should have a
cereal such as oat meal, whole
wheat, or corn meal prepared -In
porridges or puddings. Potatoes and
tomatoes or oranges Should be serv
ed dally, along, with green or yel
low vegetables. Adults need milk
at least once a dgy.
Two to ? four times a week the
meals should Include raw tomatoes,
cabbage, or fruits; dried beans or
peas, eggs, lean meats, liver, sal
mon. fresh fish or cheese.
Pats should be used In some
form at every meal. Butter may be
used sparingly if necessary. Patback
may be used instead of bacon. The
drlpplhgs from the pan when fat'
meat JtaT fried may be saved to us?
in cooking other foods.
Eggs are epeclally Important to
young children; they need eggs
every day. Fruits should be eaten
when possible, but canned or dried
fruits are healthful, also. Vegetables
that can be eaten raw are healthful
and of importance in low-cost diets.
A restricted diet for a family of
two adults and two children should
contain each week the following or
their equivalent: 13 pounds of flour
and cereals, 10 quarts of milk, 10
pounds of potatoes, 1 1-2 pounds of
dried beans, peas or nuts, 2 pounds
of tomatoes or citrus fruits, 3
pounds of leafy green or yellow veg
etables, 1 1-4 pounds of dried fruits,
2 pounds of other vegetables and
fruits, 2 1-2 pounds of fats such as
butter, lard, and salF pork, 2 1-2
pounds sugar and molasses, 1 1-2
pounds lean meat or flsh, and 3-4
dozen eggs.
UNLAWFUL WAY
TO SELL WEED
More care In weighing producers' l
tobacco will be In evidence this sea- t
son under provisions of the code 1
adopted by warehousemen and ap-'t
proved by President Roosevelt. It
I The code provided that all to-;
Nicco offered (or nit- shall be
veighed br ? licensed welghman
tod that scale* shall be tested dally
luring the marketing season.
The code further provides that
Hiyers shall pay (or the tobacco on
he basis of weights at the time the
obacco Is taken from the srare
louse Door rather than on th^ ba
ds of what It weighs after It has
>een transported to the factory.
The last mentioned provision pro
tects the warehouseman and rightly'
so. Heretofore the warehouse was
held responsible for tobacco that wam
lost or misplaced on the floor, or
while In transit. Now the licensed
weighman's figures will stand.
Under a recent law passed In
this State, it Is unlawful for any
firm, person or corporation in weigh
ing tobacco for sale to permit or
allow the basket and truck upon
tobacco Is placed for the purpose of
obtaining sucli weight to vary more
than two pounds from the standard
or uniform weight of such basket
and truck.' Violation of this law
carries a ISO penalty and SO days in
Jail. ^
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