... rates, and according to the report of the Medical Mose of Health, the experiment has resulted in a marked diminution of infant mortality in that town. This is not surprising when we consider the large extent to which inferior and adulterated silk is sold ...

... daring the montn. Of deaths from zymotic diseases only 1 is registered, being child who died from typhoid fever. The infant mortality numbers and of these are nr the age of one year, mostly babies about month or so old. From respiratory diseases only ...

... deaths bad been registered in the districa. The %Meant annual birth-rate amounted to 23'1, the death-rats to 14'4. and the infant mortality to 191. No death was due to notifiable diem's. - Ten of marl* fever and two of erysipelas were the only idealism disorders ...

... a complete absence front any caused by the seven chief infectious diseases, though three were caused by phthisis. The infant mortality figure for the quarter was 117, a fairly satisfactory figure for this district at the time of the year. Most noticeable ...

... in the Stourbeldge and Lye and Wooleseote urban distaste, and the Hales Owen rural district, it was reported that the infant mortality was the lowest on record in those diet:iota. —llr. Howard brought up the report, which was adopted.—The committee reported ...

... town of St. Helen's has made in establishing • municipal pure milk depot is said to have greatly reduced the rate of infant mortality, and it has been decided by the city of York, and by other corporations, to follow the example of a publics milk supply ...

... stated that daring the month of July there bad been 25 births, as against 29, whilst the deaths were 16, as against 15. Infant mortality was very high, there being S deaths from measles and several from diarrhoea, the total under 5 years being 9. At this ...

... people especially falling victims, as shown by the fact that one-third of the total were over sixty-five years of age. The infant mortality was also over the average. but not so much as one anticipated. Phthisis caused Mx deaths and syrnotic diseases one. Three ...

... infantile diarrhoeaand in weakly all other ages the death-rate has been low, the total number for the month outside the infant mortality being only 9. The chief feature of this month's work has been a small outbreak of scarlet fever, 26 cases being recorded ...

... were recorded, the birth-rate being the low one of 13.7 per Looo,' and the death-rate a low one of 9.3 per r.OOO. The infant mortality was equal to about one-third of our average, Lair deaths having taken place. Zymotic disease caused only one death. Four ...

... so that the death-rate of 1899 compares favourably with the average. Oat of 141 deaths ts were in infants under one year. This en/ an infant mortality of 76'4 per 1.000 births. as emir* 89 last year, the average infantile eterbility he the het 11 years ...

... wells the town, The infant mortality registered 10, . oh, for the time of year, was not high. Respirey diseases caused six deaths, but for the winter eoliths that might be expected. Six deaths resulted ai phthisis, and senile mortality 3. Under the In', ...