... INFANT MORTALITY. There were 468 deaths of children under one year, and 2,9(7 children born. This gives a rat© 156 per thousand birth®, and the which have any record, being 1# per thousand below the previous leweofc of 1896, and below 1906. Of the above ...

... Gradually we are ob™ onilT on am' complete knowledge of the causes which have led to the terrible infant mortality in the concentration camps, and which has afforded so much opportunity for the pro- Boers to revile the British. From the first i» has been ...

... than thq rate infant mortality, which ■shows, marked excess most the larger Lancashire towns. The large English towns having 1901 a, population exceeding include 15 Lancashire; in the aggregate these 15 towns the rat# of infant mortality last year averaged ...

... most important factor governing infant mortality autumn diarrhoea, and the year under consideration there was very little of it. Had it not been for the unusually large number of deaths from measles the infant mortality would have been very low for cotton ...

... under one giving an infant mortality of per cent. * total deaths, against and 50 for the previous years. Daring the five weeks *~. births liad been registered, giving a rate 30, against and for the two years vioua. Tbe infant mortality (under one * was ISO ...

... the inquest, opened on Monday, was adjourned fur a week. CONFERENCE INFANT MORTALITY. The King and Queen have consented become patrons of conference on'the subject of infant mortality which will be held Carton Hall, Westminster, on June 13 and 14 Among ...

... children have died under out year age. which gives an infant mortality 142.75 per thousand births. The above are Hot satisfactory those given in my previous reports, the deathrate and infant mortality being high, whilst tie birth-rale, is rather low. The ...

... the District Councii. the Medical Offic: r (Dr. At-kir»fm) and death statistics for the district covering showing that infant mortality 105.8 ]i'*r thousand the population, this compares with 121 per thousand for the whole country. The Chairman. Mr. W. ...

... for the threa previous years. the 207 deaths, 119 are infants under five years of age (102 ,under or.e year), giving infantile death-rate 57 per cent, of total deatliA. This large infant mortality is caused by the deadly nature the diarrhoea now prevalent ...

... per thousand, against 16J last year, and 22£ tlie previous years (the last year of the series was influenza year). The infant mortality is per cent, of total deaths, against 35 and 32 for the previous years. During the month birtha have been registered ...

... left 128 as the net deaths; giving an annual rate of per 1,000, against 191, and 20 for the previous three years. The infant mortality was per cent, total deaths, against 35 last year. During the mouth births had been registered, giving a rate of 26, against ...

... origin of the disease. The birth-rate for the year for Skipton had been 24.7, the death-rate 17.8, zymotic rate 1.9. and infant mortality 131.3 per thousand. The birth-rate was the lowest on record.—The Council decided to issue posters advising the public ...