... annual rato of .26 94 per thousand., With the 'oeoption of measles, to which. reference will 'afterwards be n made, the mortality from the zymotio- diseases ohas been ?? small, 'and . there has also been a reduction in the amount of sick. less- from- ...

... from scarlet fever, and 71 from measles. There were also 310 deaths, including S74 infants from diarrbea, 61 from whoopine eough, 12 from diphtheria. The rate of mortality from these zymotio causes was 424 per thousand, which exceeded that of any large ...

... deathrate amongst very young children has also' been heavy, and reference to the mortality tables will show that out of the total 866 deaths,. na less than 211i. were those of infants under the age of 12! months. The births registered duting the month numbered ...

... numbered 622, or not much short of one- fourth of the total registered mortality. The infantile deaths froms all causes amounted to 923, forming more th&an a third of the mortality at all ages. This is indeed a heavy anld disheartening list, but the loss ...

... deaths which is some. wilat below the average for the pist SiX years The greatest mortality was in vyotng aduilts between 15 and 25. St. Peter's Wart feowe(l the heaviest mortality, while Christ ',hurcj Ward escaped witbout a single death. In some inistancee ...

... to chills from their luxurious methods of life. In Madrid, business has almost been brought to a stand- still, whilst the infant king to the no small consternation of the lieges, has fallen a' vic- tim. The other day the palace was suddenly alarmed with ...

... the return the high mortality is soon ex- plained. Out of the 85 deaths 48 were those of infants who had not completed their first year, seven were in their second year, and five others were under five. So that altogether the mortality roll for the week ...

... case of numerous working people-the more Mu regular attendance of mothers at home, the [cd better nursing of infants, in whose ranks ith mortality most prevails, a closer regard for the Pvht vietfs' of, .pti snal' a lennines, &c. And there i;'f I be'- no ...

... deaths 12 were males and 12 females, being a birth-rate of 30-69 per 1,000 and a death-rate of 27-28 per 1,000. The mortality among infants was very heavy, 14 out of 24, the chief causes being chest diseases and convulsions. The ] doctor thought that these ...

... there has been an advance in diarrheeal mortality, chiefly owing to the high tempera- ture, but the welcome break in the drouglht wvill probably set mattersaright in this respect. We note that last week's mortality was same- what heavy. Fifty deaths were ...

... report its follows ?? The rato of t mortality for the past month is heavier then any which ; I have had to bring before your notioe for some con- siderable time past, the inroeaso being due the rise in the r mortality from infantile ditrrhoa, eopecially ...

... generally the return is satisfactory. But the infantile mortality still shows an alarming proportion. Of the deaths recorded last week 22 or more than half, practically 5510 per cent. of the total Were infants in their first year, and there were eleven others ...