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Show ! ACCIDENTS KILL 20,000 CHILDREN j HERE EACH YEAR WASHINGTON, Feb. It. Aocl-dctitfl Aocl-dctitfl tnke the Utcb orcry car of 2o,o:i children up to (he jio uf 14 year", llir Hil Cr""- tl-- dosecl today. It thowi that i6" wit of every 1,000 child dcatlis between the ners of 5 and 9 an luo to I nocldcnt. while between .10 and M Ji's tin." ratio Ls 17" to the thoUB- I and. StatisdUcs for mi? nhowed mon' ! ilentlif from aecldenl tlian cpldomlc diseases anicMix t hl.lru. Tlu- p-r i iiuicm of tfitul dcathn were u.i-dent u.i-dent 17.7. epidemic disease 17 1. Of the acddontal ilc-jf!is In the 5 to 9 nr period, 20 per Mit rrrf due tu rcl Icles and in the 10 to 11 o;r period, 32 per t-nt to the same cause. 1 |