... INFANT MORTALITY. Public attention has been directed none too soon by the Home Secretary, Officers of Health, and the Medical Profession generally to the alarming mortality of children under twelve months through the United Kingdom. The recent statistical ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. INTERESTING DEPARTURE IN EXETER. The work which has been taken hand Exeter Branch of the National Union of Women Workers, and which the city authorities are assisting far as possible, one which must command the sympathy all citizens ...

... MORTALITY GPN OFFER (FROM OUR O CORRESPONDENT.) Berlin, Wednesday. Tho “ Morgenpost ” states that Mr. Nathan Straas, the American millionnire, has offered to present a complete installation of pasteurizing apparatus for the sterilization of milk—like ...

... visit to the Infant Mortality Conference, held on June 13th and 14th, in which he stated that the aim of the conference was to consider the social conditions bearing directly or indirectly upon the causation of undue and preventible mortality in infancy ...

... sanitary improvements, the infant mortality showed no such signs of decrease. Thus the decimal average death rate was:—For 1878 to 18&5, 22.2 per 1000; (or 1898 to was, 18.4 per 1,000. The chief causes of the high infant mortality were improper food, want ...

... feeding which threatened the physique of the raoe. Sir James pointed out that infant mortality was terribly increased by unsuitable substitutes for the natural food of infante. ...

... MOM INFANT MORTALITY The Medical Officer (Dr. Eglinton) reported that there had been 46 births and 74 deaths during the quarter, yielding a birth rate of 17 . 1, and a death rate of 27 . 5 per thousand. Deducting 28 deaths which had occurred at Wells ...

... INFANT MORTALITY IN ENGLAND. At a meeting of the members the House of Commons, on Tuesday afternoon, it was agreed to ask the President the Local Government Board to receive a deputation calling his attention to the serious percentage of infant mortality ...

... INFANT MORTALITY EGYPT. TERRIBLE TALE OF DESTRUCTION. One of the most distressing features of he native life in Egypt is the great infant .Hutnbty. Host of us knew, says the Tall uall Gazette's Cairo correspondent, that it vas fairly high, but scarcely ...

... INFANT MORTALITY IN GLASGOW. At mMtinc of the Towa Council Ml Tueedar, muuielrete called attention lha extraordinarT infant mortality in the city. Ttia alanchtar of the ianocanta. ha eatd. was each called for immediate remedy. For the put fortnight the ...

... Maltese Infant Mortality. telegram from Malta states that whilst the general death rate is 26 per 1,000 of the population, the infantile mortality is per 1,000 births. The death rate of children under five years is 53 per cent, of the general rate. ...

... IGH FANT MORTALITY From a report by the Burnley Medical Officer of Health, on Saturday, it appears that the rafe of infant mortality continuss to he the “black blot” on the town. Duri the last 12 months, 217 per 1,000 children r the have died, which is ...