114 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



INFANT DEATH BATE IN SEATTLE 

 1.44 IN A THOUSAND; IN MAN- 

 HATTAN 43.37 IN A THOUSAND. 



Now, let us go back to Seattle, Washing- 

 ton. The Eeport of the Department of 

 Health and Sanitation of the City of Seat- 

 tle for 1912 to 1914, page 10, gives the 

 death rate of children in Seattle under 5 

 years as 1.44 per 1,000 children. Contrast 

 this with the Eeport of the Department of 

 Health of New York City for 1913, page 

 144, giving the death rate of children under 

 5 years as 36.25 per 1,000; and, on the Is- 

 land of Manhattan, it is 43.37 per 1,000 for 

 children under 5 years of age. 



I could go on and on, giving other illus- 

 trations; but does any intelligent person 

 want any better or more complete proof 

 of the beneficial results to a community of 

 the weekly medical examinations and li- 

 censing of prostitutes? Can you not see 

 how it has decreased the death rate; how 

 it has protected the unborn and decreased 

 the mortality of children under 5 years of 

 age? How it has put the children in the 

 Public Schools of the City of Seattle, in 



