... died, whereas Dundee had only 65 infant deaths. The EXCESSIVE INFANT MORTALITY IN ABERDEEN does not appear to have been caused by any unusual epidemic of children's maladies. The notable feature of the large total of infant deaths is the number due to premature ...

... the concentration camps. The statistics published to-day of the infant mortality in Cape Colony must also receive careful consideration in connection with the question of child mortality in the camps. The figures relating to the death - rate of European ...

... dozen. The Rev. E. Despard, the association secretary, spoke strongly life the slums in Bristol, stating that the rate infant mortality in some of them was even greater than in the concentration camps South Africa. Parents,- too, in- Mirrd their children ...

... , and many suggestions ha* been made with view to prevent the depopulation. One of these is to attempt to reduce the infant mortality statistics. Dr Laborde has turned hi 6 attention to this question and has related some cases at the Academy of Medicine ...

... they had one and two-roomed houses in which there existed sanitary accommodation, was not to he wondered at that the infant mortality was high, and the stamina of their people was low. DUNDEE NOT BEHIND. They must see that their city did not become the ...

... the death-rate of the children in the district. The infant mortality per 1000 born is 301, or, in other words, one child almost dies for every threa born. In Pollokshields West the infant mortality is 102 per 1000 born, and the average over the whole ...

... Rev. E. Despard, the associaticn secretary, spoke strengly cn-life in the slums in Bristol, stating that the rate of infant mortality in some of them was even greater than in the cancentration camps of South Africa. Parents, too, insured their children ...

... employment in public works. The system is responsible for Dundee*s unenviable notoriety as one of the chief centres of infant mortality. While many husbands are not in receipt of a living wage, there are others, unfortunately, who spend far too much of ...

... lessen the infantile mortality, which was very high in the city. The 1 sum required was not a very large one. They were tol l that Dundee was not increasing in population as it ought to do, and that was because of the heavy infant mortality aud child neglect ...

... surroundings. The Russian death-rate is still abnormally high, 'being 51 per 1030, and increasing rather than diminishing. Infant mortality is the chief cause, due to criminal neglect, drunkenness, and want sanitation. A new flying machine is promised by B ...

... ALARMING INFANTILE MORTALITY IN LINLITHGOW. Dr Brock, the Medical Officer of Health for tha burgh of Linlithgow, in his annual report to the Local Government Board, makes special mention of the infantile mortality in tiie burgh last year. He states:—The ...

... of health for Dundee, is able to give the cheeVing information that for once in a way the mortality among infants and children in the city shows a big decrease. And not only so, but that the death-rate is the lowest for any August during the last four years ...