Raleigh, April 5—North Carolina last year had the lowest infant mortality rate in its history, with a decrease from 54.5 in 1924 to 47.0 in 1925, according to announcement made yesterday by Dr. G.M. Cooper of the State board of health.
This most gratifying record is due, the doctor believes, to safer milk, through greater uniformity of the city ordinances over the state demanding pasteurized or grade A milk; more thorough education of mothers on the care of infants and the work of 17 county nurses who are scattered over the state, principally in counties which had been troubled previously by high infant mortality rates.
There were 1,484 deaths due to infantile disease during 1924, which gave a rate of 54.5 per 100,000 population. This figure was reduced to1,324 in 1925, which gave a rate of 47 per 100,000. The decrease is a notable one, especially in view of the fact that the state’s population has shown a greater increase than ever before.
Health conditions, in general, over the state have been good since last April, the only outbreaks of any consequence being that of diphtheria last fall and pneumonia and its precursor, influenza, last winter.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, April 5, 1926
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