... were no cases of plague. INFANT MORTALITY. The deaths of children under five years of age numbered 1215. The number of children in the first year of life who died was 844, which is equivalent to 24.6 per cent, of the total mortality, and, calculated on the ...

... for February last year, infant mortality the deaths under five years (103) constituted 38 per cent., and those under one year (65) 22 per cent, of the total mortality, the latter being equivalent an annual infantile mortality of 166 per 1000 births. There ...

... the charming lines— '' Cupid near a cradle creeping, Saw an infant gently sleeping. The rose that blushed upon it's cheek Seem'd a birth divine to speak; To ascertain if earth or heaven To mortals this fair form was given, He, the little urchin simple, Touched ...