... INFANT MORTALITY. deaths occurred among children under one year age, being equal to a death rate of 76 per 1,000 births as compared with for 1916. The rate for the whole of England and Wales for 1917 was ...

... REDUCING INFANT MORTALITY. In presenting the report of the Mid wives Acts Committee. Dr. Waugh said it was hoped see the result of the work of the Committee and the health visitors in a reduction of feint mortality. During the last quarter 2311 visits ...

... Committee of the County Council, presided. lecture on “Infant Mortality, its ami prevention. was given Dr. W. Archibald. K.0.H., Luton. dealt with the most common preventable cause* of Infant Mortality, and point out that though the general death-rate of ...

... lessening infant mortality. Happily, a great improvement has already been effected in Luton, largely through th® efforts the health visitors and th® Infant Welfare Centres. Last year the infant mortality in Luton—that is, th® deaths ...

... to find decent housing accommodation at a reasonable rant. Our housing conditions are a fruitrul source of much of our infant mortality, our t.ickness, our restlessness and discontent. We must put our brains, our enera, and our money into practical schemes ...

... other hand had than men, but had made very little Then there w•• the mestion of the of the et As the present tone the infant mortality rase eery lugh—aornethiny like 10 pm rent died in the firma year of their The nerranary tonna whirth dim required were ...

... making the correct total 90. There were 16 deaths from heart disease, two pneumonia, four tuberecle, and five cancer. The infant mortality was only eight, quite a satisfactory figure. There were no deaths from typhoid, scarlet fever, small-pox, or diphtheria ...

... r Every Wednesday from 10 to 7 Messrs. Sandon and Son MARKET SQ., BiaOLESWAOE Painless Extractions for 1/- The Heavy Infant Mortality. mother wrlt«« “We owe our child'* life to Flasmon> She was gradually wasting away, and the doctor said h# feared nothing ...

... there had bear, a set-off the death-rate being reduced from 25 15 It was a matter for congratulation to everybody that infant mortality, which for some time stood practically stationary, lad dropped during the last five years from 145 to 109 in England ...

... It was interesting note that one the deaths was woman who died in the workhouse the age of 101 years. Under the head infant mortality 5 deaths occurred amongst children under 12 months old. One was due diarrhoea, 2 to premature birth, .and two illnesses ...

... giving a mortality rate of 636 per 1.000 dot drew prematurely boon. Of 963 ohildren brew fed, 35 died, giving a mortality rate of 36 per thoomand births, sod of the 163 children fed by artificial foods of all descriptions, 17 daid, • mortality rate of ...

... against them. With regard circular child welfare, the Medical Officer said he considered that in a district where the infant mortality was not high and the birthrate was low. there was no necessity to introduce a maternity scheme, and the doctors and mid ...