The Hygiene of transmissible diseases ; their causation, modes of dissemination, and methods of preventionW.B. Saunders, 1901 - 350 pages |
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... months - a condition that is in striking contrast to infantile mortality in general when taken regardless of the cause of death . This difference is strikingly illustrated in Tables I. and II . In Table I. we have compiled the deaths ...
... months - a condition that is in striking contrast to infantile mortality in general when taken regardless of the cause of death . This difference is strikingly illustrated in Tables I. and II . In Table I. we have compiled the deaths ...
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... months very much the larger proportion fall in the second half of this period . The explanation of this is not readily given . One might 5-10 years . deaths . Per ct . total . say that the opportunities for infection are less during the ...
... months very much the larger proportion fall in the second half of this period . The explanation of this is not readily given . One might 5-10 years . deaths . Per ct . total . say that the opportunities for infection are less during the ...
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... months . 6-12 months . one year old . No. of Per ct . deaths . No. of total . deaths . Per ct . total . No. of Per ct . deaths . total . Measles 14.795 395 2.7 1,161 7-7 13,257 89.6 Scarlet fever 1,561 118 7.6 192 12.3 1,251 80.1 ...
... months . 6-12 months . one year old . No. of Per ct . deaths . No. of total . deaths . Per ct . total . No. of Per ct . deaths . total . Measles 14.795 395 2.7 1,161 7-7 13,257 89.6 Scarlet fever 1,561 118 7.6 192 12.3 1,251 80.1 ...
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... months . Can these observations be used in explana- tion of the comparative rarity of specific infective processes in the first year of life , as noted above ? If we will recall the fact that a large proportion of adult human beings ...
... months . Can these observations be used in explana- tion of the comparative rarity of specific infective processes in the first year of life , as noted above ? If we will recall the fact that a large proportion of adult human beings ...
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... months , and of the Christian thirty - six years and eleven months ; . . . half the Jews born reach the age of fifty - three years and one month , whilst half the Christians born attain the age of thirty - six years only . A quarter of ...
... months , and of the Christian thirty - six years and eleven months ; . . . half the Jews born reach the age of fifty - three years and one month , whilst half the Christians born attain the age of thirty - six years only . A quarter of ...
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