... INFANT MORTALITY. The rate of infant mortality, as measured by the proportion of deaths of infants under 1 year of age to 1,000 births registered, was 161.6, as against 179 for the previous year. For England and Wales the ...

... deaths among children under one year of age were 123. giving the very high infant mortality of 448 ; the figures for the same period last year being 09 deaths and an infant mortality of 164. ...

... erysipelas. INFANT MoRTALITY. The rate of :ufant mortality as measured by the proportion of deaths of infants under one year of age to 1000 births registered was 179, as against 198 fax the previous year. For England and Wales the infant ...

... one plug of tobacco (chewed), and straw, mad, scraps of paper, and miscellaneous street refuse, ad lib. The rate of infant mortality is enormous. In round numbers, 5,000,000 never live long enough to talk, 5,000,000 more never have a chance to walk or ...

... under one year of age. During July the total from other causes was 36. There were 14 deaths under one year in August. The infant mortality was 133 per 1,000, as compared with 362 in July. In July the zymotio death rate was 12 per 1,000 per annum, and in August ...

... deaths among children under one year of age were 123, giving the very high infant mortality of 448. The figures for the same per ad last year being 69 deaths and an infant mortality of 164. Of tee total deaths 42 took place n July, 130 in August, and 88 ...

... 23.9 which as we have already remarked is high. The most serious fact however remains to be mentioned, and that is the infant mortality. It is a matter of surprise that so little attention is paid, and more, so much callous indifference is shown both by ...

... good for the durability of the struc:Lres. That many enter these so-called dwellings before they are finished, and that infant mortality in the ciistrict is largely due to persons taking their young families to these damp and untenantable abodes. That ...

... and afforded a good in- cation of the sanitary state of the district. Phthises death-rate was '7; respitory, 2.4, and infant mortality 161.6. For the quarter ended December 1st, 266 births were registered, 122 boys and 144 girls. The deaths were 115, 56 ...

... of nearly 19 in the thousand per annum. Of this number no fewer than 96 never saw 5 years of life! This represents an infant mortality of no fewer than 63 per cent, on the total number of deaths. It would be interesting to know how many of these young ...

... was insane. The infant mortality of Tokio is high, owing to the too early exposure of new-born children. It is not unusual to tee a week-old baby strapped on the back of a child about eight, and sent out to be jumbled about as its infant nurse plays and ...

... very high infant mortality, but the growth of an impover- ished generation. The Song of the Shirt was a bitter cry. Greater cause still have we for bitterness and shame that, in Great Britain, the lives of thou- sands of helpless infants are needlessly ...