... meantime to exercise a, little more oare with regard to the nature of the deposits. ThTFAICTILE MORTALITY HINTS TO PARENTS. The high rate of infant mortality noted my last report, and which from time to time! has been commented on by me as being a! special ...

... foregoing statistics that though the annual death-rate is slightly higher, there is a notable decrease both in the rate of infant mortality and in the zymotic death -rate, both of which speak well for the sanitary condition of your district, to which also has ...

... 'upto our time of day. seem to regulate the matter of infant feeding. the deaths in mart cases being duo to gastric disturbances and to convulsions induced by the same. The ideal food for an infant, of course Ire all know. is such as nature has supplied ...

... * i* Another important matter dealt, with by the Medical Moor iv the high rate of infant mortality. Out of 33 deaths registered in the town lair month, 16 were infanta under twelve months old. That is equal to about 213 per 1,000, against an average of ...

... one year of are. 3 between I and 5. 1 between o and 15. 1 between 15 send 25, 7 between 25 and 60. and 5 over 60. The infant mortality was at the high rate of 213.3 per 1.000. and ineludid three; deaths from gastriti.. two fr-rn er:c!.- itia, and four ...

... Fifty-sevon deaths wer.' registered, equivalent 'to a rate of 15.56 per 1.000, the average for all England being 16.3. Infant mortality was at the rate of 95.52 per 1,000 births registered, and the average for England and Wales is 133 per 1,000. There was ...

... were registered, was less than in any of the previous ten years. A very noticeable improvement had taken place in the infant mortality, seven deaths only, as against sixteen in 1901. Of the deaths 24 were in people over 65 years of age. There had been ...

... would regard the withdrawal of the missionary as something very like a cal. amity. tts Ine report of Dr. Sergeant on infant mortality in Lancashire raises a MT old question, which has vexed the minds of many medical men. In this case the death.rate is ...

... that, using to t ome eircumatanon rir otter, the marriage hat had been declining, the birth rate had been declining, and infant mortality had been increasing,. This meant that, if it were not arrested, there might—there must—come a time when they would have ...

... more than the other two distriote together; and Caldbeck accounted for 13 out of the 23 deaths from chest diseases. The infant mortality had considerably improved, except in Caldbeck, the figures being :--Caldbsek, 131 deaths per 1,000 births ; Wigton, 60; ...

... one year, 5 between 1 and 5, 1 between 5 and 15,1 between 15 and 25,5 between 25 and 60, and 7 over 60. Th high rate of infant mortality was due for the most part to pulmonary complaints,and diseases of the testinal tract, due, no doubt, to improper feeding ...

... 21 over 6 years and under 15, 24 over 15 years and under 25, 126 over 25 years and under 60, 92 over 60. Total, 430. INFANT MORTALITY was at, the rate of 130 per 1,000, as compared with 130 for preceding year, and included 13 deaths from gastro enteritis ...