Reduction of Infant Mortality in the District of Columbia

 
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MARION BARRY. JR. MAYOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 REMARKS FOR MAYOR MARION BARRY JR. REDUCTION OF INFANT MORTALITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FREDERICK DOUGLASS DWELLINGS RECREATION RUOM 1929 STANTON TERRACE, S-E. â– TUESDAY, MAY 19 1987 2 : OU P.M. GUUD AFTERNOUN: TODAY I WANT TO INTRODUCE A SERIES OF NEW INITIATIVES TO COMBAT THE DISTRICT'S UNACCEPTABLY HIGH INFANT MORTALITY RATE. AS ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE SINCERELY STRUGGLED TO REDUCE OUR INFANT MORTALITY RATE FOR MANY YEARS- THIS IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT INVOLVES ISSUES OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS, LIFESTYLES AND BEHAVIOR, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE RESOURCES AND THE AFTER BIRTH ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEWBORN. UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE UUR BEST EFFORTS, THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE FOR 198b