... Board on infant and child mortality, which was published opportunely ust fore the con- ference of the Medica Association began, shows by statistics that the counties having the highest infantile mortalities have also an excessive mortality through the ...

... which were distributed by circulars and a volunta committee of Isdies. And the result has been ths whereas the average infant mortality of that distri for the past (en years has been 122 per thenusan darip four the past two years of 112 babies born on ied ...

... responsible says the custom, if it became general, “might lead to strange eccentricity aud superstitious.” The rate of infant mortality is enormous. In round numbers, . ),000,000 babes never live long enough to talk, 5,000,000 more never have chance to ...

... subsequent misconduct with Buss which entitled his client to relief.—Mr. Justice Barnes rescinded tb« decree with costs. INFANT MORTALITY STATISTICS. On Saturday, at Fulham, London, Mr. C. Lux more Drew held inquest on the body of John Ernest Dale, aged weeks ...

... birth, with We are face to faco wit two aicol.ol? problems, that of high infant mortality, in the face of a decreasing adult death-rate and birth-rate, 120,400 deaths per year of infants below one year of age. The other problem is this, that the majerity ef ...

... gcheme has been registered, and no deaths occu Anderston district have infant mortality is high. bably s scurred, although in the rs », t will ve a result as satis- oe the H the infant death-rate was reduced by sbout s half. Menvine (regd,) Mends Everything ...

... deal for their good. The infant mortality in St. Hilda had been very great —most of the children horn dying before they were seven days old. Mr Fiddes. the late minister, had found out the cause of this, and deaths of infants had occurred from that particular ...

... abund ant evidence lately s being awakened that the public conscience i the rate of infant to the need for diminishing Tlie fact that such mortality in this country. mortality has not dec reased materially during general death rate thi e last 25 years, while ...

... a woman with some clothes on, but no boots or stockings. The place was tilthy, the children looked filthy, and.an infant—such an infant—was in the bed. The wo- man was ill. They look out of the window—the only window—on to a railway embankment—an em- ...

... the grand jury at the quarter sessions at Newcastle-on-Tyne, said that nine months ago he referred to the question of infant mortality, an suggested that something should be none on the subject by the Legislature, but his remarks intended in any way to ...

... write. Of the dairymen who practise such arts, or who otherwise adulterate the milk they ell, thereby causing so much infant mortality and ndangering the lives of so many sick people, no- thing too hard can be said. To the housemother I would say, do not ...

... and of other efforts would be to knock down infant mortality in five There were years by from 25 to 33 per cent. some cheering facts. Illegitin.ate infants, among whom there was an enormous rtion- mortality, were not so numerous pr gregate as formerly ...