... Lancashire, in his annual report; but against this is the fact the death rate is also the lowest recorded, and the infantile mortality has decreased to 115 per 1,000 births, against 131 in 1908, and an average of 146 for the preceding 10 years. The births ...

... should be held into the cause by the local Government Board with a view i 1 possible to doing away with the alarming mortality amongst infant life. Dr. Marsh, in lus monthly report to the Little Hulton District Council, w?ests that in order to check the spread ...

... belief among mothers that the only thicg an ‘infant cries for is its food. ~ Among the ' ARTIFICIAL METHODS OF FEEDING 1 find great reliance is often placed upon oune or other of the many makes of infants food. Children too delicate to digest cows’ milk ...

... ten yeare 1896-1905. Deaths registered of infants under one year numbered 123,895, and were in the proportion of 132 per thousand births, bat in Lancashire, the county with the highest rate of infantile mortality, the proportion was 161 per ‘thousand. Tt ...

... dangerous, as it prevented the development of the muscles. The infant’s feedg should be natural, and it was the duty of every mother, unless the doctor ordered otherwise, to feed the infant at the breast. She should take an average amount of care before ...

... the mortality being so much less than in former years. The District Nurses and School Attendance Officers often render valuable assistauce by informing me of recent births and cases of negligence, ignorance, &c. I have paid 2705 visits to infants, and ...

... Littla Tevar, with its cold, damp, retentive soil, old pecple and young children being especially prome to them, and the high mortality suggests the need of greater ecare in regard to clothing and exposure to such varying climatic conditions as we usually ...

... an improvement on the past few vear- ! mortality was comparatively low in the b residential parts of the town and highest n ©'*° niore erowred districts, where the hirth ’ reached the greatest height. The infantic 4 rate in Preston had varied from 255 ...

... statements of fact, conclusions, and recommendations under the heads of national degeneration, infantile mortality, parental ignorance and neglect, infant feeding, milk and ite dangers, motherhood, alcoholism in women, education and the mother, bousing, juvenile ...

... Cuerden as members of the Council, and intimated that they had made the usual declaration. SANITARY COMMITTEE. INFANTILE MORTALITY AND CONSUMPTION. . On the proceedings of the Sanitary Comm.ittee Dr. Thornley referred to a letter received from the local ...

... other year on record. Compared with theaverage for the preceding 10 years 1907 showed a decrease of 17 per thousand. !nfant mortality was 118 per thousand, which was 14 per thousand below the rate for the previous year, and below the rate in any other year ...

... Health Committes have devoted much time and attention to the %‘ueshon of Infantile mortality, for which arnworth has a reputation. It was very high in England in 1907. one infant out of every ten dying, but in Farnworth last year, it may be mentioned, the rate ...