... 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 ...

... a children’s matinee given by the Misses Haines in aid of tho Children's League Pity. Tt was gratifying to know that infant mortality was decreasing year bv year. The Hon. Lady Kennedy was re-elected president, and the vice-presidents and general committee ...

... extremely doubtful and cosily experimentwhen » seen that methoda age not needed in a scheme which New Zealand has rednsrd infant mortality to its Uredgt limit, where the children are found bigger then they were before toe pla* was' put into force, and where ...

... administration in order to reduce infant mortality which was so prejudicial to this country * Mr. Anderson asked if the right hon. gentleman had any doubt that improved legislation and administration would decrease the mortality of children. Mr - S. i, Br «P ...

... attention Dr. Thomson’s letter (already published in our columns), which he referred the influence certain diseases on infant mortality and maternity troubles. They ought call upon Dr. Thomson to justify hia declaration recent scientific discoveries would ...

... territory of Belgium and France. But visit the children’s hospital here in Cologne would convince anybody of terrible infant mortality in Germany during the last stages of the war. Curiously enough, the deficiency, rubier baa been .among chief causes ...

... DEPART- ♦ LONDON POLICE STRIKE. WENT. Men Leave Their Beats at Midnight Report and Statistics for 1917. THE INCREASE INFANT MORTALITY A strike occurred among the London Metropolitan Police, who came out midnight, the men who went on duly 10 p.m. leaving ...

... Intelligeooe Department the Local Government Board has just published report on “Infant Welfare in Germany During the War,” which is worth the attention of those interested in Infant welfare work among ourselves, work which has become more important than ever ...

... from 1,097 to 3,136 month. The mortality infants under one year old in Germany showed even in 1917 increase 9.7 per thousand over the pre-war figure; while that of children from one five showed increase 19.6. Tile mortality of old people over had increased ...

... nt Officer Health’s report for 1917, the increase recorded child mortality and in deaths from consumption. And the Vice-Chairman, while frankly admitting that these infantile mortality figures for were crying disgrace to the city, expressed the- hope ...

... employment outside the home; and the infante were weaned and left to the care of other petoone.” But even with these limitations the grant is recognised as having done good, and are told that among leaders in infant welfare work there » a demand for its ...

... former governor-general), that the famous New Zealand scheme of child welfare was established, which had reduced infantile mortality to its lowest limit, and is now the guiding spirit the Babies the Empire Society,” established order render available the ...