... professbn that the use of intoxicants plays a prominent part. Further, in the above table no account is taken of the infant mortality brought about by the neglect of drunken parents, the many fatal accidents, and cases of manslaughter and suicide in which ...

... and 27 and 29 per Children die young where the taverns are numerous. In the district* where there are few lieeneex the infant mortality under fix. yearn of age is 15 and 20 per cent. There are pot . .r people in each of the districts. It is more the habits ...

... were largely preventible. The infant mortality in this country was, no doubt, slowly decreasing, but it had not declined in anything like the same proportion that adult mortality had declined. In Norway the infant mortality averaged 100 per ...

... of 21,000. The average death-rate is found to be 30.8 per 1,000, compared with 212 for the rest of the borough. The infant mortality reaches 239.2 per 1,000 births, as against 168.3 for the rest of the borough, and 150 in the large towns of England. ...

... especially noticeable for its excessive infant mortality. There are some places in it where the death rate, instead of being 22 per 1,000, is 80 or 90. The excessive mortality of Liverpool is largely due to the infant mortality, and this is ...

... contribute largely to the tutare 111100111 of tte Company. INFANT MORTALITY. The C mpany diecoivrages insurance on intent lir payable 014 n death. It does not cl- grade life assuraLem to a gamble in Infant m,ortaht , but r strict, Its overshoes to the legitimate ...

... Niven, the Medical Officer of Health for Manchester. in his report for the quarter ending December, states that the infant mortality in the city more than the average in the thirty-three great gnglish towns by forty-four per thousand. In this infamous ...

... Remember that this body is wellknown for its abstemiousness, and for the guarded lives of its members. Inclusive of their infant mortality the average age they attain is sixty-one years, or about half as long again as the average of a generation of the whole ...

... to the General Hospital for Sick Children, Manchester, and lecturer on diseases of children at the Owens College, on Infant mortality in Manchester, we find the following passage— The densely-populated districts of Manchester are largely made up of ...

... should do. Causes of Excessive Mortality. The following extracts from the report of the two eminent experta named lave no room for doubt as to what are the main causes, or rather, what is the main cause, of the infant mortality of Liverpool : -- With ,regard ...

... Jewish mothers bestow on their offspring in the early period of their existence, and so safeguard against any appreciable infant mortality. A second cause is the Temperance and sobriety of the Jew. A correspondent writes to the Drink in the Methodist Times ...

... tlesh-eaters. The mortality is only 20 per 1,000, in spite of the large infant mortality, due to lack of care. It is not unusual to see a week-old baby strapped on the back of a child about eight, and sent out to be jumbled about as its infant nurse disports ...