... INFANT MORTALITY. The infant mortality was remarkably low ciuring the week ended 18th July, only eight deaths having occurred, corresponding rate of 45.7. In neither week was any death returned amongst infants due to diarrhoea, but this is ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. it was hoped that the Duchess of Beaufort would be able to preside at the conference of women on hygiene, held at the lesser ball of the Victoria Rooms, but her Grace wrote stating that the recent death of her mother-in-law, the Dowager ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. A letier from the National Conference on In- fantile Mortality, held in March, was received, asking the council to support a resolution at the conference the Board of ucation and educationa] rities gener- to take such steps as would ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. one Tear. Cf the 4,822 deaths, 1.075 were infants under The proportion of these deaths to every 1,900 births (infant mortality). was 116.3, ray pared with a rate of 130.7, returned last year. T he rate recorded in the 76 ...

... said the birth-rate of the country was going down, and infant mortality was not lessening. This gave rise to reflections fu as to the future of our national efficiency. The mtal cause of infant mortality was the want of recognition of the duties of mother- ...

... OF INFANT MORTALITY Su,—The stamsticd retarns of tadity in various countries include h widety- figares as Norway 79 d 1 00 Ss and Germany. 204 per er. 1.600 birti:s In the vast plains o/ the’ in- fantile death-rate advaros al] the way from 127 mm Penland ...

... visit to the Infant Mortality Conference, held on June 13th and 14th, in which he stated that the aim of the conference was to consider the social conditions bearing directly or indirectly upon the causation of undue and preventible mortality in infancy ...

... sanitary improvements, the infant mortality showed no such signs of decrease. Thus the decimal average death rate was:—For 1878 to 18&5, 22.2 per 1000; (or 1898 to was, 18.4 per 1,000. The chief causes of the high infant mortality were improper food, want ...

... meeting. ie During the period he had been a guardian he in 1906, the arch, 1908. At the first Conference, held question of infant mortality had taken much interest in the work, and he was passed under view, and a com ensive wished to e ress his appreciation ...

... CAUSES OF INFANT MORTALITY. work as On the completion of three health visitor under the auspices of the Wake field and District ‘Aid Society, Mar- guerite Le F. Boileau, a certified in epector, has iasued a special report, which has a particular interest ...

... TO CHECK INFANT MORTALITY the most important which Amongst public authorities etd reformers ca always been the reduction of infant mortality. Tt is perhaps because this has so vory man al pathetic a side that it is a subject of such constant study with ...

... IGH RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY The. CHAIRMAN calle attention to the in the Medi Officer's report re infant ity, where it was stated that infant with 56.818 for the death rate for the year was 128.14, 2s compared year. Sir Watkin chased a fox through the ...