... lives of children under one year of age. Within a year the infant mortality dropped from 156 per 1,000 to 109. Then several large lemue ance companies invaded the town, and the death•rate of infante went up first to 170 per 1,000 and then to 180—against • ...

... year than in the preceding. This is 59 less than the average for the last ten years, and le« than in the year, 1895. Infant mortality is, however, fortunately low. The nurses from the hospital carry out an efficient system of district hygiene, and in ...

... There were 23 death' of persons over 70, eleven over 80, and two over 90. The infant mortality was 21, and was again over the average for the last ten years. the high mortality for the year being exceptional. There were 176 births, 90 boys and 86 girls ...

... the tenement blocks with .insanitary surro ndings. exhibits showing what is tomg dons in • fre.h-.i- work and in the infant mortality, tuberculosa, under feeding ■ and unwise feeding. I»ts Sam* Child-life exhibition, the occupation, in which children ...

... effective. Vaccination was a grave danger to life and health. Since its enforcement there had been a great increase of infant mortality from diseases confessedly inoculate. Mr. Ellis added that when he saw a child at Sleaford with its arm dropping off, ...

... a few years ago is being adopted. Vital statistics are given showing the low syrnotic death rate, and the returns of infant mortality as compared with the 33 large towns given in the Registrar General's return. We do not know how the statistics given ...

... children. This wee proved from the fact that during the past yew there had boon 22,262 cases of neglect and starvation. Infant mortality was always highest in districts where there was no officer of the Society. The officers of the Society did much good ...

... children under 12 years old, yielding the low infant mortality of 62.2 per 1,000. Deducting due to premature birth, whore children had no reasonable chance of surviving, the rate was per 1,000. The infant mortality for last year was 81.3 per 1,000. and the ...

... period of the rm. A copy of the handbook can be had free from say of Almon Allan Brothers' I amts. Pains in triff. The Infant mortality et Frames is averaged at 34 per cent. Almost Ave-eighths of the steamers in the world are under the British flag. The ...

... living in the house. Children kept in such conditions must necessarily suffer in health and it was no wonder that the Infant mortality was as great as it was. It would, undoubtedly, be greater if it was nut for the N.S.P.C.C., which hunted up such cases ...

... are reported killed. and several injure]. • STARCH POISONING has been said on anod authority to be the main cause of infant mortality. No farinaceous fmxl should be given to • child till it has • full mouth of teeth, unless such food has been previously ...

... MORE THAN HALF the mortality of Infants under one year of aae is due to improper feeding. Cow’s milk, the usual substitute, can be made a suitable nourishment by removing excess of curd and making up the deficiency of fat and milk-sugar by means of cream ...