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We go forward in health

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THE DEATH RATE AMONG NEGROES HAS GONE DOWN REMARKABLY IN THIRTY YEARS' TIME. In 1911 insurance statisticians placed the death rate at 18.5 per thousand people. In 1930 U.S. Census figures placed it at 16.5 and in 1940 at 13.9 per thousand. This represents not only advancements in medicine, but more hospital beds (though not enough), better care, and an increase in government-financed clinics and health services. The rate of sickness and death among our children also has been greatly lowered. It is, however, still too high, and compares unfavorably with the rate among our white neighbors. But we march ahead.