... to his identity. - - INFANT MORTALITY. DEPUTATION TO MR A9QUITH. A& deputation from the Dritish MUelic. Atrocition on TuetdaY waited upon Mr Asquith to urge the necet. sity for legielation with a vlew to leskening infant mortality by prevwntinomothc r ...

... to Mr Asquith that the alleged increase of in~fant bmortaitywadadtetO theemploymliot of married womnen in factories, contends that nol constant relation has been established between the late of infant mortality in different towna and the proporon of married ...

... under 65 years, and upwards, 38. The infant mortality was - g a rate per 1000 of 140. The rate in 1898 a f b(eneral sickness had not been very ?? the death rate was above the 'iv 214C caused by the infant mortality and i ?? number of aged persons who had ...

... the n first week.14 deathas' were of infants under 1 year 15 n other children under 5 years, and 11 persons 'aged 60 and* upwards, whose ages averaged 76 years and 5 months. During the seconddweek 20 were infants, -7 other young children,.and .8 old persons ...

... died at 65 and upwards. Eleven children died under one ar old, giving a rate ot infant mortality of 6077 per thonuand births, which. was the lowest rate of infant mortality he had as yet recozded. Eight deaths were due to phthislr, seven to bronchitis ...

... Foundling Hospital aupply an important item in estimating the average rate of infant mortality. In the Parliamentary report of the Select Committee on the Protection of Infant Life, July 20, 1871, a return Is given, from which it appears that 4599 children ...

... than one *instance. No child had died under one year of age, a circumstance which had not happened before. The rate of infant mortality was nothing, -as comnpared with a rate of' 58382 per 1000 births. Ten persons died aged 65 and upwvards, their united ...

... FACTORY EMPLOYMENT AND INFANT MOETALITY. Mr J. Tatham, M.A., MhD,, Lecturer on Hygiene at Owen's College, and Medical Officer of Health for Manchester, then gave evidence as to the effect of factory employment upon infant mortality, and upon the health ...

... been on the box previously, INFANT MORTALITY'AT CARDIFF. Dr Walford, the medical officar of health, presented at a meeting of the Cardlif Health Committee yester. day, a report respectiag alleged excessive infant mortality during the three monthe ending ...

... INEUBRA1O AnD CEILD MORTALITY. A remarkable statement was lately made by Dr. Rlitchie, of Leek, respecting the rise in infant mortality since the praclice of Insuring the lives of children in their firet year was introduced there. As at firat reported ...

... diseases caused only one death, that of an infant under one year of age from diarrhcea. The zymotic rate for the quarter was 0,53 per 1000 living, Seven children died under one year of age, giving a rate of infant mortality of 170 73 per 1000 births. This was ...

... persons-one au infant of nine months, and three persons aged respectively 73, 73, and 82. The area of the district was 978 acres tho population, iCO ; birth rate, 244, the births during the year numbering 66; death rate, 15 4, the deaths I ?? 41; infant mortality ...