... to the effect of ' factory employment upon infant mortality and the health of married women. Quotig from th n Registrar-General's return, ho sai that fi r the 28 largest towns of England the infant mortality was 162 wer thousand of the children bern The ...

... 1891. 'were St slatgs, with 32 per cent., and Lochee, .with 30 6 per cent. St Mary's shows the highest average rate of' infant mortality in Dundee for the five years 1891-5: Lochee shows the lowest. ' 13. An analysis of the returns for- one district in 1891 ...

... Mrs Alfred Osler (of , Birmingham) read the lirst oie, in the course of awhich she adduced some information concerning infant mortality which is so large in most big -centres. Shealssogavesomevaluabie hintsas tothe necessity of fresh air, ventilation, general ...

... indcsttmsl classes the infant mortality was far above tS average, and in some towns the mortality wa-. high-in Preston, for instance-that the insurance societies refused to insure infants. He attributed this great death-rate among infants to ...

... certainly be an ionmense -a!v of infant life, and so many wnore cit:izens the bad, for .;rance. Attention hs fresuea:.y been called to the iattel, ancl conmpetenti doctors have dwelt upon the appalling rate o; infant mortality, but Lo step has beau taken to ...

... and are pitched on the bare ground ; they cannot hlot be insanitary and unwholesone, especially for the children. 2he infant mortality is said to be very high, one witness putting it at SO per cent. Both sexes lodge and sleep in the same tent, from the ...

... gave rise to many interest- ing discussions. As is usual in all snucb medical a cng res6se the never-ending question of infant mortality was fully discussed, but little practical results are as vet forthcoming. Dr Corlield, of Liidnen, contributed a paper ...

... done much, and almost everything, to prevent the utter destruction of books, yet there is a certain risk of very early infant mortality which even it will not cover. It is only natural that the earliest and intrinsically the least valuable of Lord Tennyson's ...

... intensities, illustrating graphically the a mortalities of different States. Bavaria is in n the most unenviable position of all. Her colour is deepened to an ominous block as being notorious for her high infant mortality, and also 14 for having the highest general ...

... they could do it better. I A discussiont followed. c( Mr Gardiner, sanitarv inspector, Coaic-idge, referred to the hich infant mortality at Coat- n bridge, and attributed it to improper fcrling. Beo thought that u-omnen inspetec r%1d- ho most useful if thley ...

... in the r 'e other. Nor does he look upon the heavy c h infant mortality around him as other than ii a i- dispensation of Providence. The survival of b ;, the fittest resulting from that infant mor- a, tality, the healthy outdoor life, and the ozo2ne ...

... statistics of infant mortality in London to show that there may be a high death-] rate amfong infants apart from factory work. This is quite true, but the fact that in some large towns other causes must be sought to explain the high infantile mortality does not ...