... We- come Club” formed in Exeter for a lent purpose. The Babies’ Welcome Club wos startedin the city with a view to ing infant mortality. exerci a certain amount of friendly supervision is poorer quarters of the city, a ie he mothers, not only b: Ving hints ...

... birth-rate is 35 per 1,000 living; the death-rate 13 per 1,000 living. The zymotic death-rate was per 1,000 living, and the infant mortality 142.85 per 1,000 births. This is a slight increase on lust quarter. The Surveyor reported a cass scarlet fever in the ...

... former years. Forty-seven deaths were under five years of age (of these 32 were under 12 month:), a rate of infant mortality (i.e., the mortality of children under 12 months per 1,000 births) of 8602, which may be considered favourable. At the other extreme ...

... water supply, and the teaching hygiene in elementary schools. But vast amount of leeway has still to be made up. Our infant mortality is appalling. Measles and whooping cough are rife as ever and as deadly, and unhappily this is -in large part due to ...

... 5.76, or slightly below the average for the r.st ten years. The late for England and Vales during 1906 was 15.4. The infant mortality rate was 45.45. Among tbe oaths registered two were due dip'iiu-iia, one cancer, eight pneumonia, two hemorrhage, and ...

... friend, for you were landed in the Police-court Careful consideration is being given to the causes of the high rate of infant mortality prevailing in the country. Responsibility is fixed cows, milkers, farmers, and dairymen. But the carelessness and ty ...

... for the members of the Council t cal-offieer. Of the 135 death?. persons over 65 veais of af 0 during the been rate of infant, mortality But one death has occurred f torium during ten years. , vinee parents that in of infectious disease the Jr nit* l, the ...

... has now in hand a third Bill, which must commend itself to everyone who knows anything of the stupendous rate of our infant mortality. Its object is to amend the law relating to child insurance. It seeks to assimilate the practice of Collecting Societies ...

... for the year was Of the deaths 13 were children under 5 years of age (of these seven were onder 12 months), giving an infant mortality per 1,000 of births of 69-3. Twenty-one were over 70 years ot age; of these six exceeded 80 and one over 90. Twelve deaths ...

... The infant mortality was remarkably high—lB6.o4 ncr 1,000. The medical-officer was unable account for this on the score of any special disease. It would be well it the officer gave special attention to this high rate of mortality among infants. The sanitary ...

... social and religious customs is specially retarding to the cause of health and sanitation. The natives are short lived, infant mortality is still very high, and the improvidence of largo numbers a great obstacle to the improvement of the general conditions ...

... most fatal months. There were 30 deaths of infants nnder one year, or 12.2 per cent, as against 10.5 for the preceding year, and 40.6 per cent, of people over 65 years, against 45.9 for 1907. The infantile mortal- ity wa6 per 1,000, an increase of six as ...