155-6 ; Frome, 1547 ; Kapunda, 148-4 ; Clare, 141-3 ; Higher- 

 combe, 129 ; Port Gawler, 128-2 ; Crawford, 128*2 ; Barossa, 

 124-8 ; Gilbert, 121 ; Strathalbyn, 118-4 ; "Wellington, 109-2 

 Grey, 104-7 ; Robe, 1043 ; Talnnga, 103-2 ; Flinders, 101-5 

 Upper Wakefield, 101-4; Willunga, 100; Angaston, 959 

 Nairne, 94.8 ; Encounter Bay, 947 ; Morphett Vale, 86-3 

 and, lastly, Yankalilla, including Kangaroo Island, only 65. 



As a general rule we find tbat tbe more we go to tbe nortb 

 tbe bigber is tbe deatbrate of infants, tbe only exception 

 being in crowded centres of population. Why tbe Districts of 

 Daly, Hindmarsb, and Port Adelaide should be so fatal I 

 cannot explain, unless tbe blame be laid upon tbe wretcbed 

 drainage in tbese places. Tbe most bealtby district is Yanka- 

 lilla and Kangaroo Island, and around tbe moutb of tbe 

 Murray. I am not sure tbat we make enougb use of Kangaroo 

 Island as a bealtb resort in summer time. Strange to say tbe 

 mortality in tbe Mount Barker district is 160'7, wbile tbat 

 of tbe District of Nairne, adjoining, is only 94'8. Perbaps 

 more die in tbe winter in Mount Barker. I cannot find any 

 means of deciding tbis point: Of all tbe districts nortb of 

 Adelaide tbat of Angaston is tbe most bealtby. 



IV. — Can ant Means be Adopted to Reduce this Excessive 

 Infant Moetality? 



Tbis subject has already been fully discussed, and bence I 

 sball be very brief. We bave bad suggestions by able men, 

 given in lectures to tbe people, wbicb, if tbey were acted upon, 

 would mucb tend to reduce tbe rate, more particularly as 

 regards tbe dieting, clotbing, &c, and improvement of tbe 

 bomes. But if our babies die because tbe air is too bot and 

 dry, we must modify our treatment accordingly, and I sball 

 merely press tbis point briefly. 



During tbe bot days every care sbould be taken to counteract 

 tbe influence of tbis bot dry atmospbere. When tbe baby is ill 

 it is tbe beigbt of folly to throw open tbe door and window on 

 an Australian summer's day to let in tbe bot wind under tbe 

 erroneous impression tbat it is bealtby. On tbe contrary by 

 every possible means keep tbe air in your rooms cool. We 

 cannot rediice the temperature of tbe colony, but we can reduce 

 tbat to wbicb our infants are exposed. Many ways suggest 

 themselves at once for doing tbis, only one or two shall we 

 notice. 



A baby with little or no clothes on has a much better chance 

 of living through a week of hot summer's weather than one 

 "properly dressed." Too many clothes are put upon the child. 

 The child could then be bathed two or three times a day in 

 tepid or cold water without trouble. The child's bead should 



