... large e.\c©f*» femal© population. The infant mortality was also low, though somewhat higher than tluit of the previous year. This is perhaps th© most reliable index its sanitary condition—iu E.vmouth th© mortality has been reduced one-baht during the pa*st ...

... thing, declares Mr,. Barnett in Cornhill. towards the solution of the problem of infant mortality. If granny were there to mind the baby and watch the children the rates of infant insurance would become lower, the family able to rent another room, and the ...

... better than in 1918, when the infant mortality was only 53.7. The infant mortality rate for England and Wales was 89. It was anticipated that when the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre was opened the low infant ...

... fighting disease either by medical or social means. The earlier conference, held in Caxton Hall, dealt with the question of infant mortality, and listened to a stimulating address by Mr. John Burns. Mr. Asquith opened the fourteenth annual meeting of the National ...

... cases reaching 100 veers. The longevity of the Romans was due to P high infant mortality. ..fhily the fit xurvived.` By'taking great cure of the young we have reduced this mortality, but at the same time we have not added to the average length Of life. ...

... population of about 7,000. Tho death-rate in the area was 32 per 1,000. as against 16 per 1,000 for the whole town. The infant mortality rate was 252 per 1,000 births, as against 157 per 1,000. A medical mission treated in less than three years 1,10 cases ...

... habit of leaving their babies in the care of young children, and the result is that Acton hag a higher a'.erage rate of infant mortality than any town in the county. The proposal is one of the provisions of the Acton Improvement, which came before a Select ...

... dirco. ted Sir Charlea Hilke called attention to the stork ins the Factory Arty and the number of children, and also the infant mortality due to the employment of mother.. moved reduce the vole. bavins replied. Kir Charley Dilke y motion stay negatived v ...

... the averages being 2011 and 1232 per 1,000 persons respectively. The death rate for the United Kingdom was 17'6. The infant mortality was 126 per 1,000 (that was 126 in 1,000 children born, and dying before they were 12 months old). This high rate was ...

... 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 would be strong to maintain the position to which God had mercifully called us—that of raising up new dominions ...

... undernand. for if the weakly and the delicate survive chillhoed they do not as a rule live to old age., A high rate of infant mortality means in fait • low death rat' after sixty. and vice-versa. The ancient Roman had a ,iesa chance of living to 4wenty ...

... greater proportion of males than females, the disproportion of females over males in later life being due to the heavier infant mortality among the males. ...