... 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 ...

... the buildings who were removed to hospitals, waa 18-19 per 1,000, which i* 3-21 per 1,000 beiow the average London. The infant mortality 133-67 in each 1,000 births, or below that of London. ...

... sbout. h, mg and running about. Certainly germs of o1 any kind had a fair chance, if they liked, to make P an attack Infant mortality mway well be high 83 when we as the evils they are subjected to, even IN in a well-r~ld tshooL through the waat of S ...

... 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 ...

... incraseinthedistrictwas traceable almost solelytotheepidemicofinfluenza. One hundred and two infants died under the age of one year, and the infant mortality as measured by the rate of deaths under twelve months. to the number born alive was l.4 per cent ...

... iomeaus slaughtered their infant r children -we are sacrificing, not alone children, but youths and maidens, and men - and women in ; their prime. Few of our population live out aI their days. In regard to the escessive infant mortality - of modern life it ...

... Dr. M'Cullagh's district there were 538 deaths. The population is 27,514. Cy The death-rate was 19 5 per 1,000. The infant mortality was very large, especially from diseases Taof the respiratory organs. There wore 290deaths a under 5 years of age; 53 ...

... of age disease easily afflicted them, and the result wasappalling. The system of baby farming was the chief cause of infant mortality, the children being deprived practically of the natural sources of nourishment. He thought that there should be separate ...

... 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 ...

... deaths, 1 were infants 'under.- jye years of age, equal to 39 per cent. on the whole, or a mortality of 6-6 per 1,000. The birth rate wi: a li'ttle under the average, and the death rate was raucb below the average, the infant mortality being less :than ...