... that for years the British nation had been striving to reduce the rate of infant mortality. Much had been done, but much still remained to do. In the year 1891 the rate for infants under a year old was 138 per 1000; the lowest yet reached was 103 per 1000 ...

... compared with 14.7 in 1908. the lowest death-rate previously recorded. The infant mortality was 109 per 1000 births, as compared with 120 in 1208. Referring to infant and child mortality, Dr Newsholme re• marks No fact is better established than that the death-rate ...

... DMT'UNK INFANT MORTALITY' sir . rereire»l from the Piwdwit the ore I Hoard, a ture arerage infant death ami 1310 thow oeni* horougtm whr have adopted the Not 1 final ton Art. Some rednriiaaa are ahown a* (irimwhv. derltne rem deaths under one ,«go hirtha ...

... m. High water at Leith, 5.14 a.m.; 5.33 p.m. PREVENTION OF INFANT MORTALITY The National Executive Committee, which in 1906 and 1908 organised conferences on the question of infant mortality, have derided to extend their sphere of operations so as to ...

... Petersburg and Moscow on the occasion of the Romanoff Tercentenary will, acezrding to an Imperial decree on the subject of infant mortality in Russia, be devoted to the upkeep of a special institution in which children and mothers can be received. ...

... poorest fra •*' surrounding district* It. that the rat' infant mortality i« (ailing the ease of i-.h..dret) under one year was I* per thousand 1»9. the 'owe*! for toe l** l real* Th.- infant mortality ■> * fart, lower than that of any town the try inept ...

... children, and so help to decrease the high infant mortality in the town. Many mothers entered the competition, and 40 infants had to pass the scrutiny of lady and medical judges. One of the first prize winners was an infant which was the 15th of the family, and ...

... legislation for the benefit of their children. all young married women desire children, and make every effort to reduce infant mortality by natural feeding of their babies. Another reason. with us, for the decrease in the birth-rate is that girls do not ...

... practically only those physically unfit, to look after the health not only of the troops the front, but of the people borne. Infant mortality is already national tragedy. Mothers and children are dying for want of care. DISMAY CAMBRIDGE. Sir Clifford Allbutt ...

... manufacturing these terrible diseases they would te unanimously of opinion that they ought no longer to exist. (Applause.) Infant mortality was another thing that found its high-water mark in the slum. The Canongate's rate was three times as high as that of ...

... disease, but they were rapidly decreasing. There was no foundation for the view that there had been a sndden increase in infant mortality resulting from want of proper nourishment and care. Deep gratitude was expressed for the gifts received from the Dominions ...

... LIMITED, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, SE. THE MATERNITY BEINEIiT. HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT. At the English-speaking conference on infant mortality at the Caxton Hall, We,stminster, yesterday, Dr Barbara Sutherland, assistant medical officer of health, Glasgow, read ...