... TEMPERATURE AND THE . DEATH-RATE, INFANT MORTALITY, Compared with whiar we had peevousy exporienced, lasi week was ealilid obe descnbed #s cool, for the mean tmum at the lfi Otwervatory, Greenwich, ~ was lower that of the preceding seven weeks. But we ...

... 'INFANT DEATH-RATE. SKIRCOAT & POORER WARDS Striking Comparisons. An interesting report has been prepared by Dr. Jas, T. Neech, the Medical Officer O'.Bo.lll{) for Halifax, on the causes of the higher infant mor tality in Akroydon, North, Central, West ...

... eight in 1905), diseases of the heart 9 (contrasted with three in 19038, seven in 1907. nine in 1906, and _six in 1905) infant mortality eight. The last-named is below the average number (8.3) for the previous ten vears. As to zymotic discase, one death ...

... but we had also the lowest infant mortality on record. (Applause.) IHe was one who began the agitation about infant mortality seven fears ago. Since that time we had got down the rate from 140 per thousand—which meant one infant in seven was ...

... giving a death-rate of 10.7 pe. thousand per annum, against 10.5 in 1908, and 14 6in 1900. Infant mortality : During the year there have been 24 deaths in infants un&l’ one year, as against 18 during last year, 17 during 1907, and 15 during 1906. Zymotic ...

... the effect which poverty bears in relation to infant mortality That it has an adverse effect there can be no question. and undoubtedly this cause operates more r Jess throughout the year. The average infant mor tality per quarter per 1,000 born during ...

... up in victory.” INFANTILE MORTALITY. ‘A contributor to the ** British Medical. Journal *’ draws attention to some tables of infantile mortality recently published in Germany. From these it appears that the percentage of infants surviving one year from. ...

... built. - INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE POTTERIES. ‘The Rev. Philip Clarke, vicar of Fenton, | who came from ag&ondon parish, has directed attention to the serious blot upon the Potteries arising from the high rate of infantile mortality. In Fenton the ‘death-rate ...

... mnovum The infantile mortality for England and Walee for the past year is lm\‘m 1,000 births. This also is the lowest ever reco _so, at all events, there e little to complain about in this respect in anhouse, where the mortality is «}wn.leot to 97. The ...

... INFANCY. | The mortality of females of advanced yeams 15 nearly double that of the males. During the j‘“ there have been mno deaths under the head of diarrhceeal diseases; greater care has evidently been taken in the feeding of infants. The deaths in ...

... get the results aimed at by the association, namely, the decrease of infantile mortality, and the spread of the necessary knowledge about the feeding and management of infants. The regular foeding, which we are convineed is a very powerful factor in brinfinx ...

... nn';)ocu connected with the proper feeding and management of children. His object is to endeavour to lessen the heavy infantile mortal:ity which uulg vailsr in Leicester during the months f:», and August. Thi-&v[;'un“der;und. is A mmd which some . Monk's rndmnon ...