... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... of the.year 92,344. The mortality of last week was exactly the same as that of the preceding one, 47 deaths being recorded in each one. These 47 deaths yielded a rate of 26'5 per 1.000 of the inhabitants. This record of mortality cannot bo said to be very ...

... the population, estimated to be in the middle of last year 136,181. A slight decrease was shown in the mortality during: the was shown in the mortality during: the past week, for the number was 53, as against 57 in the previous one. These 53 deaths yield ...

... MORRISTON. THE LATH: MR THOMAS WILLIAMS, ERIDGE HOUSE.—The mortal remains of Mr Williams were interred on Monday afternoon at Llan- gyfelach parish churchyard. The cortege was a very large and imposing one, including the carriages of Messrs W. Williams ...

... cf mortality. In Swansea, the deaths yielded a rate of 26'5 per 1.000. This was 2*0 higher than that of Cardiff, and 4*2 higher than the 33 great towns. deaths in Cardiff included 27 malwS and 37 females, and of this total 19 were those of infants under ...

... 449 births and 4,571 deaths. The deaths oorresponded to an annual rate of 23'4 per 1,000 of the population. The rates of mortality in tho several towns, arranged in order from the lowest, were as follows:— 142 23-7 16-6 24'4 Huddevslleld 17-3 Manchester ...