... impression among all raulke of the army. The Grand Duke Nicholas Nioholajvitoh, the Cqzar's uncle, who has long suffered froun a mortal disease, hold the chief comumaud at the matncuorres in his capacity as Field-Mtershal, and wis, on the day which brought the ...

... possible of these noisome plague-spots emptied. By such a plan doubt- less many lives might be saved, for the mortality from diarrhma among infants whose parents live in old fashioned cottage- houses is generally at this season abnormal. Unless our voluntary ...

... registered in the distirict 1seam1 or unionof Prestn, the latter total occurring against an ios overage of 216 deaths recorded of infants under one, ?? 298 of prsons agd 60 and upwards. There were 121 'Wool deaths registered in public institution ,41 were ecquired ...

... commnent on )u them. As regarded infantile mortality, we still figured Id at a high rate. Though not quite so bad as last year, d we were much the highest of any town in the country as regarded the number of infants who died under one l year of age, in proportion ...

... article of clothing use a patent safety pin. Many an infant has before now been thrown into convulsions by the use of an ordinary pin in its dress. Cotton clothing is better than linen for an infant, as it is waiamer and less likely to absorb perspiration ...

... has gleaned from general reading, viz., (1) that Preston has the highest death-rate in England; (2) that its in- fantile mortality is abnormally heavy; and (3) that the greater number of children die from diarrhwa before completing their first year; the ...

... beyond being a little shaken. THE MAY FJeTIVAL.-A well-atteaded meeting of the promoters of this festival Was held in the Infant Schoolroom, on Thursday evening, the Rev. Leyland Baldwin, vicar, in the chair. Some prelimi. nary arrangements were made ...

... could wish. Dnring the five weeks over which the record extends, there were 264 deaths in the' borough, showing an annual mortality Vate of 2517 per thousand., Influenza and the ailments that follow in its train have made serious inroads on our popalation ...

... years, and 25177 for ten years. The heavy mortality, it will be seen, is principally accounted for amongst infants, the rate in children under one year alone being 23 36 or 6303 of the total. The highest mortality was in Park Ward, where 2G deaths were recorded ...

... Matthow's Schools in religious knowledge last month all the three depart. ments (boys', girls', and infants') were classed as ex- cellent, the report of the Infants' School beingas follows :- The children acquitted themselves exceed- ingly well, the examination ...

... for half a century. There is one feature about the Registrar General's return which 'has painful local interest. Infantile mortality, we are told, is lowest in the agricultural districts, and highest in the mining districts and manufacturing towns. Preston ...

... movement and excitement that attea. ded the Kiaiser's visit. Even Royalty is not exempt from the cares and worries of ordinary mortals ozn such occasions, and the establishment at Osborn% is* not maintained on such a footing as to make the almost continuous ...