... 4 to 5 . Evidently , says tho report , the proportion of infant mortality which has been prevented , and of that which is still preventable , increases with the age of tho infant . i It may bo said , tllQll , that a . good deal has already ...

... (Dr Reid) in.his report for the year 1903, expresses the opinion that ignorance on the part mothers is the chief cause infant mortality. Experience compels one to come to the conclusion, adds, that >t hopeless to attempt to educate the present race of ...

... his course . Dr Tatham , of Owens College , , Manchester , gave evidence as to the effect ofl Tastory employment npon infant mortality and fbe health of married women , Mr Edward Short gave evidence-relating to the employment » f liannaids and barmel- ...

... sanitation, and had watur supply, and cognate defects. Owing to insanitary conditions connected with dwelling houses, infant mortality in the distncu is per ««t greater than ths average rate. ...

... address on Infant Mortality and said it would bo infinitely better to take means to prevent the deaths of infants than to waste time and labour in vain inquiring the causes of deaths . . England was losing yearly 1 , 200 , 000 infants above . what ...

... question, and that it suggested to him that the earlier eloeing of publichouses would materially lessen this appalling infant mortality. The matter was remitted committee for investigation. ...

... birth-rate of the country was going down and infant mortality wa , ; not lessening. This gave rise to painful reflections as to the future of our national efficiency. The fundamental cause of infant mortality was the want of recognition of the duties of ...

... the London district . The ' House went ; into Committee of Supply on . the Home Office vote ;' when tho question of infant ' mortality was among the various topics discussed . ' ' The ' vote was agreed to . The House rose at 9 ; o . . \ ; ( P-5- ) ...

... So long they had in Dundee one and two-roomed houses without sanitary accommodation, it was not to be wondered at that infant mortality was high and the stamina of the people low. ...

... the report of tho Inter-departmental Commission on Physical Deterioration, and suggested further inquiry the subject infant mortality. It was, he said, ominous fact that the decreased birth-Tate chiefly concerned wealthy and cultured classes. Retardation ...

... perfection of the dwellings, the report states that the general death-rate 0*96 per below the average of London, while the infant mortality *i& below that the metropolis. ...

... tPAEA . OBAT'n ABVEKTISEMENT . J STAECH POISONING has been said , on good authority , to be the main cause of infant , mortality . No farinaceous food shonltl be given to a child till it has a full month of teeth , unless snch food has been prerionsly ...