... and diarrhoea have been below the average of the last ten years, and enteric (typhod) fever mortality has uot been excessive. The high rate of infant mortality is commented on under that heading. The occurrence of small-pox to limited extent in the district ...

... tbs past 10 years. The rota was .66 below the death-rate for England and Wake (lam the 100 towns), namely, 16.8. The infant mortality of thorn under five years bowed improvement. Coroners' inquests were held in oasae, as compand with 68 1806. The report ...

... nurses had raised the tone of management of children sad homes generally in Ileanor. 'their noble work had kept down infant mortality, and he was thankful that the Association had been started, it having been a great blessing and a boon throughout the ...

... praeented, and crmeidered highly tie The death-rate for the year wae only 1,000. which wae the lowaat mortality been for very maov vean. The tack place among infante and -ted at Berate •wd it ...

... referring 'to infant mortality.—The Chairman said the et was a very favourable one oompared some parts, and equally unfavourable ▪ oompared with others. He could not see why medical oMoer should impress upon them so It the excessive mortality. He thought ...

... further sub-divided, no less than 88 of this number were infants with a mean age of 18 months, and this is equal to 67 per cent, of the whole deaths from all causes. Of course this excessive mortality was primarily due to the measles epidemic, and it is somewhat ...

... was eight years of age, and three had a mean age of 66 years. The only death oocurring from symotic disease was that of an infant six weeks old from diarrhoea, which he did not thief reflected on the sanitation of the district in any way. The causes of ...

... chara3ter, and gave a death-rate much lower than in any other quarter of the year. There bad been 28 deaths and of these 12 were infants. The number of deaths in the corresponding quarter of the previous year was 40, so the present return was highly favourable ...

... lienoor, the infantile mortality in exceptionally high. It is believed that if the houses were kept clean and simply-worded information r?- garding the feeding of infants was distributed, a great reduction in the infantile mortality would take place. About ...

... death from zymotic disease, and the deaths were the lowest of any quarter of the year. The mortality wee 0.4 per 1100. Of the deaths 14 per cent. were infants, and IS per cent. were over 70 years of age. Dr. Allen said more them half the 64 deaths in ...

... September, 33 ; and Deoemba. 24. Of the last total 12 were maies end AI females, and of the whole 24 deaths 33 per cent. were infants and 33 per cent. were of aged people of a mesa age at death of 76 years. There had only been one death from so infectious ...

... December tl, 18VS. I am eery glad to tell yon it is e( tery (aronrable character. This December quarter shows the least mortality e( any quarter ot the year, and affords another proof (II any wart needed) >1 the benefit which mild winter brings with it ...