... of London. Despito this fact, the birth- rate w.-as higher and the death-rate lower than the Zondon average, while tie infant mortality was 40.2 lbelow that int the MNetropolis generally. Such figures 'ear eloquent testimony to the eonditions under Which ...

... great sensation in the parish. It is expected t&at the position will be she subject of further inquiry. e. EXTRAORDINARY INFANT ,MORTALITY AT NANTWICH. At the fortnightly meeting of the Nantwich Urban Council, Mr. H. Hinde presiding, Dr. J. Munro, medical ...

... there were no textile factories, the rate -f infantile mortality was very high. A similar state of things prevailed even in such places as Scar- borough and Brighton. In London the infant mortality was higher in the West End than the l1 ast, and in Ireland ...

... the high infant mortality, and wished the women of Lancashire would co-operate with the health IN committee in learning the causes of infant mor- ea tality and spreading a knowledge of the tolhni- cal lectures on health. The deaths of infants The fin ...

... energetic t Home Secrt. The inquiry which has just been ordered isuinto the effect of the employ- tent of married women on infant mortality. a the Berlin. Conference-which seems to have a begun and, at least for the present, ended. the erratic activity of the ...

... there was a great improvement in the sanitary condition of the population, as indicated by a remarkable decrease, both of infant mortality and that from a number of other diseases besides-smallpox, fevers, consumption, dropey, &c. Fourthly, as a test case ...

... birth-rate has been 33-2, compared with 38-6 last year. We have liad 115 deaths registered, an annual rate of 20-9. The infant mortality, so high last year, has, I am glad to say, been less by 16 deaths of children numer one year. The death.rate for the ...

... thorough cleansing became at once apparent in the increase of infant mortality. y The hot and dry month of August and the first a I weak of September were the periods of highest L mortality, the maximnu week's death rate beingd .3 per thousand. When the ...

... -with 81-2 per 1,000, then Ince-in- s MakerfialA 80-6, Whitworth 2672, Leigh 25-7, c Aspull 2G-6, Walton-le-Dale 25667. Infant b mortality under one year of age was in the pro. rT portion of 167 deaths to 1,000 births registered. It In the county urban districts ...

... nthe district 49 _ births and 32 deaths. The death-raze-173S per te 1000-was a high one, whc wasdu to ?? unusually heavy infant mortality. PrM Liv- CvaTorso CROVcH CRSTWABT AT ST. -HnasrNS. you! -A crowded meeting was held last nigh; in the nagi loi Volunteer ...

... 132,328; rate of illegitimacy, 3-7a .t per cent.; total number of deaths, 86,833, of P a which 40 per cent. represents infant mortality ` e under five years of age; total number of persons married, 74,382. The age tables show that more El . than 44 per ...

... tbo infant rate at 148 and 163 for 83 of the large English towns. The highest infant rate recorded was at Lees, wbere it reached 26i3tj Eirkham tollows with 24 % The excessive infant mortality is generally attributed to improper fesdin of ...