... suffering were few. While the infant- mortality is undeniably heavy, and while it appears probable that it has been slightly increased by an altered moele of living and the strange conditions camp life, yet a heavy infant mortality is a feature the Boer life ...

... tho average death-rate for the past 10 years was only 10.9 per 1,000, and for the past five years only 9.9 per 1,000. infant mortality was equally satisfactory. The birth-rate was the smallest on record for the last 10 years, there having been only 21 ...

... of them being among infants—the result of an infectious kind of influenza. He warned parents of the necessity for keeping their children in warm room night and day during the initial stage, as that would prevent much infant mortality. The births numbered ...

... influenza, pneumonia. The birth-rate bad continued a decline. was 24.5 per 1,000 the population, and lost year 20. The infant mortality was rower than the average for the last five years. Isolation Hospital had vet provided. A small cottage, so that initial ...

... localities in which the rate it, under this figure and nine localities in which it exceeded. ' Again the standard rate of infant mortality under one year age is 98.75 per 1,000 births. Ten districts have rates which ar excess, ten have rates which are below ...

... llt . «r* and Combe Martin the 219U fr3 ' divided as follows: Barnstaple. - ■ combe, 66; Combe Martin, 75. M tar- 1 The infant mortality per I'u~Tr3k]1 ' ~T r3k jX« eoualled 102.82, and that tor the « iation England and Wales was 1.000. The zymotic death-rate ...

... From measles, per l 000 people .20 From whooping cough 12 .1* From diarr&rea .37 .19 Total from seven zymotics . .77 .70 Infant mortality per 1,000 births table does not show the great advance going the age distribution and the steauy diminution in phthisis ...

... Medical-officer's report was read. It showed that the number of births were 4; deaths, The zymotic rate was 5.71 per 1,009; infant mortality, 205.88 per 1,000 births. The district during t' past quarter had been visited by a very severe epidemic of measles, ...

... ving a rate of 12.8 per 1,000. The rale was satisfactorily low, and below that for the past eight years. The rate of infant mortality was 45.4 per 1,000 births. This . very low figure indeed, and much lower than had hitherto recorded. It was far below ...

... ving a rate of 12.8 per 1,000. The rale was satisfactorily low. and below thai for the past eight years. The rate of infant mortality was 45.4 per 1,000 births. This was a very low figure indeed, and much lower than he had hitherto recorded. It was far ...

... From measles, per 1,000 people .20 From whooping cough 12 .14 From diarrhoea 37 .19 Total from seven zymotics .77 .70 Infant mortality per 1,000 ibirths 93 The table does not the great advance going in the age distribution and the steady diminution in ...

... in the presence epidemic scarlet fever. The infant deathrate of 34.9 per 1,000 registered births is excellent, end contrasts well with fouryear average of 114.4. The present condition local infant mortality stands in pleasing contrast with the circumstances ...