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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Infant mortality rates in the past were almost entirely down to malnutrition and poor sanitation... the (vast) majority of children in the western world these days reach adulthood without the need for much (if any) medical intervention at all.

Environmental issues such as air pollutants were a direct cause of respiratory disease , without healthcare there would be no screening for congenital abnormality, no assisted labour or antibiotics to guard against infectious and or parasitic disease.
Do I think that if the NHS were to be removed tomorrow there would be a drop in infant mortality? Yes absolutely.