... 24 per 1,000. The deaths were 62, making a death-1%4.. of 19.2. The infant mortality under one year waa 205 to 1,000 births, this compares very unfavourably with 1899, when the infant was 98 to 1,000 births, and in order to prevent misapprehension, it ...

... proportion varies considerably, however, in the different districts, and we note that Burnley and Blackburn, where the rate infant, mortality is highest, employ the hugest number of married women. The report profitsharing shows that headway is being made in this ...

... pursuits. Both in Carnarvonshire and Merioneth it was noticeable that infant mortality in the coast towns was above the average. Could that be due to the artificial feeding of infants because the mothers during the summer months were too busy attending ...

... home were to continue to owing the old Unee. Bat many qneationo wars damaoriog for solution —drunkenness, bad honsing, infant mortality, ignorance—all demanding treatment more stern than Mr long and hit friends woold employ. The day for talk about social ...

... birth rate for the year has accordingly been 21*9 per thousand. The number of births last year were 191. Infant Mortality. —The rate of infant mortality measured by the proportion of deaths of children under one year of age per thousand born was 1341. In ...

... thousand hieing 29'17. Number of deaths registered during the year, 30, giving a death rate per thousand of 17 5. The infant mortality reached the very high figure of 180 per thousand, f of the registered ni less that, 9 of the 50 childresi died under ...

... a very low condition. Overcrowding, insanitation, ignorance, laziness, drink and unemployment are the chief causes of infant mortality, and the attempt to make Hygiene and Temperance compulsory subjects in elementary Schools should produce a change later ...

... health:: sanitary conditions that prevaded. There sate but three deaths of childrea under one year of age, giving an infant mortality of per against 40.8 for 1902. An analysis of the cause of death slicoc-d that phthisis and other tuberculous disease ...

... under one year of age, and 49 or 46'2 per cent, of persona aged 60 years and upwards. The low proportion borne by the infant mortality to the general death rate ia highly favourable indication of the oiroumstanoes affecting health in childhood throughout ...

... of per thousand of the pcpnU inn is considerably below the average tor Wales, especially gratifying is the fact that infant mortality practically nIL The only regrettable feature of the report is that cancer aod phthisis aco.Hinted for a considerable ...

... districts. The area was 80.303 acres; population, Llanidloes, 3,113 Llanwnog, 3,833. Birth rate, 36*34; Death rate, 16*4; Infant mortality (a) per thousand of population, 2*15; (b) per thousand births registered. 76*5. During the year 113 deaths had been recorded ...

... 1907. There were two deaths only of children under ens year of age, a decrease of three on the previous year, and the infant mortality has been reduced from 125 per 1000 births registered for 1907 to 40 8 for 1906. Of the two infantile deaths one was due ...