... Scotland. He went on to say that there were two outstanding matters which required immediate attention—he referred to infant mortality and the prevention of phthisi•, and gave excellent reasons why these matters should receive their every support. 'He ...

... AGE MORTALITY. Infantile Death-rate.—The number of deaths of infants under one year was 93, giving a rate of 108 deaths per thousand births.' and the infantile death-rate represents 26 per cent. of the total mortality. Deaths Under Five Years of Age.—Of ...

... at length describe the same track. Those who have lost an infant are never. as it were. without an infant chile. The other children gum up to manhood and suffer all the changes of mortality: hut this one alone is rendered an immortal child, for death ...

... that there were 46 fewer births than the previous year. 2 marriages lens, and 26 more deaths. The mortality, it will be seen. was greatest•' 'among infants and persons between fifty and eighty years of age. There were 17 Vlarians and four well on in the ...

... last year. At the last meeting a letter was read from the Loaf Governmast Board drawing attention to the large infantile mortality in Lanark. being second only to the city of Cillasgow, whin the ceases of this. The Clerk reported the medical of bad replied ...

... anent the question of infantile mortality, we have carefully considered the matter as a whole. but without having the aid of any statistics, we do not know and cannot form any opinion as to whether the infantile mortality of Coatbridge is abnormal as a ...

... and Wales last quarter, 25,672 were those of infants under one year of age; 55,719 those of persons aged between 1 year and 60 years; and 45,972 those of persons aged 60 years and upwards. Infantile mortality measured by the proportion of deaths under one ...

... million living at all ►rev and of both sexes, as against an average of 2730 per million in the decennium 185140. Plithisis mortality has. therefore, fallen by 49 per cent. within the last fifty years. Ever since the year 1851 phthisis fatality hint varied ...

... enteric. There were no deaths. THE INFANTILE MORTALITY. Councillor 'Chisholm called attention to the last paragraph in Dr Farguharson's report as medical officer of health regarding the infantile mortality, and said he was there asking very important ...

... problem of infantile mortality. Man is ushered into the world the most helpless and dependent of all createres but given a fair chance, sanitary surrouni ge, careful feeding and nursing there is a wonderful vitality even in the infant. Do they get a fair ...

... INFANTILE MORTALITY. Dr Brock, the medical officer of health for the burgh of Linlithgow, in his annual report to the Local Government Board. makes special mention of the infantile mortality in the burgh last year. He states :—The infantile mortality rate ...

... National Society for the Prevention of Infantile Mortality,l etc., will deliver • public lecture, in the above Church. on Monday, 10th February, 1908. at 8 o'clock p.ro. Subject: The Wantage of Infant Life alluatrated by Lime-Light Views). Couneilbr ...