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which is to be carried on, securing comparable data 

 in every instance. The report of each inquiry is to 

 be made independently and published as promptly 

 as it can be prepared. Later it is intended to collate 

 all the material. 



There are various aspects of the present work 

 of the Children's Bureau which I will not discuss 

 here, but I .may briefly mention that the Bureau 

 has in preparation a series of pamphlets on the 

 care of children, beginning with one upon pre-natal 

 care ; that it has ready for the press the first in- 

 stalment of material which will appear as a statistical 

 handbook, embodying the figures of the last United 

 States Census relating to children, rearranged for 

 convenient use by those interested in the welfare 

 of children. 



I wish to mention particularly certain activities 

 closely related to the inquiry into infant mortality. 

 There will issue from the press in a few days the 

 first of a series of annual bulletins on Baby Saving 

 Campaigns, entitled " A Preliminary Report on what 

 American Cities are doing to Prevent Infant Mortality." 

 While this material has of necessity been prepared 

 hastily, it contains statements from various cities 

 as to the precise methods of their work, including 

 copies of baby-saving circulars in various foreign 

 languages, so that it is really a handbook for health 

 officers desiring suggestions as to how to go to 

 work in a given town. 



There is one important aspect of the efforts to 

 reduce infant mortality which is brought out in this 

 new pamphlet. It shows that, according to the 

 Census mortality figures for the registration area 

 of the United States during the year 1910, nearly 

 10 per cent, of children dying under one year of age 

 lived less than one day, and 23*5 per cent, lived 

 less than one week. The same figures for the year 

 1911 show a still more distressing situation. In 1911, 



