...during the first month is suggested by Figure II.19 "Infant mortality," says Sir Arthur Newsholme, "is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare. If babies were born and well cared for their mortality would be negligible." ™ Why is there such a high mortality...

...sanitary progress. Thus, Sir Arthur Newsholme speaking out of his wealth of experience states that "infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare and of sanitary administration, especially under urban conditions."* The study and prevention of infant...

...irrational quarrel, maddened by some thwarted instinct or some suppressed and perverted desire." HG WELLS. " Infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare. If babies were bom and well cared for, then mortality would be negligible. The infant death rate measures the intelligence,...

...by personal observations during our survey. We made a special study of infant mortality because this is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare....well cared for, their mortality would be negligible. Furthermore, it is quite clear to students of preventive medicine and social welfare that immediate...

...nor can we ignore the larger implications of social welfare presented by the statement of Newsholme : Infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess...well cared for, their mortality would be negligible. The infant death-rate measures the intelligence, health, and right living of fathers and mothers, the...

..."adult deaths are inevitable, but infant deaths very largely preventable," and with Newsholme that "infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare." In the face of incontrovertable evidence that a baby at birth has smaller likelihood of surviving a...

...INFANT MORTALITY MORE than twenty years ago a distinguished sanitarian, Sir Arthur Newsholme, wrote: "Infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare and of sanitary administration, especially under urban conditions." The passage of two decades has...

...conditions, but also between mortality and poverty. In 1910, Newsholme made his classic observation: Infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare. If babies were well bom and well cared for, their mortality would be negligible. The infant death-rate measures the intelligence,...

...country's socio-economic status and it will almost always reflect changes in the socio-economic conditions. "Infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare and sanitary administration " (Newsholme, 1910). It is estimated that not more than ten percent of...

...these, the Board's Chief Medical Officer, Arthur Newsholme reiterated John Simon's view in stating that, "Infant mortality is the most sensitive index we possess of social welfare and of sanitary administration, especially under urban conditions" [14]. These reports compared the...