Child hygiene / by S. Josephine Baker.

  • Sara Josephine Baker
Date:
[1925]
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Credit: Child hygiene / by S. Josephine Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    birth is the responsibility of the public, and in the final analysis cannot be considered as reflecting upon the indi¬ vidual mother or family. The latest figures given out by the Department of Com¬ merce relative to death rates of mothers from childbirth are those of the year 1922. These show that during that Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States and Certain Foreign Countries Country and Year Deaths from puerperal causes per 1,000 live births Denmark (1921). The Netherlands (1921). Sweden (1917). Italy (1917). Norway (1917). Uruguay (1920). Japan (1921). Union of South Africa (1919). England and Wales (1921). Hungary (1915). Finland (1918). Australia (1921). Germany (1918). New Zealand (1921). Spain (1915). Ireland (1920). Switzerland (1915). France (1914). Scotland (1919). United States Birth Registration Area (1921) Belgium (1919). Chile (1920). 2.0 2-3 2- 5 3- o 3-0 3-4 3-6 3-9 3- 9 4.0 4.4 4- 7 4.9 5- i 5-2 S • 5 5-5 5-7 6.2 6.8 7.2 7-5 Source: Compiled from official sources or from Annuaire International de Statistique. Latest figures available September 1, 1923.
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