... Infant Mortality. Infant mortality in the first four weeks of life ”• was the subject of a paper read by Dr. Henry Koplik, of New York. Dr. Koplik said there were many conditions both the father and the mother which resulted in the production of an infant ...

... INFANT MORTALITY, LEGISLATION LOR CARE MOTIIERS AND CHILDREN. House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. Anderson asked the President of the Locci Government Board whether the increase in rate of infantile mortality is partly or largely due the shortage of nurses ...

... INFANT MORTALITY. Mil JOHN BDKNS’S WAY WITH SOFFKAGIBTS. A nnblic meeting was held yesterday m axton A puobc raceix formation l?all, estmmstei, r w rrcYClltion of National Association Promotion of the Infant Mortality l ' Welfare of u , , f^al Mr. John ...

... attention to the districts where infantile mortality is prevalent. Mr. Chambers said that a great many infants died not through neglect, but because of the parents’ ignorance. Taking the figures of in- ‘ant mortality in Conisborough and Denaby, he pointed ...

... DERBYSHIRE. CHESTERFIELD. At Chesterfield during the past quarter the infant mortality ‘was at the rate of 136 per 1,000 children born, compared with a rate of 71 for the corresponding period of last year. The price agreed upon for the purchase by Ch ...

... numbers. The birth irate was very low, but infant mortality mbs shockingly high. Clearly this preventable mortality must be prevented. To raise the birth-rate might or might be feasible, but an immense saving infant life was certainly feasible at any time ...

... INFANT MORTALITY MAivXNG GOOD THE LOSSES IN THE WAR. A meeting was held Guildhall, London, yesterday, to promote the welfare of motherhood and infancy. Local administrativo authorities in all parts of the kingdom were represented by Mayors, Medical Officers ...

... AUGUST 5. 1913. CARE OF BABIES. GREAT ENGLISH-SPEAKING CONFERENCE. SHEFFIELD PAPER. The English-Speaking Conference on Infant Mortality mef yesterday, Caxton Hall, Westminster. All the Colonies and Dependencies are represented, and the deliberations are ...

... since 1902. The infant mortality rate of 176 per thousand births, compared with average of 154 for the previous ten years, and is unfavourable in comparison with the rate of 133 for the 136 smaller towns of the country. The infant mortality formed per cent ...

... and prevention: and (2) the best non-medical means of combating infant mortality and raerbidity. The National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality and the National Baby Week Council are co-operating in Iho preparations for these conferences ...

... lessoning the evil of infant mortality instructing young mothers in the proper care and feeding of babies, and what assistance thev can towards that end. In the past Sheffield has not stood particularly well so far as infant mortality is concerned, but the ...

... fact shows that a high nirth rate does not necessarily mean high death rate also. The deaths of infants under one year were 265, equivalent to an infant mortality rate of 110 per thousand births. This the second best rate recorded for the district the best ...