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THE RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE 



out that the diet allowed for the Boer children in the concentra- 

 tion camps, which were formed during the South African War, 

 was inadequate, and there is little doubt that the infant mortality 



was increased owing to this deficiency. Directly the mistake was 

 recognised the diet was changed by the order of the Government, 

 and the death-rate fell. It is necessary, however, to remember 

 that the infant mortality was never so great as that found in the 



