... INFANT MORTALITY. Mr. ALDEN (L. IVime wl.ethir, m view tho fact that the Rcgatrar-Coocral a oondilion at regarded taortalrSy m certain large u>*i;s ua. ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. The rate of infant mortality measured by the proportion of deaths under one year to registered births for the past ten rears has been as follows: -1896. 174.1; 1891. 122.6; 1898. 162.7; 1899. 131.3; 8100. 143.6; 1901. 138.9: 1902. 127 ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Dr. John Tatham, the former medical officer of health for Manchester, has given evidence, largely concerned with Manchester, before the House of Lords' Committtee on Infant Life Protection. In the three years from 1891 ta 1894, he said ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. On the subject of deaths among chddren some very striking figures are given by the Registrar- General in his latest returns. What he calls the '■mortality of infants,'' wnich is measured by the proportion of deaths under one year of ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. The Press Association #i#f©s that Mr. Alfred Lyttclton was chairman, ami Mr. Shier well, M.P.. *ecretary, joint, meeting held the House of Commons last eveuing of the Parliamentary Non-political Commit too Infant Mortality, and _ re ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. With regard to infant mortality they did not. raffer merit from I. but at t',e rsme time it • reationai oummon. and be recommended the diffusion of !miles with regard to mothers' resent, bilrt• in bringing up children, lees's'', they ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Of the totaideeih;iii -- 1 - BTri, - i4 occurred in infants under the age of one year, being at the ' rate of 74•8 per 1000 of the birth-rate. The rate last year was 127 per 1000. In the West Riding, for 1896, the average was 150, in ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Alderman Benjamin who during hie Mayoralty HuddcreGeld, gained honourable distinction for hie practical efforts to promote greater* care of infant life, especially among industrial section of tho population, delivered addrcae tho subject ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Miss Isabel G. Smith dealt with infant mortahty-. She said. taking the figures for the grea — of the country for 1898. a comparison 0! f the general death rate (19 per 1.000), and that for infants under per 1,000), demonstrated the the ...

... Infant Mortality. It would seem that children taken from the veldt are peculiarly susceptible to the attack infectious diseases which they have never known in their own homes; and when we look the official statistics published last week, and find that ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. The infant mortality for the year was at the raie of 106.14 per 1,000 births, as compared with ilB for England and Wales. This rate for the whole country is also the lowest ever recorded, showing beyond doubt that the attention drawn ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Of the deaths for last year, 20 occurred ia infants under one year of age, being at the rite of 112 per 1000 of the birth rate. The rate for 1899 was 175 per 1,000 awl for 1898 135 per 1000. In the West Riding the average rate was 152 ...