... Briefs Baby deaths shock ST. HELENS suffered the highest infant mortality rate in the Mersey region in 1981. Statistics presented to Warrington Community Health Council show that the rate in St. Helens was 15.4 per 1,000 live births. Lowest -rate of 4 ...

... 1, 1989 A TOTAL of 26 babies born In Warrington last year died before their first birthday giving the town the worst Infant mortality rate In the Mersey health region. Figures released by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys show that Warrington ...

... antenatal examinations, and this would be regrettable. We don't want to see an increase In the infant mortality rate. It is only in recent years that infant mortality in Wirral bas been reduced to an acceptable level, after being worse than the national average ...

... cost cutting measures. ‘“The Health Minister, Tony Newton, can be quite complacent about infant mortality. In fact recent reports have shown that infant mortality has actually increased recently in Great Britain. “] will be fighting such memmlnlnymlm and ...

... in 1949, the year the Communists took power, according to a Government report on the country's medical achievements. Infant mortality is now down to 2 per cent. and 3 per cent. in the countryside. QUIZ ANSWER 1 eackgammon, 2 Christopher Reeve, 3 Calypso ...

... considerable benefits in Belfast, was prompted by alarming statistics produced by the district health authority. Mortality There is a high infant mortality rate; babies born in the area are more likely to have a low birth-weight than in other parts of Warrington; ...

... fingers cros• td %,;;n•t be blacked out again. Electricians w v I' s terdav demanded the removal of tilmed item about infant mortality from Granada Rrnorts because of an objection over manning When management refused the electricians held a meeting which ...

... pattern of ante-natal care would lead to many mums-to-be failing to keep appointments with consultants, in turn increasing infant mortality. But the authority says non-attenders at consultant clinics at the new Arrow Park Hospital will be followed up by community ...

... Queen Victoria Hospital’s casualty unit in Morecambe was shut, never to a » and l‘..nnca:mn hng‘t’.hne second highest infant mortality rate in the whole country. . Dame Elaine seriously underestimated the Eroblemn faced b; ancaster Healt Authority, said ...

... It's no wonder that many children were under-nourished, living off a staple diet of bread and potatoes, and rates of infant mortality were high. ...

... the report from statistics to determine trends, following concern over the high perinatal and infant mortality rates in the district. The perinatal mortality rate refers to stillbirths and deaths of babies under one week old and has been fluctuating in ...

... or squat, or have their babies immesed in warm water. His methods are said to abolish postnatal depression and lower infant mortality rates. 10.10 Kyung-Wha Chung plays Bach. 10.40 Poems in their Place. John Wain examines the enduring popularity of A ...