Child mortality in Dublin
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Wrigley Grimshaw, Thomas. 'Child mortality in Dublin'. - Dublin: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland,Vol. IX Appendix, 1889, pp1-19Download Item:
Abstract:
The high rate of mortality among young children as compared
with the general death-rate for the whole population has attracted
the attention of all vital statisticians since accurate records of
births and deaths have been kept. Especial attention has been
frequently called to the high death-rate among young children
in Dublin, and to this subject I propose to direct special attention
in the present paper. There is a popular idea that the
children of the Dublin working classes met with in the slums are
a healthy class, and indeed there is some ground for this view,
as many active, able-bodied, handsome children?handsome even
amidst dirt and rags?are certainly met with in the slums of our
city. These fine healthy little creatures are, unfortunately, only
the survivors, their less favourably endowed little brothers and
sisters have long since passed away, and many even of those ablebodied
survivors will, before they grow into adults, in their turn
be gradually taken away by disease and death.
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Read before the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, July 2nd, 1889
Author: Grimshaw, Thomas Wrigley
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Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandType of material:
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Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of IrelandVol. IX Appendix 1889
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Infant mortality, Dublin slums, Birth rate, Factory townISSN:
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