... THE BABIES In yesterday’s issue we referred to infant mortality in Dublin. We pointed out that of 164 registered deaths in Dublin for one week 42 were of children under five years of age. ‘A corregpondent, Mr. Wm. Rooney, in a letter to hand, charges ...

... rate of mortality, and compares very unfavourably with that for Belfast, London, Glasgow, and Edinburghs/ The most serious and distressing feature of the Registrar-General's weekly return is, as usual, the high percentagze of infant mortality. Of a total ...

... ov births. And of boys Ixtrn many are punt and weakly. and more or less feeble-brained. An alarming increase of male infant mortality was coincident with the pre-war increase of girl births. By forbidding all strenuous activities. social or athletic—but ...

... ruthiet*j war had obliged them to realise for their country’s -*a.ke that they must endeavour to gave infant life and prevent the causes infant mortality. With this view innumerable experiments were being made and new methods tested in all our centres c ...

... of milk, the causes of infant mortality. 'The figures were appalling. In the Year the number of children twvn 'in Dublin 7,557, and the numr of infants who died under one year of aj.te was 1,237. The Infant Aid Society started in 'cm. with :he object ...

... keen establithed in Dublin. Prof. Houston, sonsding, said impure milk was one of the faders responsible for the high infant mortality in Dublin, and the pablie emend to be unmoved by what was going around them. Thiaire en Saturday starting at 2.30. in ...

... A., that we must to a large extent rely in the campaign which has for its object a reduction in the terrible rate of infant' mortality. Accordingly, we trust that the charitab{e public will continue to support in the most generous measure the worll; carried ...

... perfunctory. grhelsolled appointment.. but by expert. who are keenly interestml in • preventive mea*um. Our apfulling infant mortality lint—lceland -toad. • Intl. higher than England and gentland—dtould he dinned into ears until Ir. grow wisely of nine ...

... satisfied parents and offspring will soon exchange the pale, pleading face for ‘the sunny smile of health and happiness; infant mortality will decrease and the waif disappear from our serects | LABORA. Dublin, January 6, 1918. ...

... the absolutely es genital condition of cleanliness in the various operations. Profaner MeWerny said that no dbubt the Infant mortality was very high in Aeblia, bot no higher than in ewers! big Englidi towns which were striving, not without soocess, to ...

... wider belt of suburban land or perhaps of land at considerable distance. The present ‘system, with its shocking rate of infant mortality, ¥ @ scandal in a Christian country. ‘When is the Cowan Report to bé published? It is now going on two months since it ...

... milk su;fi)ly in Dublin. T Professor Houston, seconding, said impure milk was one of the factors responsible for the high infant mortality in Dublin, and the citizens seemed to he unmoved by what was going on around them. A rtrsolution was passed appealing ...