... would not tolerate the conditions under which practitioners work in Britain to-day. to be done in reducing maternal and infant mortality. The•Cranbrook report had advocated the setting aside of 20 to 25 per cent. of beds for women who need hospital ante-natal ...

... for weeks or years still claimed the most skilled and modern treatment with no fears of being unable to pay the bill. . Infant mortality and still births had reached a new low record; the health service included special care for the elderly. The hospital ...

... figures released today The average infant mortality rate in England and Wales in 1996 was six deaths per thousand births the lowest figure ever recorded Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show 3290 infants under the age of one died nationally ...

... maternal mortality. Every subject dealt with was interesting and instructive. but that which prot.oked the most discussion was the paper read by Dr. Adkins. The County Medical Offseer told his audience how much of the maternal mortality, like infant mortality ...

... low standards of hygiene resaiting in periodic plagues, and the squalid conditions of life. Large families with a high infant mortality rate were usual, and personal uncleanliness and infrequent washing of clothing could be partly attributed to poor water ...

... but deaths were slightly higher than in the same period last year. All encouraging feature of the statistics was that infant mortality among Maoris. which has been unduly high, declined from 59.68 to 45.72 per 1.000. ...

... middle *1 the year, the birth rate 25.4 per Loco, and the death rate 12.4 per 'moo. Infant mortality was 8o per imoo registered deaths. The marriage rate and infant mortality lower than in any other yam ow record. The birth-rate was the WOW ! MI riz= cakes ...

... with the protection of and hev.'th of infents. The Health Section is iontlikiing an extensive inquiry into the causes of infant mortality and this inquiry will be carefully co-onlinated with the work of :he Child Welfare Section. _ _ THE LEAGUE'S BUDGET. ...

... r s :::N:I m otis ed i a sa t t he r ld ro . m t i t ,a m a n t ine ti ll i c O h a gh u l ma is iorienre li n nt had Infant mortality was increasing, the birth rate was declining. and in a hundred years time the popuhttlon of this country would probably ...

... uninformed, and there was a deep-rooted feeling that it was wrong to interfere between parent and child. The rates of infant mortality were high, and the low standard of the community on questions of health and sanitation produced its inevitable toll. ...

... annual report of the Kenya Ministry of Health. The evidence of national sickness is expressed in such figures as an infant mortality rate of ITO per 1.000, compared with under 30 for developed countries. the report said. Less than two per cent. of the ...

... question which should not be overlooked, as every child is estimaied to he smith i io to the State if half the antenatal and infant mortality Could be prevented. and this is claimed by the best authorities to be possible of achievement. roughly iii.ooo.ooo annually ...