... 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 ...

... the Eye Division. Mrs. Tee empaaaised the importance of the nation% gain by six million women voters in the appalling infant mortality and in raising the standard of housing. She made an negate appeal to those present to use their votes let all they 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 ...

... lower. 2.9 per 1,000, and there has been no infant mortality. The Chairman drew attention the last sentence in the report, and said so far could recollect it was the first time there had been infant mortality since had been connected with the Council. ...

... Welfare Centres.” Miss Moborly then gave her address on “Infant Welfare Centres.” Those centres, she said, wore necessary for two reasons—first, in order to combat the present appalling infant mortality rate of the country, and secondly, to improve the medical ...

... were assisted by the members’ wiveg, did the catering. INFANT WELFARE.—A concert and public meeting organised by the Committee of the Infant Welfare Centre, which was held in the Asplcy Heath Infants’ Schoolroom, on Saturday week, was well attended. The ...

... and Ute flower of our race been untimely cut down. TV need Is freat, tVrefore. should everythinf humanly to prevent infant mortality and to t-V vounsr Hf© the community. Instead of that the birth-rate dindninf. we. nation, husband live* of tin* precious ...

... the Board required summary, which has just been sent. It shows that 1,001 births and 818 deaths were registered. The infant mortality of 97 per I,OOV, was the lowest of which Dr. Stevens had any record. War conditions thus appeared to have no appreciable ...

... only be ensured by commencing at the very beginning of the infant’s existence in this world. With the assistance of the mothers and the nurse and staff they ho(s)ed to lessen the infant mortality and give the surviving little ones every chance to grow into ...

... visiting nurses. This had resulted marked improvement in health, and infant mortality had decreased, and it was quite possible, with very greet care, to reduce the present deathrate of infants one-half. was most important at this time to save life much possible ...

... on the game spot.—Mrs. Coleman, with re. ference to the oilestion of infant mortality. deselibed various methods of combating this crying evil. in particular the formation of infant welfaro centres. Those organisations had Men started in many pla^eg. ...

... of Health, reterred to the good work boil g done by the District Nur-iiig Ass,* Mations with a view to reducing the 'infant mortality. lie pointed out that the Local Government Hoard would recogui-e and ii,sist all thee as.oeititious which - were worzing ...