... while wag 23 The infant mortality was one quarter of the total. The air of the district continued to be fairly good bad been plentiful and wholesome. for a tosnufaciuriag towo, aud the water supply The tng not prevalent. was satisfactory, and overcrowd- ...

... officer of health for Manchester, gave evidence on the effects of factory life on Infant mortality. He showed that in twenty-eight of the largest towns the average infant mortality was equal to 162 per 1,000. The highest rate was In Preston, where It was 22-0 ...

... CORRESPON DEN' INFANT MORTALITY To the Kiditor. Dear Sir,—On perusal of last week’s Lancet 1 was horrified to learn that the death-rate of Pres- ton is 40. per is that of London. ‘This dreadful and wentable boss of life is chief infantile, and due to ...

... the oopulatioo wSle the birth-rate Is 30 per thousand. There hare been 63 deaths of children under one rear. This large infant mortality attributes the noising out system. The chief trade of the district is cotton wearing. connection with Which there hare ...

... total 170 deaths 79 are children under five years of age (32 cl them under one giving an infant mortality 46i pep cent, total deaths. Last year the infant mortality was 42 per cent. The deaths from measles have caused the difference. During the five weeks ...

... 58, consisting of 41 males and 17 females, death-rate of 153 against 16$ for the corres; quarter Fasc year deaths. The infant mortality was 31 per cent. of Two f the tor occur! from measles and one fromtyphoid. The fever case occurred at a farmhouse at ...

... . The contract »r is Mr, ‘almsley, and the work is progressing very favourably in his hands.——-/afant Mortaliiy.—The infant mortality is still high in the manufactumng por- tion of your district. Ot the 25 deaths under one year in the Kirkham sub-district ...

... £34 total deaths lcs are chi five years of age (75 of them ceut i tind c/o births have been regist under one year), av infant mortality of 53 per annua! o° SY per thousand of pep te weeks seven have died af measies, two of fever, tour from five on croup ...

... enforced. The Infant mortality (48) still very high In certain portion# of your district. 11 to excess of last year; 25 to the Rlrkham, 14 to the Fleetwood, eight the Blackpool, and one to the Lytham sub registration district. The infant mortality highest to ...

... of age. These figures ve an infant mortality of 323 per cent. of total deaths. Considering that the villages’ sca! th out the rural districts are really urban in their population and industries, I thlok the infant mortality fairly low, and Iam quite sure ...

... quarters. This infant mortality showed a considerable increase over er, and this increase was that in the previous q' probably due to the ly yeather which prevailed during some parts of the quarter, and which caused an increase on the mortality from diarrhova ...

... procession was head by the Clitheroe Borough »mJ led Mr. T. MetoOl, P.P.OJt, ■Dd Mr. J. WftUOD, P.P.G.M, The Coroner and Infant Mortality in Cutxkror. —Go Thursday Mr. H. J. Robinson, coroner, held aa inquest at tlie Red Lion lon, Clitheroe, relative the ...