Author： GALLEY CHRIS SHELTON NICOLA
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 0032-4728
Source： Population Studies, Vol.55, Iss.1, 2001-01, pp. : 65-77
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Abstract
Much effort has been expended in analysing a small sample of parish registers to produce national estimates of infant mortality for the period 1570-1840. However, in an age when inter-parish variations in infant mortality were considerable, national trends often obscured local and regional differences. By analysing data from the initial years of Civil Registration (1839-1846) together with infant mortality rates from a range of parishes, it is possible to assess the extent of variation and change in England and Wales during the period 1580-1840. The geographical variations in infant mortality and the age structure of infant deaths were sufficient to suggest that the most important influence on whether infants survived was disease environments.
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