... year, aged one month, and the cause death was certified to convulsions. The infant mortality. therefore, works out at 88.4 per 1,000 births. Among the causes infant mortality are improper feeding, defective sanitation, pareiual neglect, and epidemics ...

... contents of the burnt building were 500 wedding present, TO LESSEN INFANTILE MORTALITY. Presiding at the reception of delegates to the National Conference on Infantile Mortality at the Caxton Hall, Mr. John Burns, M.P.. President of the Local Government ...

... Umiy one infant died laat yead*. the age of one hour, the lieiiig ceit.ifitd premature birth, which gives infant mortality rate of 30.0 por 1.000 cluidrcn born, being lower than the average for Che hist ten veairs, vis., 49.2, infant ...

... Lords on Monday, there was a debate on sanitation in India, particularly pith regard to its effect on the deathrate and infant mortality, ViscountMidleton raised the Monday. question, and complained that a wrong step had been taken when the sanitary service ...

... percentage of 811 per cent. of deaths of persons over 70 years of age spoke highly of the longevity of residents in Exmouth. Infant mortality was decreasing, and Exmouth was progressing sanitarily though a lot remained to be done, particularly in demolishing ...

... the towns. One death occurred trom whooping cough, which gave a symotic death-rate of 0.52. No infant died under the ago of one year, and the infant mortality was consequently nil. No deaths were reported from phthisis, bronchitis or pneumonia, which spoke ...

... two from measles, and two from enteric fever. The deaths infants under cue year old were four in number, giving mortality 30.78, the lowest record. The following table gives the infant mortality for the past ten jean:— 1902 25 102.04 per 1,000 ...

... its curtailment. Thera has been an enormous increase infant mortality in the large towns Germany during the heat wave, and some of the municipalities •re issuing advice mother*. Three hundred infants at alone from oornplaints the sbnormal heat. THE EXMOUTH ...

... are not improved. In these I provinces the figures of population have already I ceased to show any increase owing to infant mortality. It may be remembered that officers in high military command have likewise pointed out the increasing numbers of recruits ...

... government. MR. BURNS AND INFANTILE MORTALITY. At the Conference on Infant Mortality which was opened at Caxton Hall, Mr. Burns emphasised the importance of organised effort to overcome the handicap put upon infant life and childhood by the conditions ...

... same period the death-rate has been reduced from 23 to per 1,000. Information will also obtained from the census returns infant mortality. Another im- portant alteration and addition is the pro-. vision which figures will be given showing the number of rooms ...

... England and Wales was 1.28. The number ofoeothe infante under one year old was 16, giving intent mortality 77.32 par rOOO ohikiren bom. The rat> for England and Wale* was 121 par 1.000 u . “ infant mortality higher than it was lost year, but is still low ...