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Women's vital (and parental) power

... ov births. And of boys Ixtrn many are punt and weakly. and more or less feeble-brained. An alarming increase of male infant mortality was coincident with the pre-war increase of girl births. By forbidding all strenuous activities. social or athletic—but ...

Lady Dufferin

... ruthiet*j war had obliged them to realise for their country’s -*a.ke that they must endeavour to gave infant life and prevent the causes infant mortality. With this view innumerable experiments were being made and new methods tested in all our centres c ...

Published: Thursday 14 November 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 630 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Report

... a children’s matinee given by the Misses Haines in aid of tho Children's League Pity. Tt was gratifying to know that infant mortality was decreasing year bv year. The Hon. Lady Kennedy was re-elected president, and the vice-presidents and general committee ...

Published: Saturday 22 June 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 858 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PORTADOWN MIDWIFE

... strife at present involving snob deplorably heavy loss of life, make. it urperative to care for child life at home. 1918 infant mortality in Portedows increased by 22, the avenge death rate per 1003 births fur previous live yeses being 121. That death roll ...

Published: Saturday 03 August 1918
Newspaper: Portadown News
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 917 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Th© Labour party* nii\i wanted their Stockholm, and in altort tin.« they were gniug to ask the Government ..

... extremely doubtful and cosily experimentwhen » seen that methoda age not needed in a scheme which New Zealand has rednsrd infant mortality to its Uredgt limit, where the children are found bigger then they were before toe pla* was' put into force, and where ...

Published: Thursday 10 January 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1065 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE MUNITIONS DISPUTL

... administration in order to reduce infant mortality which was so prejudicial to this country * Mr. Anderson asked if the right hon. gentleman had any doubt that improved legislation and administration would decrease the mortality of children. Mr - S. i, Br «P ...

Published: Tuesday 23 July 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1261 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Powers of the Sub-Committoe

... attention Dr. Thomson’s letter (already published in our columns), which he referred the influence certain diseases on infant mortality and maternity troubles. They ought call upon Dr. Thomson to justify hia declaration recent scientific discoveries would ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1312 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CHILD WELFARE in PORTADqtbh

... It. *’ * rcAl many wilD varmlv Breciea ~ had obliged them to realise for Cathey mu«a endeavour eave infant lif» a« / * tiut causes of Infant mortality. IViih ,hls P - experiments were being made and new .’“^eracj ill our centres clvilieation. JlUle humility ...

Published: Friday 15 November 1918
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1413 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ACROSS THE RHINE

... territory of Belgium and France. But visit the children’s hospital here in Cologne would convince anybody of terrible infant mortality in Germany during the last stages of the war. Curiously enough, the deficiency, rubier baa been .among chief causes ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1527 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE WORK OF THE AIRSHIP

... DEPART- ♦ LONDON POLICE STRIKE. WENT. Men Leave Their Beats at Midnight Report and Statistics for 1917. THE INCREASE INFANT MORTALITY A strike occurred among the London Metropolitan Police, who came out midnight, the men who went on duly 10 p.m. leaving ...

Published: Friday 30 August 1918
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1684 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Ifthe Kaiser Governed Britain. The Lesson of Germany

... docility of the workman and his wife (for industry and “discipline” are the leading German virtues) keep down epidemics, the infant mortality in these quarters is very high in most German towns, and the dwellings supplied to the rural labourer are still more ...

Published: Saturday 17 August 1918
Newspaper: Lurgan Mail
County: Armagh, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1910 | Page: 3 | Tags: none