The Effects of Older Siblings on Motor Skills for Infants and Young Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Marcos A. Cepin ◽  
Seung Ho Chang
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Infants And Young Children ◽  
Older Siblings

Smallpox in Oxfordshire, 1700-99, and the Implications of Familial Transmission Routes

2017 ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
Rosemary A. Leadbeater
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Home Environment ◽  
Familial Transmission ◽  
The North ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Family Reconstitution ◽  
Infants And Young Children ◽  
Older Siblings

This article explores the course of smallpox mortality in Oxfordshire in the eighteenth century and uses family reconstitution with parish register data to reconstruct two catastrophic smallpox epidemics in Banbury, in the north of the county. It makes observations on the nature of familial transmission of the disease through an examination of age incidence and susceptibility and explores the implications of parental immunity. The article concludes that infants and young children were most at risk of smallpox from the home environment and suggests that immunity to the disease in parents and older siblings was a key factor in reducing smallpox and overall infant mortality.

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