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MICROFORM TARGET  \nORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \n308Z  \nSchereschewsky,Joseph Williams,1873-1940.Box 132Problems of infant mortality,by J.W.Schereschewsky,  \nM.D,of the Public health and marine hospital,Washing-ton,D.C.New York,Printed by the Child-helping de-partment of the Russell Sage foundation 190-2 p.L,27 p.1 illus.151x 8=.  \n1.Infants—Mortality.2.Children—Charities,protection,etc.1.Title.16-7599Library of CongressRA610.S33MeD  \n## RESTRICTIONS ON USE:\n\n Reproductions may not be made without permission from Columbia University Libraries                  \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \nFILM SIZE:          mmREDUCTION RATIO:          9:/  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nIB   \nIIB  \nDATE FILMED:3-25-97 INITIALS:                   M人  \n           22659                  \n## TRACKING\\#:\n\nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n5050051000  \n# PROBLEMS OF INFANTMORTALITY\n\n2  \nBY  \n3x  \nJ.W.SCHERESCHEWSKY,M.D.  \nOF THE  \nPUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINEHOSPITAL  \nWASHINGTON.D.C.  \nPrinted by the Child-Ilelping Depar(ment of theRussell Sage Foundatlun,105 East 22dStreet,New York.  \n5  \n1.三  \nAddress  \nat the  \n# Virginia Child WelfareConference\n\nat  \nRichmond  \n# PROBLEMS OF INFANTMORTALITY\n\nBY J.W.SCHERESCHEWSKY,M.D.  \nAmong ancient tribes a certain formof reprisal was in vogue againstweaker tribes who had been so unfor-tunate as to incur their displeasure.This form of reprisal was then,and inthis day,is held to be synonymouswith the acme of barbarity  \nIts mode of execution was as fol-lows:They simply swooped downupon the unhappy objects of their an-imosity,and,having captured them,proceeded to put every tenth individ-ual to death.  \nThis process was called“decima-tion”by the Romans,and even now,the verb“to decimate”carries withit the significance of death run riot.  \nWe speak of armies being“deci-mated”by war,of a people being\"decimated\"by pestilence,and,undersuch conditions,remain aghast at thetragedies of human existence.  \n## INFANT MORTALITY\n\nPROBLEMS OF  \nof living a year,less than that of aman of eighty.  \nYet,there is a form of decimation,of more than decimation,which hasbeen going on in our midst for un-counted generations.Under the verybest conditions,this destructiveprocess amounts to simple decimation;at the worst,not merely to simple,but to double,triple and even quad-ruple decimation.  \nOver 3,200,000 infants of less than12 months of age perish annually inthe countries forming the civilizedworld,or,at the rate of one in lessthan ten seconds every hour of thetwenty-four.  \nThe science of vital statistics per-mits us to look into the matter a lit-tle more closely.  \nThis form of decimation which,only till very recent years,has re-mained practically unnoticed,is themortality of infants in the first yearof life.  \nThus,as an example of simple deci-mation of the new born,we turn tothe vital statistics of Ireland,one ofthe countries of Europe possessing arelatively very favorable infant deathrate,and we find for the 10 yearperiod of 1895-1904 that out of everythousand children born there,104 diedin the first twelve months of life,ora little more than one in ten.An ex-ample of double decimation is shownin the death rate of Germany,where,for the past 10 years,there has beenan average of 197 infant deaths inevery thousand born,or a very littleless than 2 in 10.  \nIn the short space of time at mydisposal I can do very little more thanto outline briefly the main facts inthis problem,and indicate why we arenow just beginning to give it the at-tention it has long since merited.  \nIt is safe to say that very few,ex-cept those who are interested in thematter,are aware of the actual statusof the mortality attendant upon in-fants in the first year of life.  \nThe following statements will serveto give you an idea of it.  \nA new born child has less chance","cbCaicuKgOfs4d13","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicuKgOfs4d13","pdf",672212,"English","# 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