... HIGH RATE INFANT MORTALITY. In the of his arnnal report, presented to tLe Northwich Urban Cm ncil onWednesday D Gougb, the District Mtd .al Officer of Health, says the worst feature was the great increase in infantine mortality daring the year, out of ...

... HIGH RATE INFANT MORTALITY. In the sammary of his annual report, presented to tLe Narthwich Urban Council last nights Gougb. the District Medical Officer of Health, says the worst feature was the great increase infantine mortality during the year, 2U ...

... were 120 children on the books. Althoagh commenced so late iv the season the effect the infant mortality and diarrhosi rate has been marked. The infant mortality rate for St Helen's in 1899 was 157 per 1,000 births, against a mean rate of 172 in the preoediag ...

... highest possible; the girls’ and infants’ school £546 lis: and the st- the-Water School £122 0s 64, the highest possible. The ventilation in the eirls’ school was reported to be defective, there being similar defect in the infants’ school. The Education Department ...

... that the replies ot the following District Councils are unsatisfactory —Barnstaple (borough), exceptionally high rata of infant mortality among bastard children—lo dead among 20 j Culmstock (rural), Dairies, Cowsheds, Ac. Order not enforced : Axminster (rural) ...

... 009, as agair diseases was 3 Infe | zymo mortality whs 80.5 per 1,000 births, agair 102.4 in 73. The national birth-rate we 29.26, thy; national death-rate 18.3, | disease death-rate 2.19, anc the infant mortality 163 per 1,000 births. There had been 23 ...

... fhe honks. Although commenced so late Local G I in the season the effeae on the infant mortality referee, arid diarrh.e % rate has been marked, The year wi infant mortality rate for St. Rlelen's in 1899 'Turner Wals 157 per 1,000 births, against a m ean ...

... is wealthy and prosperous mainly because there is no rapid increase of population. A too rapid inorease means enormous infant mortality and large number of deaths under adult age. One would like information on many points before coming to any sweeping con ...

... .org ,pis, INFANT MOaTALITY. bet be The General Purposes Committee reported, Ber are in reference to defects in District Council on administration, that several medical officers sul hed attributed the large increase in infant 'Om mortality in their districts ...

... of the district, whereas the number of deaths re- gistered during the past year gave a death- rate of 15.1, and the infant mortality reached 81.1, as compared with 74.5 in 1898. But this was not so high as that of t wo years ago, when it reached 128 ...

... the purchase of a steam roller ana road scarifier. —The Clerk to the County Council wrote pointing out that the rate of infant mortality was higher at Tiverton than the rate for the county, and asking for observations.—Referred to the Medical Officer.—The ...

... purchase of a steam roller ana road scarifier. —•Tbe Clerk to tbe County Council wrote pointing out that the rate of infant mortality was higher Tiverton than the rate for the county, and asking for observations.—Referred to tbe Medical Officer.—The Exe ...