... INFANT MORTALITY. The Chairman called attention to the extremely low rate of infant mortality in the Atlierstone district during the past year, viz., 50 per thousand Of the number of births. He ,did not think there was another case to be found in United ...

... THE INFANT MORTALITY On Mraday alight a Melon oe the Infant Mortality Problem was delivered in the Anent* Boom at the Town Hail conneation with the Workers' Idocational by Dr. &britson. Medical OMeer of Health of the City of Birmingham. The lecturer gaoled ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. highest death rate in the urban distrirns was 14.16 at Bulk. ington and th., loirezt 10.14 in the borough of Nuneaton. In the rural thstriet.; the highest rate was 14.30 at Southern and the lowest 9.19 at Foleshill. _ Recording an infant ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. The number of nuisances abated during the year was 1,647, and, in addition, ifst contraventions which were discovered in dairies, lorlging houses, slaughterhouses, etc.. were remedied. As former years, difficulty has been experienced ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Soin; extremely interesting facts with regard to infant mortality in St. George’s and St. Stephen’s Wards of the city of Birmingham, and its relation to the employment of married women, are brought to light in the report just published ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. The infant mortatity rate of 64 per 1.000 births is slightly higher than in 1935, when a figure of 62 was recorded. In England and Wales the rate was 59 and in the 122 great towns 63. '-Scarlet fever remained fairly prevalent throughout ...

... That to soy that at 'least 50 per cent, of the deaths amongst infants are due to prevent!bl© causes. Of theso, epidemic diarrhea is the most important—one-fifth of the total infant mortality 1905 was due this cause alone. It is, as well-knoam, almost entirely ...

... one so far as infant mortality is concerned, but addition to this advantage there can bo little doubt that a profound change is being made for the better the conditions under which infants are reared. lees than fifth of all the infante who died under ...

... INFANT MORTALITY Possibly the most favourable criterion was the fall in infant ) mortality rate. Fifty years ago.l out of every 1,000 babies born. 150 died before reaching the age of one year. That figure had) fallen to less than a third, and now stood ...

... Infant Mortality. A considerable improvement is noticeable in the returns of infant mortality, the number of death* infant* under one year being 762. against 925. 500, and 1,520 in the corresponding quarters the three previous years. The ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. ...

... one so far infant mortality is concerned, but addition to this advantage thero can be little doubt that a profound change being made for the better in the condition* under which infants are reared. lees than 383—thata fifth of all the infant* who died ...