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humble ranks of life; and may be ranked with the 7 deaths
from want of breast milk and the 12 deaths of infants from
atrophy and debility. Any one who glances at the original
returns soon sees the painful evidence of those influences
which surround the lower orders of society. Of the 7
deaths from bowel disorder in the In-Wards, two (of
twins) occurred at 17, Little Grovenor-street, and in these,
and three other cases want of breast milk was rated;
the remainder belonged to the mechanic class. Such
entries as—
F, 8 months; daughter of a journeyman shoemaker;
wasting 7 months ! diarrhœa 5 days, dry-nursed.
M, 8 months; chronic diarrhœa, measles and wasting;
dry-nursed.
M, 10 weeks; want of breast milk, diarrhoea, and exhaustion.
F, 9 weeks; daughter of a single woman, no occupation
; wasting, dry-nursed.
F, 3 months; debility, brought up by hand, convulsions
9 hours.
Show the causes of infant mortality. We believe that practical
instruction in the art of feeding and managing infants,
and in some of the laws of life and health, might be carried
further in girls' schools; and that the kind ladies who act
as district visitors might often show with advantage how
infants food should be prepared and administered.
Amongst the deaths in St. George's Hospital are two
from pyaemia:
Wife of gardener, pyœmia, after amputation.
Housekeeper, pyæmia, from abcess in side.
Lady's-maid, at. 31, from peritonitis.
General servant, æt. 22, puerperal fever, from Queen
Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital.