... English towns infant ha mortality measured in this wvay averaged 234, and ranged. ),d from 158 and 188 ia Bristol and Plymouth to 344 and 380 :i. in Norwioh anid Leicester.. Only four of the large towns k). had a lower infant mortality than Bradford. ...

... increase of infant mortality in towns which were not manufacturing towns at all, and in 1 which, therefore, the employment of mothers in factories I after child-birth could not be regarded as a largely contributing cause of infant mortality. To take one ...

... flose sam, stating that he had good hopes of their release. INIANT MORTALITY. In reply to Mr. BENTINCK, Sir GEO. GREY said that the statement of the Coroner with respect to the infant mortality of Emneth, In Norfolk, was grossly exaggerated. He had instituted ...

... TRi EXCESSIVE MORTALITY OF INFANTS. The bigh death-rato amongst infants in the manufac- turinjg districts is a matter of great importance to thle community, and has engaged serious attention at diferent times. Various remedies have been proposed, but ...

... or, without mincing terms, to culpable homicide. Districts where excessive infant mortality prevailed were sometimes called Herodian., and- whilet the present excessive mortality continues Warwvick would be thus fully stigmatised. He earaestly commended ...

... medicine to be con- sidered as a science, and to obtain for its votaries a place in the foremnost rank of intelligent men. INFANT MORTALITY. TO THE EDITORS OF THjk LEEDS MERCURY. GANTL'EA5N,-I hive juR had my attention drawn to a letter signed J. W., in to-day's ...

... children under one year old t amount to 1l0,: and equal the death-rate of 5-1 per 1,000 t living at all ages. But the infant mortality, calculated a upon the births for the same period, would be equal to r 132 6 per 1,000 born. This is a very low death-rate ...

... remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Leeds, July 31st, 1862. T. D. APPLEBY. INFANT MORTALITY. - It is not amongst the poorer people alone that the excessive mortality occurs; we must grance at the inismanagement of those who are a grade above them ...

... life, they found that in some places infant mortality reached 50, and even 65 per cent. Mr. Cartw-righthad drawn asp this startling table ; in 1783 the average of death in Preston was 31 years, and infant mortality was 29 per cent. The average age in the ...

... born during the month. Wheu I come to deal with the special diseases causing deaths, I shall show how thiilbigh rate of infant mortality has occurred. The deaths of those aged one year and under two amounted to 37, and of those aged and under five 18; which ...

... in Brarnaley and the -north, and the other two deaths were in the latter district, and both from whoopigg-cougn. The infant mortality registers 148 deaths, and equals 'the vate of 5-6 per 1,000 livinig at all Rge&; and fuarthpr, the rate of 176'2 per ...

... living alt al ages. The inifanit mortality rate of those 145 a deatihs, if calculated upou the number of births for the sanie period, would then be equal to 119-9 per 1,000 C children born. This is the lowest infant mortality s rate I have ever quoted. I ...