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... 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 ...

Published: Friday 07 March 1902
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1509 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

KIRKCALDY DISTRICT COMMTTEE

... Botha's intercepted orders to his lieutenant unload the British lines. The report lete in good deal more light on the infant mortality question, and confirms the opinion public that it much the fault of tho Boer mothers as of the authorities who have look ...

Published: Saturday 01 March 1902
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3151 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ALARMING INFANTILE MORTALITY IN LINLITHGOW

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 06 March 1902
Newspaper: Dundee Evening Telegraph
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ABNOKKAL INFANTILE MOBTAUTT IS LnannGOW . —Dr Brockthe medical officer of health for the burgh of Linlirhgowin ..

... his annual report to the Local Government Board ,, makes special mention of the infantile mortality in the burgh laet year . Ho states : —The infantile mortality rate or ' number of deaths under one year of age per 1000 births was 224 . 6 ono of the ' ...

Published: Thursday 06 March 1902
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SLAUGHTER HOUSE

... tb, year nutuhered 1313-72 males mid 68 females, making a 'Birth rate of 32.2 per 1000 living. HIGH INFANTILE MORTALITY. The infantile mortality rate, or number of deaths under one year of age per 1000 births was 224.6, one of the highest, if not the highest ...

Published: Friday 07 March 1902
Newspaper: West Lothian Courier
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: | Words: 464 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GENERAL NEWS

... us returns show thai the population India 294,266,701. The death-rate from plague in the now exceeds 1000 daily, ami the mortality is still Keadaiy rising. Mrs Langtry has received, for her own personal nsß, quantity new costumes, which were designed in ...

Published: Monday 03 March 1902
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1330 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

POLICE COURT. —Before Bailie Brand in the Police Court this morning, Mary Welsh or Hall was fined 10s or seven

... annual rate of 291 per living thousand, as compared with 12 6in the same period last year. One of the deaths was that of an infant under one year of age, while 6 were those of persons 60 years of age and upwards. One death was due to measles, while 5 were ...

Published: Friday 07 March 1902
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1614 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Odd% & fatls

... In due course the father ascended the pulpit stair, and whispered into the minister's eer, The child's name is Mary. The infant eon was then baptised in the usual form, when. soddenly, the mother, who mat in front of the pulpit, startled the congregation ...

Mr rhomas—f hat will be two dinners

... of toe desuuction of the lltulgh oy ere tae School had pay per week tor the use of yawns Bre as a ter Furry school tor the infant and Junior newt- Incr., and 11, pay tot coal, soil retail; in addition. Jamieson said he was at ids meeta edict were erriegetl ...

Published: Friday 07 March 1902
Newspaper: West Lothian Courier
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: | Words: 2382 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

getting a little, intex,ted in it. She spolck , quietly, but with an inflection of the inteneest bitteniese in her

... orders that unless ho woke apparently much better the doctor was to be sent for, Cr- went to bed, fully expecting to find the infant all right again in the morning. In the early dawn, however, he was called hastily by Lavende4 and rushing to the nursery found ...

Published: Monday 03 March 1902
Newspaper: Scottish Referee
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2932 | Page: 5 | Tags: none