New hospitals and schools are handicapped by the lack of trained professional help. There are relatively few doctors and most of them are concentrated in Baghdad. Infant mortality remains high at 250 per 1.000 births. Included in Iraqs population are about 90.000 Christians. Only 5.000 Jews are left out of a population of 130.000 in 1948. most of whom emigrated to Israel. Political power is held by a group of feudal sheiks who name and control members of Parliament by gerrymandered districts. Only 15 percent of the registered voters went to the polls in 1953. and civil liberties have been rigidly controlled by the government in power.
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