... number of births was 63, and the deaths 53. Therrfca of the latter was 14*6, and the infant mortality was 61 7. The general death rate and tbe zymotic and infant mortality were very favourable.—Mr Mortimer thought the Council and the town might congratulate ...

... state of the refugee camps the Government suggests that Boer women and their habits are responsible for the terrible infant mortality reported. We.on the other hand, say that condemnation lies with the Government which permitted those camps to be laid ...

... p»rt of the year. The rate for the paat seven days 14 per 1,000 and the figure was net unduly excessive. The rate of Infant mortality was 108 per 1,000 births against KSfW for seven years of 79 per 1,000. Tho ages which death occurred were : Between one ...

... early part ef year. The rate for the past seven days was per 1,000 and the figure was not unduly excessive. The rate of infant mortality was 103 per 1,000 births against an average for seven years of 79 per 1,000. The ages at which death occurred were : ...

... rapidly advancing custom ot bottle feeding Infants, wrong and improper mixing ot the ingredients, want of regularity the feeding time?, and leaving the infants to strangers to looked after accounted for the high mortality along with tbe other causes mentioned ...

... and fairly I satisfactory. The statistics connected with infant life, however,, were not improving. North Devon almost a purely agabealtural district, and- ought to show a 1ow«e infant mortality and! better birth-rase —in neither particular is there any ...

... Peze, by stabbing him in Barking-road n the 3rd inst. Accused denied the charge. According to Health, the increasing infant mortality at Liverpool has led the Corporation to lay down plant capable of sterilising 12,000 bottles of humanised milk per day—a ...

... and fairly satisfactory. The statistics connected with infant life, however, were not improving. North Devon is almost a purely agricultural district, and ought to show a lower infant mortality and a better birth-rate—in neither particular there any ...

... two years it stood 228. The past year it was 186. Tbe deith rate 127 was the lowest yet recorded for the district. The infant mortality rate was 752 per thousand births, and was the third lowest in ten years. With regard to the housing of the working-classes ...

... It is proposed to present Private Bullay with a suitable token of his townsmen's appreciation. BROADWOODWIDGER. The infant mortality of Broadwoodwidger is, says Dr. Slade King in his annual report to the Devon County Council, three times as great as ...

... number of births was 63, and the deaths 53. The rate of the latter was 14-6, and the mortality was 61 7. The general death rate and the zymotic and infant mortality were very favourable.—Mr Mortimer thought the Council aud the town might congratulate ...

... The death-rate was also lower, although only slightly, being (230 deaths), as against 14*29 (241 deaths) in 1893. The infant mortality was much below the average of the last few years, being only 90 42, as against 112 in 1899. The zymotic death-rate was ...