... the disease will have their effect on the mortality statistics. The rate of infant mortality in Ireland compares favourably both with England and Wales and with Scotland. In 1907 in Ireland the deaths of infants under the age of one year numbered 9,334 ...

... having deal with the proper care of infants and urge the importance of clean surroundings nourishing food. Dr. Barnett said one of thg great- questions to be taken up by -thk Women's Association was infant mortality, It was a pitiable thing that so many ...

... a question of even greater importance than its cure. They were told, on the highest. authority, that 60 per oent. of infant mortality might be arrested and tuberculosis stamped out, if only proper attention were paid to the laws of health. How were these ...

... Scotland, and bad been conclusively disproved by Professor Lindsay, of Queen's College, Belfast, who asked how it was that the mortality in County Down, where the people were largely of Scotch extraction, was much heavier than in County Clare, where the population ...

... the land; we must show them that the appalling mortality from tuberculosis can be controlled by them if their houses are kept clean, and if fresh air and sunshine are freely admitted; that the waste of infant life is due to the fact that milk is more easily ...

... sufficient clothes to keep out cold mud rain ; but no one ever enjoyed more than comfort in our corner of the world, and every mortal there looked twice, as the Master put it, before jingling sixpence on a tombstone. Money, wild he, may be a *arse, but ...

... great need of knowledge. In only two districts is there a report that the Windows are not kept open, and in one of these that infants seem to be in need of more fresh air, the mothers being too busy to take them out. The coneensus of opinion among the visitote ...