... preservatives cannot fail to be injurious to the human system, and the ivcreasing infant mortality in some towns is attributed to the fact that tLe milk used by the infants i 8 now so nlequently borated. ...

... were 2,797 deaths from accidents, 588 being to infants who had been suffocated in bed. Diarrhcea caused 2,504 deaths, diphtheria 1,181, whooping cough 1,880, and small-pox 1,314. The mortality of infants is again the moat startling feature of the return ...

... times of depression infantile mortality shows a decrease, doubtless owing to the fact that Ow mothers cannot obtain drink. Poor Jews, al- though they violate many of the laws of hygiene, have a lower death-rate among infants than have Christians, for the ...

... of bringiug up infants in crowded districts. Oue would scarcely think it, but thie shows are very popular with the poorer classes, aud they help to diminish improper dieting. which to a large extent accoucts for the Ligh infaut mortality in the crowded ...

... woe very glad to know that Fourething was to be done at last in the iiitereit of the children, lie referred to the mortality among infants (a matter which the new Bill bee nothing wha'aver to do with), and compared the number of deaths in country and towns—the ...

... domestic servants who aro brought into London from the country. The low-pressure system of heating has been adoptri in the infants' school which has just been opened at Griffithstown by the Pontypool Board School. The building, which has cost about £2,000 ...