Racial Variation in Relation to Infant Mortality in the Four Principal Scottish Towns.

In the course of a detailed investigation of the infant mortality statistics of Aberdeen from 1856 to 1926, and of the various factors which might be considered to have a bearing on this mortality, including a comparison of the conditions of life in the four principal Scottish townls, it was discovered that the infant deaths from developmental causes formed the most important group. It is proposed first to indicate briefly the general findings of the investigation before discussing in detail the mortalitv in the four principal Scottish tow-ns from the group of developmental diseases, and the effect which changes in the racial composition of the towns may have had on this mortality.