... physical and moral condition has degenerated in an even more alarming degree. Onl the point .f population, it is found that infant mortality stands at the high figure of 44 per cent, while tile adult death-rate hras been immensely in- creased by the introduction ...

... 31-0, and in Cork 26f3. The iifant populatricn appears t be sufering heavily from the ueual summer diseases, and the infant mortality explains the high death rate in- roost of the townr. But in Belfast no fewer thin twenty-fize deaths from typhoid were ...

... expressed a strong opinion a on the necessity- of every precaution for the ninvestigatton and- prevention of the alarming infant mortality.- Every case to which sue- picion attaches should be rmost carefully in- vestigated. But zeal may outrun discretion, ...

... held in the Museum, College ?? North, -a paper was read by Surgeon- Major 111-Farland upon. the subject of infant n, insurance and infant mortality. Professor e Byars, M.D., occupied the chair. The subject having been fully disonssed,, the following resolu- ...

... favour- ably with those of former yeams. 1or tile 6rat tinae si3!ee 1880 the births eseeeded the leatih, whilit Ole infant mortality seas the lowest, Q while there is a record repreaenting a rate of 96 pcr 1,00 birtlii. the everage rate for the town ...

... seem to have e r been left to work their way almost un- checked ; Sir Arthur Hardinge, our Coin- missioner, reported an infant mortality of 1 40,000 in one province alone during twelve months. It is plainly sseried by the usually well posted London correspondent ...

... Belfast is not as good as could b. be desired; and it is far from pleasant to read m Councillor Barklie's account of infant mortality. fc The official report of the Librarian to the w Belfast Free Public Library is now in no circulation; and we are glad ...

... Prince has been ( inqtrumental in restoring, beaning nearly the whole i expense in each case.] WHAT 1S THE GREAT SEcRET OF INFANT MORTALITY? It differs with times and seasons, but the, chief permanent factor is Tuberculosis, which recent investigation has shown ...

... at the invitation of Lady Henderson (then Lady Mayorcss), met to consider the best means of doing something lol lessen infant mortality in the city. Mlany chii- dren, whose mothers have to wvork in factories, are left without proper care, so that their ...

... Countess of0 Desart can only discover six reasons why the Russians object to the Jews- They increase rapidly, and their infant mortality is at a lower rate than that of their, masters; they do not amalgamate, and become lost in the Slav races ; they are ...

... have sunk to the lowest depth of squalor and misery; they suffer from chronic asthma, and, of course, the rate of infant mortality is high. There wocld seem to be no remedy, but to destroy the in. dusttry, at least as a home trade. As the foreigners ...

... of women. AVr. Mundella, M.P., presided. -Dr. Latham, mnedical officer of health for Manchester, said that the rate of infant mortality per thousand children born was in Preston, 220 ; Blackburn, 181 Salford, 183; MAlanchester, 178; Oldham, 171. The principal ...