... wholesale baby-farming, practised by even the well-to-do married couples, and still more by the poor, and the extensive infant mortality. --0- The Empress Frederick has ordered four silk dressei for the Princess Victoria's trousseau in Athens. The silk ciresnes ...

... diseases, with a general lowering of vitality, being the inevitable accom- paniment. I THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS. Infant mortality in exceptionally high in Glamorgan, and the general cause ought certainly to be investigated specially. In the urban ...

... good deal of vitality and mortality in our little State on the banks of the Taff. Nothing remarkable about these totals, when com- pared with other large towns, calls for comment. We are ordinary folk after all Infant mortality is high, but not higher than ...

... and afforded a good in- cation of the sanitary state of the district. Phthises death-rate was '7; respitory, 2.4, and infant mortality 161.6. For the quarter ended December 1st, 266 births were registered, 122 boys and 144 girls. The deaths were 115, 56 ...

... are worse. Still the comparative method is useful, and it helps to make clear the general con- dition of the town. The infant mortality of thirty-three large towns of England and Wales is at the rate of 141 deaths under the age of one year for every thousand ...

... averago ago at death was 35 years.. :! The infant mortality was at thd rite' of 3 44 ppr 1000 of the population, 't or equal to' 231'2 per 1,000' of ?? deaths in the distriet during' the yeair. e di The mortality of aged people was higher by 25't ,, than ...

... declin endrnow compares favourably w itthea of other largetwrne s e in 1885 there we re 25 ton s rith a lower rate of infant mortality thn au rrdiff, butt In 1891 this6 number had been reduced to four. Fmal ly-otic diseases there had been 2,B73deatbs. ...

... described by thein it great leneth. Evidently tile place was an editorial sanctutti! Infant mortality was high at Cardiff Inst week. There were 23 deaths of infants under one year- rattier more tian ii third of the tottil death-tater Moreover, the general ...

... Cardiff of children having died through overlying. -The Chairman drew attention to the statistice which' showed that the infant mortality was under the ?? Mayor' stated thnt he f knew of a house in Canton where all the chil. 3 dren bad died during one week ...

... equivalent to an annual mortality of 22*4 per 1.000 persons living. This rate showed an increase of 6'8 per 1,000 over that recorded during preceding quarter, and was 8'5 more than in the September quarter of last year, when the mortality in Cardiff reached ...

... that the use of tinned separated milk was, not only worthless, but in- jurious, for children, and seriously increased l infant mortality. Mr. Long, in reply, could oot I 9 promise in his Food and DrugsBiU lto compel I the:w'ords 'unsuitable:for children ...

... The deputation endeavoured to impress on Mr Long's mind that for infants and invalids condensed skimmed milk was utterly unsuitable. The Camberwell Vestry having found that infant mortality was very much on the in- crease, consulted their medical officer ...