Infant Mortality: Results of a Field Study in New Bedford, Mass., Based on Births in One Year (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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New Bedford, in 1913 a city of approximately population, is located 57 miles southeast of Boston, at the mouth of Acushnet River, where it broadens into Buzzards Bay. The city is attractively situated and occupies a particularly favorable position commercially, extending along the west bank of the Acushnet River for a distance of 10% miles and having unusual dockage facilities.

In former times it was the whaling center of the continent, but since the introduction of petroleum into general use as an illuminant the industry has declined.

In the past 40 years New Bedford has led in the manufacture of textiles and especially in the production of fine cotton yarns. The line of the water front, formerly indicated by the masts of whalers at anchor in the river, is now marked by tall chimneys of cotton mills along the banks. Besides the cotton mills, other industries have dev'eloped in New Bedford, including the manufacture of cordage, cigars, shoes, glass, silverware, mechanical tools, twist drills, and manufactures of copper.

The city has a large foreign element, attracted there by the demand in the textile and shipping industries for unskilled and semiskilled labor. In 1910 over 45 per cent of the population were foreign born.

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