... have been fairly successful in their aim—the reduction of infant mortality. Thus, the mortality rate of the dep .1.-fed infant appears to he decidedly loss than that of the general infantile mortality rate of the towns in which the depots ...

... of the entire people. Mr. Caine quoted statistics showing the vast amount of poverty in London, and the high rate of infant mortality in the slums. He pointed out the responsibility which rested upon each individual to bring about a better state of affairs ...

... death-rate amongst infants of under one year is at the heavy rate, anyhow, for a so-called healthy place like Beckenham of 1268 per thousand births registered, this rate only conveys to a small degree what the actual death-rate of small infants amounts to in ...

... marriage was the decline in the birth of children and the carelessness with which they were treated. if it were not for infant mortality our race wauld be strong and growing, even with the decline in the birth-rate. Then the third problem was the terrible ...

... British race intimately connected with its infant life. The infant mortality rate of this country is, says Dr. Carpenter, very high, disgracefully high. During the 10 years from 1991 to 1900, out of every 1,000 infants born 160 of them died under the age of ...

... substantial reduction in the infant mortality of the district, which, like that of other places, is unsatisfactorily large. In spite of the publicity given to the common and fatal orrery in the feeding and the rearing of infants much ignorance still exists ...

... MORTALITY. It is with regret, that I have to record • very high Infantile Mortality Rate, for the year under review. Out of a total of 252 deaths registered, 96, ' or •vithin a fraction of 40 per cent, were children under five yew of age 28 of these ...

... MORTALITY AMONG SOLDIERS IN ROUTH AFRICA. A ?unmanlier, paper has been IriV• ing a return el the number of officers end man who, since the ansmenceinent of the present war in South Africa, bore died or been invalided bane front causes other than wounds ...

... e per OM of the population 2O-2 leneral death rate Zymotic death-rate 0 .3 Infantile mortality rate (iindt.i one year), per births registered 75'3 I 'hild mortality rate (under five years), per cent, of death registered RIRTLI-RATE. The total number 9f ...

... fact that the infantile mortality rate for is below the average for the decade, viz., Q 4.0. This is however far too high for such a healthy district as Beckenham, and mothers should recognise the necessity of feeding their infants at the breast, or where ...

... playground, so that the physical training of the older children and the games of the Infants are very difficult to organize. It would be an improvement if the gallery in the Infants' room were replaced by proper dual desks. The Managers have intimated their ...

... were males and 281 females. Seventeen infants were declared to be illegitimate. This gives a birth rate of 17 . 5 for the year, whizb is 3.3 below the rate for year. INT INTILK MORTALITY. The infantile mortality rate is 100 5 per 1,000. Teo years ago ...