Careful!

One-fifth of the babies born in the U.S. at the turn of the century died before they were old enough to go to school. Today, if a child reaches his first birthday, he will almost surely reach high-school age. Reason : many of the leading child-killers of the past--diarrhea, whooping cough, diphtheria, scarlet fever--have been all but conquered. Pneumonia, heart diseases, TB and cancer still take a heavy toll, but even these killers are being discouraged by medical progress in treatment and early diagnosis.

On one death-dealing front, man has failed to make comparable progress. In the last 15 years, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. reported last week, the death rate among infants from non-accidental causes has been reduced by 44%; accidental deaths have been reduced only 2%. If a child reaches his first birthday, his greatest danger is from burns, falls, electrocution, drowning, poisons and other mishaps.

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