... newness to us. The vital statistics for for last year may considered fairly satisfactory, except cue respect, namely, infant mortality. infant death rate 121.4 per 1,000 exceedingly high, not to *ay alarming, rate, and it rails for serious attention. 1 quite ...

... and- the Agenda Club started three years ago, with a view to co-ordinating all the work of social reform. The tale of infant mortality went on from year to year, and was absolutely appalling So much of it, too, was due to perfectly preventible neglect ...

... regard to children. The question of infantile mortality was still the most important public health question before them. Even though the general death-rate had been steadily going down, infantile mortality had not until quite recently, been diminished ...

... fiiving from oil causes 13.6 per inhabitauts. There were deaths from zymotic diseases. There were deaths infants under one vear ag., giving infant mortality «.f 121.4 per 1000. 107 birth' were registered, giving an annual birth-rate line S ol- |' ' ' Printe ...

... care of their babies was the surest method of redwing infant mortality. had minted out before that the distribution. at the time of registration, of • leaflet OD the feeding and management of infants would prove of considerable value. Seventeen carom of ...

... it was confidently expected that Health Visiting, under the Notification of Births Act, would much reduce the rate of infant mortality, as so much attention was paid to the first year of the child’'s life, that most important time. It was impossible to ...

... report the Health Visitor, Mrs. J. Jellie, •hows that 2,632 visits have been paid ; of these 2X06 were in connection with infant mortality, 51/ outworkers' premises, and 109 were special wfctte. addition to these, 510 children trader one year age were brought ...

... Luton's Infantile Mortality. Dr W, Arehibald, Luton's Medical Offieer of Health, states in his annual report that 168 children (includiog two tnmlom!:uthl) under one year of age died daring the year, as compared with 147 in 1910 and 180 in 1909. Tbhe ...

... Dunstable cannot be looked upon as a predisposing cavee in the mortality of infants, there are no occupations that are likely to be detrimental to any extent, Of ceurse, infantile mortality is lower among the better classes than awonget the poorer, as ...

... their little ones, and the growing infant” is deprived of the one food which is uecessary to give it full vigour and health. The next best thing to mother’s milk is cow’s milk, Infants arve such peculiar little mortals that it is mot always possible to ...

... THETFOBD TOWN COUNCIL. WATER PRESS I AND FIRES HIGH INFANT .MORTAL IT V RATE The quarterly 016011112 of Hie Town Council w.i' held, Meclucsday. Presetn : The Mavor (.Mr. G. Browns and Ales.srs. R. Tilley or), A. G. Cronshev, F. IF M lliiurion. S. Oldma# ...

... waste infant life that has hitherto characterised the Borough hot dry summers. a natural ooneequence of the increased prevalence of summer diarrhoea in August and September of 1911. compared witn the same months 1910. the mortality rate of infants per 1 ...