Show INFANT MORTALITY IN GERMANY The Tho constant to lo diminish I infant mortality that Is to tosa say sa the tho death of or Infants under L I year has bus not no hen been without success In l tho thu th years 1007 1507 and aud 1008 17 7 1 per ller pera a cent of the tho children horn died In the years 1906 1900 and 1005 the percentage was IS 18 12 and 20 O 12 Consequently Consequent within four foul years ears a arc re relative decrease of Infant mortality of or about lias taken place This Improvement has hns been b en accomplished b by a slight sli ht prolongation of the average length of life In Germany German This is at present about six or seven years longer than limn was wa the tho case In Inthe Inthe inthe I the previous generation Tho The hotter helter hygienic conditions of ot m life prevailing not only among chil chilI I I dien dren but among grownup people have brought about aboul this result In Germany Gormany as is the case caso the time average length of a womans life is considerably greater than that if ifa ifa ifa a man maim Time The average Increase In the length of o life Ic during tho the last lion has been heen an nn equal one for both sexes The decrease of Infant mortality is IsI not miot without Its Us importance from room a I military point of view for as Sill Sur Surgeon geon General yon von on of tho the I Prussian army arm has haa recently shown I II i this decrease In Infant mortality has been accompanied by b superior physical ph physical RI I Ical cal development t In iii the time surviving chil chI children urea dren In like manner the increase In re sc in the average a length of malo male life has hus hasa husn a n certain corwin Importance from the tho mill mili military tary tory standpoint especially since ac according accordIng according cording to the law iam of time tIll year eRI the ago age limit for military duty in time tho reserve has been greatly extended The TIme more favorable the time death Ileath rate rato I the smaller will wll he be the number of I gaps galls In time the ranks of our old soldiers we mean those who being physically Ill t arc still expected to serve seITe their thur Landwehr Continental Corres Correl Correspondence |