... most undeserved, and that in fact infant's and young children are better cared for and attedded torn Manchester than in any other leading manufacturing town in England. It Is also evident that excessive infant mortality is not the cause of the alarmingly ...

... Alderman Wright in the chair. Evidence was given by several otber medical 'ic a* t men assigning reasons for the excessive infant mortality, in or and the inquiry was adjourned. It is expected to Al occupy a considerable time, and it is decided not only cc ...

... South Leith, with the view of discovering means pf checking the rate of infant mortality, the rate of mortality in other respects being smaller in proportion than that of infant mortality. The Council then adjourned. : - ...

... to some extent the infant mortality in the city and many of those accidents swhich occrred. The percentage of infant mortality in the city was exceedingly large. Oat of the 14,000 of anniil deaths, there were 2000 those of infants who died ...

... exclusively devoted to the treatment of children's diseases. It is not that there is no want of such an institution; the infant mortality in our city is appallihg, as our statistics show, notwithstanding the excel- lence of our Infirmaries, and the more humble ...

... to prevent intemperance and not to ert it. STAaRC POISONING has been said, on good authority, to be the main cause of infant mortality. No farinaceous food should be givern to a child till it has a full mouth of teeth, unlees such food has been previously ...

... association in supplement. inog the work of the School Board in dealing with infant children. Mr J. N. CUTREErTSON, in seconding the motion, alluded to the large infant mortality In Glasgow, and remarked that this association bad been formed not a day too ...

... mother is P to he left to disgrace the earth. Ti INFANT MORTALITY IN ST KILDA.% St Kilda, an island where general sickness is I] almost unknown, is gradually losing its population from an enormous infant mortality due to tetanus. Babies horn, to all appearance ...

... interest were those dealing with the consumption of alcohol and infant mortality. The first subject 'was introduced by Dr Kerr, who read a pa[*er on Mortality from Alcohol a Preventive Mortality. lie computed that no less than 13),QU0 persona died annually ...

... uimeinbei~s Mr L.iiN desired to tfi.ow what steps had been ftaling in colinection with the motion of Mrlh Scott i as to infant mortality. Mr URE said the Committee of Hecith hadl thought proper to put the matter entirely iute the handE of Dr lussell, who ...

... and evidence collected by experts, that where married wemen were largely cmployed in factories, in the first place, the infant mortality was very much higher; and, in the second place, they might indirectly conclude that a stunted and enfeebled race succeeded ...

... to an inquiry into the cause of the number of deaths without medical attendance which took lplace in Greenock, and the infant mortality. A notion was madeo for a special compittee to make the inquiry, but an amendment, to the effect that the matter be left ...