‘ Children’s Hospital at Pendleberry that the death rate of infants 
under one year during the decade ending 1903 was 183.8 in Manchester 
; and 198.3 in Salford. 
j The following statistics from various countries are along the same 
I lines : 
! 
Country. 
General mortal- ! 
ity— Deaths to 
1,000 living; aver- : 
age annual rate in 
10 years ( 1895-1904). 1 
Country. 
Infantile mortal- 
ity— Deaths of 
children under 1 
year to 1,000 births 
— average annual 
Rate in 10 years 
(1895-1904) . 
a 33. 6 
Chile 
&326 
Chile 
28.8 ‘ 
Russia (European) 
0 268 
27.8 
Aiistria 
c224 
27.3 
Roumania 
d218 
26.8 
Hungary 
216 
26.8 
Prussia 
197 
25.2 
Spain 
el82 
Servia 
23.9 i 
Jamaica 
176 
'Rnlgan'a 
23.9 ! 
Italy 
170 
Italy 
22.7 
Ceylon 
169 
Jamaica 
22.4 
Belgium 
156 
Rprman "Rmpire 
20.8 
France 
153 
Prussia 
20.5 
Servia 
154 
.Ta.pa.n 
&20.5 
Japan 
0 151 
France 
20.4 
England and Wales 
150 
Firila.Tid 
18.7 
The Netherlands 
147 
Switzerland 
18.1 
Western Australia 
147 
Ireland 
18.0 
Bulgaria ; 
6144 
Belgium 
17.8 
Switzerland 
142 
Scotland 
17.8 
Finland 
134 
England and Wales 
17.2 
Denmark 
127 
The Netherlands 
17.0 
Scotland 
126 
Denmark 
15.8 
New South Wales 
108 
Sweden 
' 15.8 
Victoria 
105 
Norway 
15.1 
Ireland 
103 
Western Australia 
14.6 
South Austral ia 
102 
Victoria 
13.3 
Queensland 
101 
Tasmania 
11.8 
Sweden 
6 98 
Queensland 
11.8 
Tasmania 
94 
New South Wales 
11.7 
Norway 
90 
South Australia 
11.5 
New Zealand 
79 
New Zealand 
9.8 
“Average for 10 years (1892-1901). “^Average for 10 years (1890-1899). 
'’Average for 10 years (1894-1903). « Average for 5 years (1900-1904). 
“Average for 8 years (1895-1902). 
Balestre and St. Joseph, in a study of mortality in early infancy 
. in the urban population of France from 1892 to 1897, give a mass of 
i ’ valuable data bearing on the appalling annual toll exacted from 
J the infant population of France — a loss of life which in conjunction 
with the unusually low birth rate in France has given the question 
of infantile mortality in that country a national importance. 
