... period last year 108 Rate of infant mortality, measured by the rrc%glim of deaths under one year to birtbs, was equal to 296 per 1,000. Notification of infections disemses: Scarlet fever, 4; evynrdn. 1. Infant mortality in wards : Central, 403; Bast ...

... AND INFANT MORTALITY. Dr. Richards, the medical officer of health for Croydon, has just made the discovery that 80 small cottages in Wilford-road are occupied by no fewer than 784 persons, and that the death-rate is 43.54 per 1,000. The mortality among ...

... Goriser of Lagos, of the result of a commission of inquiry into the great infant mortality of Lagos, held in that colony during the present year. The causes of this mortality were plainly indicated in the report, e.g.. overcrowding, excessive beat , ...

... exposure to cold and wet, and Improper nursing. Much might be done to lessen the infant mortality if the mothers could be in , truced how to feed and manage their infants, and, more important still, if the parents would recognise the peat advantages of ...

... all ages, anal with imos:rating Ignore. The report then • amenable refram to deaths, stating regress Ma, rate of infant mortality keeps herb it. die' net. end would hail wth the &dealt of leen/anon making it an offense for • amber to sleep with an ...

... chief zymotic diseases the mortality has been at the rate of 1.3 per 1000 per annum, for which the deaths from scarlet fever, enterio fever, diphtheria, diarrheea, and whoop- Ing cough are responsible. = The rate of infant mortality was equal to 13.04 per ...

... the excessive mortality of children in Blackpool, through summer diarrhcea, which is caused to a great extent by the neglect of the little omes in regard to suitable diet in the strain and stress of the season. This summer infant mortality in Blackpool ...

... demolitions slum dwellings. The reason, apparently, is that the high rate is practically altogether due to excessive infant mortality. Taking the difference conditions into account, the adult death-rate in the slums not much higher than in hotter parts ...

... females, giving an annual death-rate per thousand of the population, against last year and 20* the year previous The infant mortality is 34 per cent, of total deaths, against 43 and for the tso previous years. During the five weeks births have been registered ...

... world, and in England, with oil its boasted pre-eminence, the death-rate testifies that llerod i* still work. Why if the mortality infant? out proportion tho population and that of adult people? In the majority of cases is because they are led artificial ...

... rear a very feeble Infant in the close air of • fiat or tenement I house: this is the reason the mortality among infants is so great in the city and crowded country towns. A sickly mother, milk is not wholesome food for a delicate infant: Wholesome cow's ...

... RED PACIFIES THEM. It has been noticed the matrons of infant asylums that a baby will be cross all day if dressed in a gray frock/ but contented and happy if dressed in a oright red garment. Children from two to four years old are much less affected by ...