... were children under one year of age. The rate was 22.82. There had 'een 31 births, which gave a rate of 32.71. The great infant mortality was due, he thought, to neglect and ignorance on the part of the mothers, and' he would like it to be more generally ...

... rumal 1.; counnty f average, 154; England and Walk,' 147. The. n mortality rate for the whole PHral Sanitary .a Authority for 1893 is 15-0 per L,000, zymobic rate . 0-71, and infant mortality a/te 110. Derwent, a w!th Its death-rate of 3-8 per 1,O4, is one ...

... brief stay in South Africa. ?? _ __ E __ _ ad STARCH POISONING has been said, on good authority, to be the main cause cof infant mortality. No farinaceous l ' food should be given to a child till it ( aod has a full mouth of teeth, unlessuc I 6d food has been ...

... Dr. M'Cullagh's district there were 538 deaths. The population is 27,514. Cy The death-rate was 19 5 per 1,000. The infant mortality was very large, especially from diseases Taof the respiratory organs. There wore 290deaths a under 5 years of age; 53 ...

... King. dom amounted to P1,13$,000,000. 3 STARCH POISONING has been said, on t good authority, to be the main cause of infant mortality. No farinaceous food should be given to a-child till it b has a full mouth of teeth, unless such s food has been -previously ...

... 'se' and also'agaiust the prae- tice of throwing 'gunpowder in ?? re to clesa out flues. HEALET OF 1IDDtEEnROUGH. LARGE 'INFANT MORTALITY. Aid. Bulmuer presided ab the meeting of the Middlesbrou6h Sanitary Committee, beld ohn*I'esday, whe ?? Offibei of Heallh ...

... moving the adoption of the Streets, &o, Com- 5 mittee's minutes (in which the report was v adopted), referred to the infant mortality, due, lie said, to improper feeding amongst certain classes of the population. He was pleased that the report showed ...

... giving a mortality at the rate of 2166 per 1,000 on per annum. The births were 48-22 males and 26 felanales-giving a rate of 41'60 per annum. or The death-rate was back again to a fairly satis- by factory point, although the infant mortality was he higher ...

... DIerwent conoting nut very wvell. Ir STaRC POISONING has been Paid, on I A. good authority, to bg the main cause le, of infant mortality. No farinaceous ly food should be given to a child till it 6:- has a full mouth of teeth, unless su-ch ur food has been ...

... s undue proportion of infant deaths, and it wasa n no excuse to say that other districts were just pit as ?? WVsatherill thought Mr Westgarth's Th e remarks may be wrongly construed. ?? did Ti not thinlk the irfeitiles mortality was greater w than in ...

... neumbered 28. It was notieed that a larger proportion than uenal of the deaths were due to consumnption. Then, again, the infant mortality is high. On the whole the health of the district was onoridered satisfaetery.. The monthly meeting of Stockton and Hrrtle ...

... of 27'3 and a death- s rate of 13'6 per 1,000 per annum. There was f a low zyinotic deatth-rate, and a diminished 8 infant mortality, which was eminently a satisfactory. During the quarter 162 cases t of infections diseases had been reported. e Scarlatina ...