... ACCOMMODATION*, which must injuriously affect the health and morals. There cannot be any doubt but that the very high infant mortality is largely attributable to the insanitary surroundings the houses. Not only have they no means of isolating a case of ...

... grandmother, perhaps, could not very well do with so many children. Some notice, he said, ought to be taken of such cases. Infant mortality in that district had during the last few weeks been serious, and between twelve and a score of cases had come under his ...

... altogether mis-applied, because it encouraged other parties to do the same thing and make profit out their own iniquity. Infant mortality was very considerable in the borough the present time and there could be no doubt but that it was greatly increased by ...

... suffering from measles at the moment is eomparatively trifling. The rate infant mortality is again conspicuously high, no fewer than eight of the fifteen deaths occurring during infant age. From all other forms epidemic disease your dis trict continues free ...

... estimated to be living at mid-year was 21-2 per 1,000 for females and 22-8 for males. INFANTILE MORTALITY. The infant mortality rate, which is the of deaths of infants under one year of age to each 1,000 births, was last year 180, a rate higher than has occurred ...

... (Dr. Skrimshire) submitted his moi thly report, which showed that the death-rate was equal to 43 2 per 1,000 per annum. Infant mortality largely contributed to this result. With the exception of one death from whooping cough, there had been deaths from ...

... and Wales 2. The most prominent features to be noticed in the mortality table arc the steady increase during the past two years tbe infantile mortality, aud the diminution in the mortality those between and 60, from its figure the 1890, aud the diminution ...

... self-inflicted, so that there were deaths belonging to the district (or 9 per 1,000) frora natural causes during tbe year. Infant mortality still showed no diminution. ...

... the consideration of the pressing question of infant mortality is turnisbei by Dr. Hill, Medical Officer of Health for Birmingham, who has been inquiring into the causes of the excessive infant mortality that town. While the general death rate has for ...

... this being equal to a percentage of 43*9, and in tbe preceding year the number of deaths was 77 or a percentage of 52'1. Infant mortality measured by the proportion of deaths under one year, to births registered was equal to 15*0 per 1.000, as against 170 ...

... with in 1881. The number of births during 1891 was and the number of deaths, 181, giving a death rate 15 per 1,000- The infant mortality was 4-7 compared with 5-5 the previous year. The largest number of deaths was from cheat diseases. There were 62 not ...

... discussed the association dealt with matters upon which the country is sadly in need of more light. Of such is the subject infant mortality. The slaughter of the innocents is one of the most deplorable features, one of the most damming blots upon our civilisation ...