... was in that presided over by Sir Walter Foster, papers on the employment of women in factories, and its effect upon infant mortality, being read. The gross evils which resulted from the present system were pointed out, and the appointment of a royal ...

... accidents, and four to old age. The death-rate for the past month was considerably below the average for the district, the infant mortality being much less than iu any previous month this year. Seven persons reached the ripe age of 70 years and over. Referring ...

... population. Sijt deaths were tire result of infantile diarrhoea, two were oue to old age, and two to ,Accidents. The infant mortality was exc:-p itonally high, being fourten out of a total of nineteen deaths. There were no deaths under the group of infectious ...

... proportion during the March quarter was 185 per 1,000. There was thus a decrease in the infant mortality of no less than 69 per 1,000 during the three months. The infant mortality last quarter was also the lowest during the last 2YS years, although that in the ...

... Sir Walter Foster, along discussion took place onl tire employment of married women in factories and its hearing upon infant mortality. It was argued that gross mischief resulted front tire present systete, and it, was suggested that a Royal Com- in mission ...

... declin endrnow compares favourably w itthea of other largetwrne s e in 1885 there we re 25 ton s rith a lower rate of infant mortality thn au rrdiff, butt In 1891 this6 number had been reduced to four. Fmal ly-otic diseases there had been 2,B73deatbs. ...

... published of the caudidates who have acquitted tbetselves so as to be deserving of uiettematical honours. The rate of infant mortality is enormous. In round numbers, 5,000,000 babes never live long enough to talk, 5,000,000 more never have lb chanico to ...

... of the quarter, and has gone en decreasing sine; The 588 deaths included 231 of infants undfcrone ypar of age, and 95 of persons aged unwards of 60 years. The 231 infant deaths weri in the proportion of 191 per 1,000 births registered during the same ...

... Christmas. The infant mortality of Tokio is high, owing to the too early exposure of new-born children. It is not unusual to see a week-old baby strapped on the back of a child about eight, and sent out to be jumbled about as its infant nurse plays and ...

... hope and he confessed he was much astonished at the figures of infant mortality given by Dr. Tatham, one of the medical officers of health of Lancashire, to the effect that whilst infant mor- tality was 162 per 1,000 in ordinary towns, it ranged in the ...

... MORTALITY 'STATISTICS. The Registrar-General reports that the annualrate of mortality last week in 33 great towns of England i and -Wales averaged 354 per 1,000 of their o aggregate population. The rate was in is Blrkerthead ?? ,, 26 j Liverpool ?? ? ...

... A CHILD'S SUICIDE. VIENNA, Wednesday.-«-A sad case of infant suicide is announced to-day. In consequence of a beating which he had received from his mother, a little boy named Nowotny, seven years of age, threw himself from the fourth floor of a house ...