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174 INFANT MORTALITY AND ITS CAUSES.
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* , About One-Fourth Of All The Children...
tion to their respective wants , especially as regards the care and sustenance conferred bthe parent . The ducklingwarmly clad in
water down and almost having immediatel the y full y use on emerg of its ing limb from s , feeds , the , and shell takes . The the
sparrow , on the contrary , and many other birds born entirely naked , The pass through of a man period is at of least helpless as hel dependence less as that on their of parents other . any
creature young . Even the faculty of seeing , p although the eyes are wideis denied to infants under a month old by a distinguished
p open hysiolo , gist . Plainly , their only chance of defence against injury lies in their mother ' s care .
statistician earlier As mi periods ght has be of expected shown existence , th the at . mortalit the Quetelet mortality y , of the infants at distinguished Brussels is greatest in the Bel in g first the ian _,
month is considerabl , y more than one-fourth the entire mortality of the sam first e princi year le . that If we the take mortalit a period y of of the five first years year , it great is found ly exceeds on the
p life that serving of of , earl any even infancy subsequent under the There most year favourable . can This be no proves cir doubt cumstances the difficulty eed , the that unstable of from
preinherent defects y of formation . a certain proportion , of infants , must other they necessaril are causes born y perish of for m . the ortality Unable grave . this to But bear proportion , comp the ared test is w of small ith independent the . victims Diseases from life to ,
, which childhood is particularly liable form a more important cause . Such maladies as scarlatina , measles , croup , and
hoopingam althoug coug ongst h , will h childr they always may en from claim sensibl these their y lessen fat victims al , disorders the . No frequent precautions . occurrence will prevent of death _,
Of the numerous other shapes in which death comes to steal the the larger number strictly belong to the class pithily
young , termed Hear by this the hi Reg h istrar authority -General on , the preventible effects of . impure air : " All
the poisonous emanations g from the drains and cesspools destroy children created to live in air ; hencewith a few direct
infanticidesthe deaths of 94 pure 407 infants under , one year of age are infants registered died , in of zymotic England diseases and , Wales , of which in the diarrhoea year is ( 1852 the most ); 18 fatal , 808 ,
is 7 , 893 now died in a of position diarrhoea to . assert " Thi that s needs this no larg comment e number . Medical of deaths science from prevented zymotic causes The is capable mortality of of being children very greatl resident y reduced in towns , if not is wholl nearly y
wh ing double ich if a th the at larg . close of e those propor , badl in ti y the on sewered of country our , town ill ; but -ventilated p thi op s ul will ation lanes not is seem and congregated astonish alleys in - ,
are taken into account . is
observable The effect . It of is season now upon a familiar infant fact life , tha amongst t if the thermo poor meter very be
174 Infant Mortality And Its Causes.
174 INFANT MORTALITY AND ITS CAUSES .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 174, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/30/
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