... During a speech of more than an hour, Castro recounted the island’s advances - which he nidmimfiiblewithwt socialism - a infant mortality rate, a high literacy rate, electrification and clean drinking water. The crowd included Juan Miguel Gonzalez, who mwmtw% ...

... Health today underlines the widely-held view that there are geographical and social differences in life expectancy and infant mortality. Public health minister Yvette Cooper said: “What greater inequity can there be than to die younger and suffer more illness ...

... Sain-Ley-Berry-Gray family Parents who love to play happy families A FEW centuries ago, large families were commonplace. High infant mortality rates due to poor diet, poverty and a lack of hygiene meant that parents were more willing to have huge numbers of children ...

... know about ‘mother’s ruin’ (the phrase probably hasits origins in the heyday of the gincrazein 18th century London, when infant mortality was rife among the poor). The book covers the history of gin, how it is made, tasting notes, and, of interest to all ...

... 21b when he was born in 1922 and in the preincubator days was literally wrapped up in cotton wool. It was a time when infant mortality was high and, without the special care baby equipment of today, his remarkable battle for survival was aided by a fountain ...

... rate of infantile mortality in their districts and the particular Councils must have been impressed by the seriousness of the observations. Only a few weeks ago the Medical Officer of Health for Billinge reported that the infant mortality was excessively ...

... programme : reveals Britain on its knees as people faced hunger, mass : grief and, in some communities, starvation, and infant . mortality rates rose to shocking levels, while riots up and : down the country cracked the patriotic reserve. (T) 5258 : 10.00 ...

... Apt for Jemmy Jenkinson who was not only a farmer but a father of 14 children. Good, strong stock, too, for the high infant mortality years of the 19th century. Only two of his children by wife Ellen, nee Fisher, died young. The rest survived to raise ...

... siege In Palestine HQ SEE PAGE 16 MORE than three million people live on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1999 figures). infant mortality rate of almost 25 per thousand (three times that of Israel). Given these stark statistics, outside awareness and funding ...

... goods for Cuba, increased life expectancy, health and education, wiped out illiteracy and other problems, reduced the infant mortality rate the people may not always agree with everything he does but the overwhelming majority love him. It's not hard ...

... rate of infantile mortality in their districts, and the particular Councils must have been impressed by the seriousness of the observations. Only a few weeks ago the Medical Offi- ‘ cer of Health for Billinge reported that the mortality was excessively ...

... all made my life better. But can you imagine what it was like - from a funeral point of view - in Wigan in 1850 when the mortality rate was as high as almost 40 per 1,000. The average figure for towns of comparable size was just over 26. Wigan was described ...