The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of FactsSanger, Margaret
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The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of Facts
Sanger, Margaret
Birth control; Eugenics
Total 1,463 196 134.0
Dry homes 808 99 122.5
Moderately dry homes 336 47 139.9
Damp homes 319 50 156.7
Bath 496 36 72.6
No bath 965 159 164.8
Not reported 2 1 ([14])
Water supply in house 1,173 138 117.6
Water supply outside 288 57 197.9
Not reported 2 1 ([14])
City water available 1,333 176 132.0
City water not available 128 19 148.4
Not reported 2 1 ([14])
Yard clean 801 80 99.9
Yard not clean 632 107 169.3
No yard 28 8 ([14])
Not reported 2 1 ([14])
Water-closet 739 80 108.3
Yard privy 722 115 159.3
Not reported 2 1 ([14])
Footnote 14:
Total live births less than 50; base therefore considered too small to
use in computing an infant mortality rate.
The following summary may be of interest in indicating some relation
between infant mortality and cleanliness or uncleanliness combined with
dryness or dampness of homes:
TABLE 4.—DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE BIRTHS AND OF DEATHS DURING FIRST YEAR,
AND INFANT MORTALITY, ACCORDING TO CLEANLINESS AND DRYNESS OF HOME.
Deaths during First Year
TYPE OF HOME Live births Number Infant mortality
rate
All types 1,463 196 134.0
Clean 943 107 113.5
Moderately clean 354 58 163.8
Dirty 166 31 186.7
Dry 807 99 122.7
Damp 656 97 147.9
Clean:
Dry 581 61 105.0
Damp 362 46 127.1
Moderately clean:
Dry 158 27 170.9
Damp 196 31 158.2
Dirty:
Dry 68 11 161.8
Damp 98 20 204.1
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