This little book of diets contains an excellent and wellrounded list, of particular value for institutions and men who know how to diet patients, but who are, perhaps, too busy to work out what to give them. It is to be regretted that Joslin's summary of Allen's treatment for diabetes is quoted from the early edition of his book and, therefore, omits Joslin's very important modification regarding the reduction of fat intake preliminary to fasting in certain groups of diabetes.
Infant Mortality.
—The number of infants under 1 year of age per thousand born alive throughout the birth registration area as a whole was 93.8 in 1917, as against 101 in 1916 and 100 in 1915. This is equivalent to saying that in 1915 and 1916, of every ten infants born alive one died before reaching the age of 1 year, whereas in 1917 the corresponding ratio was a trifle