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The Causes of Infantile Mortality are set forth in Table A 4. Most
of these causes are greatly influenced by wholesome surroundings and
the proper observance of the laws of health as they apply to infants.
The lack of intelligent parental management of the infant in the
matter of feeding and nursing, which is responsible for so much infant
mortality, is seen reflected in the number of deaths from Disease of
the Lungs, Diarrhœa, Wasting Diseases, and Gastric Catarrh and
Enteritis.
Zymotic Mortality.—Included in the Zymotic mortality are the
deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases, viz., Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, "Fever
(including Typhoid Fever, Typhus Fever, and Simple Continued Fever),
and Diarrhœa. In Table A 3 the Zymotic rate, and the rates for each
of the diseases comprising it, are given, along with the corresponding
rates of London generally. The comparison with the rates of London.