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RECORD LOWRATE\II*SET IN 1931194 Fewer El Pasoans DiedDuring Year Than in1930, Report ShowsIFaso's Jeath rate duringwas the lowest of any year on recordin the dty health office files, according io Alex Powell, statisticianThere were 1637 deaths. Thisi!the lowest number of deaths1914.(1meanseverylOOO persons,” Powell said. •The nearest to this year’s recordwas 1997, when there was an average of' li.7 deaths to every 1000 persons.There were 1751 deaths last yearHPowell believes the infant mortality rate, which has been reducedis responsible for the low death rate. (lt; ‘The death rate was cut materially through the efforts of the baby clinic and southside social-workers,” be said,’’Compulsory vaccination in districts where there were epidemichelped. And there have been betterand on ore medical attention for charity tuberculosiscases.’*t211 i
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Mon, Jan 04, 1932
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