... the Council proceedings. v Mr. Irving added that he was a member of the Health Committee of Burnley, where the rate of infant mortality in the town was about the highest in the country. It was a scandal and a disgrace to the town, and he haa described himself ...

... in reply to Mr. Alden, said the Local Government Board were taking active steps to ascertain the causes of excessive infant mortality in large industrial towns and areas with a view to the adoption of remedial measures. It was not necessary to appoint ...

... INFANTILE MORTALITY. Mr. Higham drew attention to a minute of the Health Committee stating that the Town Clerk had referred to the feeding and care of infants, and to certain printed matter thereon which he had received from the County Council. The matter ...

... deaths and a rate of 13.08 for January, and 53 deaths and a rate of 15.49 for February, 1905. The deaths in infants under one year numbered 6, a mortality of 76.92, as compared with 80.45 for January, and 116.88 for February last year. Zymotic diseases had ...

... years of age form 35 per cent. of the total deaths. The natural increase of births over deaths for the year is 90. The mortality of infants/ under one year of age is 29, representing a death vate of 134 for every 1,000 births. The average for the ten Yyears ...

... in feeding and rearing @ baby. Where prizes have been offered for the proper and healthful treatment of in.fants? in their first year, the mortality among them has gone down in almost miraculous manner. This in itself proves that thousands of the lives ...

... ‘*“ have one common feature, namely, a large infantile mortality, due principal)fy to deaths from diarrheea. It is most gratifying to be able to record that during tlhe past quarter only one infant death occurred in the township and that was due to premature ...

... the British race is to pay more attention to the children. Like everybody else, Sir John admits the main cause of mortality among infants is improper feeding. He said if girls at school learned less grammar and fewer ‘“extras’’ and more about bringing ...

... improve the schools, and introduce regular medical inspection. Adverting to the scandalous infantile mortality rate, he said in many cases infants were starved for want of sufficient milk. The Christian Social Union existed for the sake of doing something ...

... \'1:&3,r MORTALITY. J ¥ Speaking on “ Women in publi¢ fhfiwr,’ ministration ” bhefore the members O,eot;a?- Western Centre of the Sanitary InsP ...

... about to be taken which it is hoped will materially reduce this heavy mortality, due in great measure to lack of knowledge on the part of mothers of the proper method of feeding infants.” | THE TRAMWAYS. | Amongst the committee minutes were the following:— ...

... feature was the fact that there had been 16 fewer deaths of infants ninder one years of age as compared with 1908, No doubt the observations made by Dr. Patchett on the question of infantile mortality in the past years, and his advice thereon had had some ...