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THE report before us is one of the most important studies of infantile mortality yet produced. Administratively, it will be of immense value, for it constitutes a first guide to the “dark areas” of England. Scientifically, it is also of value, for it brings actual administrative odata to bear on a fundamental social question, namely, does the prevention of infant deaths tend to the deterioration of the race? Whatever be the final reply to this question, the work of prevention, will certainly proceed as if the question had never been asked, because the impulse towards prevention is itself a fundamental impulse in modern society, and will realise itself against all hindrances.
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Infant and Child Mortality 1 . Nature 85, 556 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/085556a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/085556a0