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INFANT MORTALITY

... INFANT MORTALITY Notes On The Boyd Orr Report Tho publication of the report drawn up the Sir John Boyd Orr Committee provides an opportunity for responsible citizens to give attention to the serious problem of child welfare and infant mortality. It is ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 433 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

INFANT MORTALITY

... INFANT MORTALITY A epoi wjw submitted from Dr Maxwofl Ross, medical officer, to the uum- deaths in the burgh for the year ending 31st December, 1913, of infants under one year of age. Ihe total number was 12, made up follows; Under one week, 5; two weeks ...

Published: Wednesday 15 April 1914
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 95 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

emphatically not advisable unless the Federation member happens also to be a citizen of Dumfries. Vital ..

... recently to the high death rate among infants in Scotland, and the Boyd-Orr Report recently published has given the deplorable facts a much wider publicity. The facts were, however, available for years when the infant death rate was very much higher, but ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1944
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 365 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Labour objection to new benefit regulations

... infection and cold-related diseases. Scotland continues to have a relatively high infant mortality rate in comparison with other European countries. The infant mortality rate amongst unskilled manual workers is more than twice that of professional people ...

Published: Saturday 30 August 1986
Newspaper: Galloway Gazette
County: Wigtownshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 565 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CONTROLS

... Macpherson said he had not in his possession at the moment the figures with regard to the infant mortality, but he knew between 1931 and 1939 all over the country the mortality figures fell very considerable—by almost twenty-five per cent. REARMAMENT. Mr George ...

Published: Saturday 23 June 1945
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 677 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Victory Parties

... Commission favourite haunt of flies. I have seen t* former years; and the came upon no fewer them settled on the of me.” Infant Mortality. Dumfries has satisfactory position portant matter of i The figures for the of this year published, and . per 1000 Dumfries ...

Published: Wednesday 05 September 1945
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 223 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MAX PHILPOT AND THE WAR

... marked reduction infant mortality may be anticipated as the result of this Act. That a great reduction in infant raortabty below tlic reduced point it has now reached is practicable cannot be doubted. Much, very much, the infant mortality ...

Published: Saturday 30 October 1915
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 2471 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

For the Nation

... become available for- public and for agriculture, forestry, tion, and sport. Infant Mortality. It is gratifying to have the ance from the Secretary of Stf Scotland that the infant for last year in Scotland lowest rate ever recorded, figure for the whole ...

Published: Saturday 19 February 1944
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 399 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Treasurer Jamieson, in opening the sale, referred the great success wliich had attended sales of weric late. ..

... one another, and especially their poorer brethren. lie spoke of havoc which was boing wrought intemperance and the high infant mortality. A quarter a million of infanta had died in year before they reached the age of five years. It was more dangerous a. ...

Published: Saturday 10 November 1917
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 409 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

For a Good Cause

... picture, Grey priced at 12 guineas. Infant Mortality. are glad to note last the Registrar-Go’ Scotland in his quarter \ has come into lino with t ment of Health for 0 { has referred to the (( jii dren under one year Mortality instead of The rate for the first ...

Published: Saturday 17 June 1944
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 495 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... COMPLETE elimination of three-fourths of the infants' foods now extensively sold would nrohahly, save the Br,liNll lead to a remarkable diminution in the present infant mortality. There is no food for infants, in ninety-nine eases out of a hundred, where ...