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The Influence of social conditions upon diphtheria, measles, tuberculosis and whooping cough in early childhood in London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. Payling Wright  and
Helen Payling Wright
G. Payling Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology;Guy's Hospital Medical School
Helen Payling Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology;Guy's Hospital Medical School
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Before the war diphtheria, measles, tuberculosis and whooping cough were the most important of the better-defined causes of death amongst young children in the London area. The large numbers of deaths registered from these four diseases in the age group 0–4 years in the Metropolitan Boroughs alone between 1931 and 1938, together with the deaths recorded under bronchitis and pneumonia, are set out in Table 1.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 42 , Issue 5 , October 1942 , pp. 451 - 473
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1942

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