. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 287.—Hand-I-Hold Mitts to Pre-vent Thumb Sucking. (Courtesy ofR. M. Clark & Co., Boston, Mass.) Country babies are not getting a square deal. The city babies are beingsafeguarded, and they are healthier in consequence. The census bulletin for1911 shows that every large city is taking better care of its babies than ofyore. The decrease in the death rate is about 50 per cent in New York, Atlanta,and Los Angeles. The average was around 30 per cent. The only cities showing an apparent increase were Minneapolis, St. Paul, Syracuse, Rochester, and Port-land, and

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. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 287.—Hand-I-Hold Mitts to Pre-vent Thumb Sucking. (Courtesy ofR. M. Clark & Co., Boston, Mass.) Country babies are not getting a square deal. The city babies are beingsafeguarded, and they are healthier in consequence. The census bulletin for1911 shows that every large city is taking better care of its babies than ofyore. The decrease in the death rate is about 50 per cent in New York, Atlanta,and Los Angeles. The average was around 30 per cent. The only cities showing an apparent increase were Minneapolis, St. Paul, Syracuse, Rochester, and Port-land, and this apparent falling back isdue to a change in the method of re-cording. In the few states where registra-tion is almost what it should be, thedecrease in baby death rate averaged19 per cent. Michigan made the worstshowing with a gain of 8 per allowance is made for the gainin the larger cities, 16 per cent inDetroit, the figures show that the ruraldistricts lost. As the good things are beingpassed around, the

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