... responsible says the custom, if it became general, might lead to strange eccentricity and superstitions. The rate of infant mortality is enormous. In round numbers, 5,000,000 babes never live long enough to talk, 5,000,000 more never have a chance to ...

... and pneumonia 4; heart disease 4; diseases of kidney 1: of brain 2. couvulsion. 5 ; senile decay 3: All other canoes 4 Infant mortality wa• again high. 3 deaths a:curing of children under 5 years et age. He 'bought that should have fewer cases of convulsions ...

... 23.37. The number of deaths registered during the same period was 72, giving a death rate per thousand of 15-29. The infant mortality was very high. There were 12 deaths from consumption, and six from other pulmonary disease. Two persons died from diptheria ...

... thousand hieing 29'17. Number of deaths registered during the year, 30, giving a death rate per thousand of 17 5. The infant mortality reached the very high figure of 180 per thousand, f of the registered ni less that, 9 of the 50 childresi died under ...

... thb grand jury at the quarter sebsions at Newcattle.on-Tyne, said that nine months ago be referred to the question of infant mortality, and suggested that something should be done on the subject by the Legislature, but his remarks were not Intended in ...

... being 7. The number of infants dying under one year of age was four, which gave an Infant mortality of 7407 per 1000 of births registered, which wee • very low rate, and if they eliminated two deaths which were caused by the Infants being born prematurely ...

... Admiral has, it is slated received already 12,000 letters announcing that as many children have been named ♦fter hint. Infant mortality will probably amount for a large number of these, but amongst such a number at least one should got pretty pew to the ...

... was imam. The Infant mortality of Tokio is high, owingto toe early exposure of new•born children. It is no* unusual to see a week-old baby strapped on t.n. back of a child about eight, and sent wit to he jumbled about so its infant nurse playa and ro ...

... This large family was somewhat tempered by the enormous mortality of infanta and children in the working class. In Preston It was high that insurance societies refused to insure infant life. Mortality among the children of agricultural labourers was not ...

... registered was 50, giving a rate of 2917 per thonsand. The number of deaths was 30, being at the rate of 17.5 per 1000. The infant mortality wa4 also very high in this district, 0 of the 30 dying under 1 year of age. CREGINA UNITED DIWIRICT SCIIOOL BOARD. —A ...

... district. a death rate of about 44 per thousand of the population per annum. This high death rate was occasioned by mortality among infant life and the old and nitiriu. There bad been ono death from influenza and one death from diptheria. The latter mewed ...

... 1013 days as against 916, and the number of deaths was 7 , 678, being 956 more than in 1889. The increased sickness and mortality experienced is largely attributed to the influenza epidemic. PoraitAe legislation on the subject of old age pension schemes ...