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70 A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES
Infant M o r t a l i t y in N e w Zealand in 1929 was 34.
A Great Advance— Comparison of these figures with these already given
for 1915 and 1916 shows a great advance,—
Manitoba Infant M o r t a l i t y Rate for 1915 105
Manitoba " " " " 1929 71
Nova Scotia " " " " 1915 127
Nova Scotia " " " " 1929 90
Ouebec " " " " 1915 147
Quebec " " " " 1929 121
Ontario " " " " 1916 107
Ontario " " " " 1929 76
National Vital Statistics— Previous to 1926 we had no N a t i o n a l V i t a l Statistics.
The Statistics A c t . passed in 1918, provided the necessary legislation for
the establishment of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This was a great
matter and was destined to have a far- reaching influence, not only on the
agricultural, industrial, financial and commercial interests of Canada but on
our V i t a l Statistics, which are incomparably the most important of a l l National
statistics. What is the use of great resources, unbounded mineral wealth,
magnificent railway systems, bountiful harvests, radio, air travel, millions of
money, if the children who are to inherit these and use them, and the fathers
and mothers who make the homes that build the nation, die before their time
and leave their inheritance to strangers?
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics— Statistics take a long time to collect,
a long time to arrange, a long time to calculate and compare, and the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics, under the direction of M r . R. H . Coats, one of the most
distinguished statisticians cf the British Empire, and his colleagues, did well,
in co- operation with all the nine ' Provinces, to issue the first National V i t al
Statistics for the year 1921.
The Registration Area— For all this important work, without which progress
in Child Welfare work and in the reduction of Infant M o r t a l i t y and
Maternal M o r t a l i t y would have been more difficult and less satisfactory than
it is today, too much credit cannot be given to the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics and to those who founded and directed its work.
Education— The greatest need is education. When people understand,
they will act accordingly. We all want to do our best. It is necessary that
we should all be fully persuaded in our own minds that the care of the Canadian
mother and her c h i l d is a supreme national duty and that if we do not
succeed in saving them alive all our other national work loses most of its
meaning and object.
A Long Way to Go— Let us take one more look at our Infant M o r t a l i t y.
I n the S i x t h Annual Report of the V i t a l Statistics of Canada, published by the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics in 1929, we find on page X X I that 47 per cent
of all our infant deaths under one year took place before the children were
one month old.
Aged one month or less 47 per cent of our babies died.
Aged from 2 to 12 months 53 per cent of our babies died.
N e a r l y half our loss in the lives of Canadian babies takes place before
they have lived a month. What does it mean? It can mean only one thing.
We did not take good care of the mothers. We have a long way to go yet.
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| Title | 1931 - Annual Convention |
| Subject | Convention; Report; AWI |
| Description | Report of the Seventeenth Annual Convention held May 19 to 22, 1931 |
| Language | en |
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| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
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| Date | 1931 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
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| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
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| Transcript | 70 A L B E R T A W O M E N ' S I N S T I T U T ES Infant M o r t a l i t y in N e w Zealand in 1929 was 34. A Great Advance— Comparison of these figures with these already given for 1915 and 1916 shows a great advance,— Manitoba Infant M o r t a l i t y Rate for 1915 105 Manitoba " " " " 1929 71 Nova Scotia " " " " 1915 127 Nova Scotia " " " " 1929 90 Ouebec " " " " 1915 147 Quebec " " " " 1929 121 Ontario " " " " 1916 107 Ontario " " " " 1929 76 National Vital Statistics— Previous to 1926 we had no N a t i o n a l V i t a l Statistics. The Statistics A c t . passed in 1918, provided the necessary legislation for the establishment of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This was a great matter and was destined to have a far- reaching influence, not only on the agricultural, industrial, financial and commercial interests of Canada but on our V i t a l Statistics, which are incomparably the most important of a l l National statistics. What is the use of great resources, unbounded mineral wealth, magnificent railway systems, bountiful harvests, radio, air travel, millions of money, if the children who are to inherit these and use them, and the fathers and mothers who make the homes that build the nation, die before their time and leave their inheritance to strangers? The Dominion Bureau of Statistics— Statistics take a long time to collect, a long time to arrange, a long time to calculate and compare, and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, under the direction of M r . R. H . Coats, one of the most distinguished statisticians cf the British Empire, and his colleagues, did well, in co- operation with all the nine ' Provinces, to issue the first National V i t al Statistics for the year 1921. The Registration Area— For all this important work, without which progress in Child Welfare work and in the reduction of Infant M o r t a l i t y and Maternal M o r t a l i t y would have been more difficult and less satisfactory than it is today, too much credit cannot be given to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and to those who founded and directed its work. Education— The greatest need is education. When people understand, they will act accordingly. We all want to do our best. It is necessary that we should all be fully persuaded in our own minds that the care of the Canadian mother and her c h i l d is a supreme national duty and that if we do not succeed in saving them alive all our other national work loses most of its meaning and object. A Long Way to Go— Let us take one more look at our Infant M o r t a l i t y. I n the S i x t h Annual Report of the V i t a l Statistics of Canada, published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in 1929, we find on page X X I that 47 per cent of all our infant deaths under one year took place before the children were one month old. Aged one month or less 47 per cent of our babies died. Aged from 2 to 12 months 53 per cent of our babies died. N e a r l y half our loss in the lives of Canadian babies takes place before they have lived a month. What does it mean? It can mean only one thing. We did not take good care of the mothers. We have a long way to go yet. |
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