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Canada Faces Child Health Crisis in 1922 Mortality
An editorial urges action to protect Canada’s future by reducing infant and maternal deaths. It cites Dominion Bureau statistics for 1922 showing 4,460 deaths of children ages one to four from common diseases, high maternal mortality at 24 per week, and infant mortality at 25,523 for the year. The piece discusses immunity, antitoxin, and the need for health education to lower the death toll.
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