... RURAL INFANT MORTALITY. At a meeting of the Bromley Rural District Council, which was held on Tuesday, it was reported by Dr. Tew, in reference to the circular letter from the Local Government Board with reference to epidemic diarrhoea, etc.. that he ...

... report. They had during the time the Council had been in existence greatly reduced the rate of infant mortality in the district. In Igor the infant mortality was as high as 131 per thousand, last year the figure had declined to 46 per thousand. (Hear, ...

... INFANTILE MORTALITY. In there were 38 deaths of infants under one year, as compared with 59 during igog. The rate of infant mortality is, therefore, equivalent to 65 per Imo° births, as against too for the year r9og, and an average of 97 for the past ...

... the year. In 1912 the deaths of 45 infants were recorded as against 43 in This number gives a rate of infant mortality of 73 per I,cioo births, as compared with 75 in toil. The rates for England and Wales as a whole and for the 146 smaller towns during ...

... report which is Dot in the congratulatory strain is that of the infant mortality, which the Medical Officer considers too high and hopes to see reduced in the future. Of course infant mortality is always high when compared with other periods of life, and ...

... year was g.t as compared with Q. 5 the previous year, and the zymotic death rate was as low as .05 per thousand. The infant mortality, that blot on the health statistics of so many towns, was still shown to be going lower having dropped to 73 per thousand ...

... with the great ' problem of infant mortality. His efforts, backed up by the Sanitary Department and the Health Visitor, were very successful, as was shown by the last annual report, which recorded the lowest infantile mortality rate known in the neighbourhood ...

... full official statistics and to see whether we have already begun to feel marked effect from the new campaign against infant mortality and what counter effect that will have. THE BECKENHAM JOURNAL, PENGE AND SYDENHAM ADVERTISER. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1917 ...

... falling-off in the muriage rate. Bromley's bcing 14.6 against 14.5 for England and Wales. The death rate was g. 48, and the infant mortality 68 per 1,000. The fourteenth annual report of the Bromley Public Library just issued, shows that the total number of ...

... INFANTILE MORTALITY IN KENT. BIC KEN HAM'S FAVOURABLE POSITiON. A ver -atisfactory feature of the Kent vital statistics for Iwo. as presented by the County Nledical Officer :if flea!th II)r. W. J. Howarth). is the continued decline in infant mortality. The ...

... lack of knowledge. He not only bad to be a teacher, but a self contained sanitary inspector as well. (Laughter). The infant mortality in England was terribly great being he believed something like 118 per thousand, but in the South of India it was greater ...

... instead of the 8'35,209 actu- Jly recorded. But if the birth-rate declined so has the of infant mortality. Comparing 1913 with the period 1891-1900. the rate of infant nortality has declined by :NI per cent. It is satisfactory to note that the deatht-o in ...