... INFANT MORTALITY. The number of deaths of children tinder one year age has been 4, equal to a mortality of 47-62 per 1,000 births registered, as compared with per 1,000 births registered in 1896. PHTHISIS MORTALITY. The number of deaths from phthisis ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Ta connexion with the finding o the nine Loties in a in Birmingham, the coroner Mr. Isaae Bredley) addressed a letter to the Negistrar-General of Births and Deaths sug- gesting that the law should be altered so as to hiring stillbirths ...

... AUSTRALIAN INFANT MORTALITY. The Colonial papers are calling attention to the excessive rate of infantile mortality in the great Australian cities. It stated, on the authority of official figures, that were not for the pitiable loss of infant life the ...

... INFANT MORTALITY AT ST. THE MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. Nicholls, medical officer of St. Ives, has just cnnual report, which shews a birth-rate of ce thousand, and death-rato of 21.66 Infant mortality was at the rate of 7.05 per or 215 deaths to 1,000 births ...

... What the Great Secret of Infant Mortality? It differs with times and seasons, but the chief permanent factor Tuberculosis, winch recent investigation has shown to the increase annually among children. The disease is propagated chiefly through cow's milk ...

... Poisoning has been sail on rood authority be the main cause infant mortality. No fari'iaccous food t-houid be given to child till a full mouth teeth, unless such food has been previously malted. Horlick's Malted Milk cow's fresh milk combined with wheat ...

... Starch Poisokino has been said pood authority be the main cause of infant mortality. No farinaceous food should be Riven to a child till it has a full mo«th teeth, unless such food has been previously malted. Horlick's Malted Milk is cow's fresh milk ...

... the British Medical Association to-day waited upon Mr. Asquith to urge the nooseior legislation with a view to lemming infant mortality, by preventing mothers from woriting in tactories for a certain period.—Mr. Asquith promised to give all the representations ...

... death rate had been considerably lower in 1897 than in 1896, being 16*3 in 1897 as against 19*5 in the preceding year. Infant mortality had been excessive. Influenza and bronchial affection seemed to be responsible in great measure for deaths in young children ...

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... female. —With reference to the Medical Officer’s annual report, the committee were of that the question the high rate of infant mortality ought to investigated, but that portion the report bearing the congested state the town, as well that referring to the ...

... Swam made a reference to the heavy death-rate in Plymouth daring the peat few weeks, and said it was due to the heavy infant mortality, caused by malnutrition and the climatic conditions. The Sanitary Committee had issued directions to parents as to the ...