... City Council's Sterilised Milk Denot, gave an able lecturette on Infant Mortality, and the efforts which are being put forth by various municipal authorities to prevent the waste of infant Life.. Much eager questioning brought out information very valuable ...

... (applause). Another matter he was glad to see had occupied the attention of the Council was the question of infant mortality (hear. hear). The infant death rate in Birkenhead had been a serious reproach, and had caused much comment in the municipal health ...

... kindred Associat:on in Liverpool. Alderman Salvitb,n, was also present to give the infant his benediction. And so lam juedi- Sed in saying this is quite an interesting infant. Now I wish nett to this political organisation—that is to say. I wish it may grow ...

... including one in the workhouse, as compared with 82 in 1898. and 82 in 1897. The death-rate was 9.1 thousand persons, and the infant mortality as measured by the percentage of deaths of children under one year of age 8.16. There were five deaths of persons over ...

... so that our birthrate is 04 above the general English rate. Of the births-562 were males, and 546 females. The rate of infant mortality for England and Wales per 1,000 births was 159 compared with 1501 in our district, and it should be noted that the general ...

... confirmed by a Russian gentleman whom he had met only that day) the mortality reached 600 children per 1,000, Who died in the first year of their exietence. European Russia lost 1,200,002 infants in the first year of their existence per annum. Such figures were ...

... chairman of the Infant Life Preservation Bub-committee of the Liverpool Corporation, made at last week's City Council meeting, are not quoted aelf-righteouely (there is little room for congratulation in Birkenhead on the score of infant mortality) but as showing ...

... the President of the Local Government Board to receive a denotation calling hie attention to th• serious percentage of infant 'mortality in England, and the extent to which it could be traced to preventible causes. It is proposed to ask Mr. Gerald Balfour ...

... ltifant mortality, to check the spread of disease, especially phthjsis. and also to bring about an improvement in the condition of the homes of the people. In Huddersfield, where a health society was started by the Mayor, the rate of infant mortality had ...

... with parks and laid-out gardens, that: the death-rate was 10 per 1,000 as compared with 31 in the East. End, and- the infant .mortality 33, as against 235. Town planning paid: parks Were profitable. and everything that contributed to the amenities of life ...

... when it has 'II rubbed- in the dust and filth of the t pavement- it is put ' back in the baby's mouth again. No wonder infant mortality is so high. 0 SULPHUR OINTMENT: Sulphur is a very useful drug for various purposes. It can be used in the form of an ...

... the Officer of Health will Be welcomed with joy. they will find. the death rate decreasing, the population incrtaiing. infant mortality ;comparing very favourably with any other resort in England, and attention -drawn to the districts many advantages. including ...