... FACTORY WORK AND INFANT 4 MORTALITY. f I . ?? THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEIN. On WednresdAy a deputation from, thle Parbarkucnta Bills Committee of ,the ?? 11t.hnd Aaseizat,,q w~aited ou the Home Secretatry, in Lonldonl, to 57y before him'repres-entations ...

... INFANT. MORTALITY. HUDDERSFIELD PLAN SANCTIONED. The House of Commons Committee on the Huddersfield Corporation Bill on Wednesday sanctioned a clause to impose a- penalty on parents for failing to notify the birth of children within forty-eight hours ...

... conclusively showed that the mortality among artificially fed infants was very much greater than among infants fed even partly on breast milk,. and lie believed this was the chief, if not the' only explanation of the high infant mortality. ...

... never more out of place. History proves that a dwindling birth-rate is a symptom of mational decrepitude, and a high infant mortality is a grodi)gal waste of the national resources.” (Hear, ear. 3 : Mr. T. Loftus, the Town Clerk of Blackpool, followed ...

... the mortality among infants in 31 nc;iic.,tc- ?? ?? as compared with other i cluties. :tdi w-.L an. important factor in increasing the gnr.:rl h:zih dieath rate. Among the well-to-do class ;n thie mbsiurban districts of the city infant mortality ::iL ...

... the total worth of the association in December, 1890, was £g207,63A-. In conclusion the Board refer to the subject of infant mortality and insurance societies, and state-- Takle ite experience of our association for the past year. Ont of 21S deaths, and ...

... and said that no- doubt before long important work World he done with regard to public sauitation.. On the question of infant mortality, he felt perftectly certain that vast numbers-1 of the little things were simply killed by rnistake'n . ?? on-the part ...

... local authcrities on Thursday. As the Prime Vinister remarked, one of the supreme tests of civilisation is the keeping of infant mortality at a minimum; but if tested by this slandard the United Kingdom shows up very unfavourably, the figures relating to the ...

... would he every year 60,000 additional infhts born. At the same time, infant mortality tends to increase. “ Wherever we turn and whatever issue in this great question of i¥fant mortality we consider, we are faced,” says Dr. Newman, “with one all-pervading ...

... but a good idea of the ease may be gleaned from two statements. Of every 1,000 infants born in England, 142 die in the first year! In certain artisan towns the infant mortality is 100 per cent hither than in the agricultaral] counties ! Very many causes ...

... 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 ...

... which savagely attacked her while she was crossing the road in front of her house. “One of the principal reasons why infant mortality is so high,” said a medical witness at Marylebone County Court, “is that nursing mothers have acquired the habit of taking ...