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AYIT Part 4: An overview of Infant Mortality in England and Wales: 1870-1910

May 22, 2023 · 25 min read · infant mortality rate England and Wales 1870-1910 1800s 1900s Jay Winter Chris Galley MoH Local Medical Officers for Health Respiratory Diseases Bronchitis Artificial Food Breast Feeding Health of Towns gastronomical diseases Climate Change Still Births Robert Koch Robert Woods William Budd Tuberculosis Liverpool Sheffield Victorian Era Edwardian Era epidemiology public policy stillbirths Maternal Health IMR Factors ·
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With thanks to Chris Galley for taking the time to answer my questions. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) — the number of infant deaths under the age of one per thousand births — is a useful indicator of both the health of a population and of its supporting health infrastructure and welfare (discussed in brief in parts 2 and …

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AYIT Part 3: Maternal Mortality in the Late Victorian and Early Edwardian period

Mar 14, 2022 · 14 min read · 1800s 1889 1890 Edward Wadswrth William Farr Alexander Gordon Oliver Wendell-Holmes Ignaz Semmelweis Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister Janet Campbell Leonard Findlay Church of England Kings College Lying-in Maternal Mortality Puerperal Fever haemorrhage Toxaemia Rickets Rotunda Ireland Dublin Herford Glasgow Scotland Pontypridd Wales Rhonda Valley Victorian Era Edwardian Era Hygeine Medical Care Nutrition Maternal Mortality Rate ·
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Figure 1. Victorian Cabinet Memoriam Card, Authors Collection Introduction In part 2, we looked at the state of midwifery in the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century, a practice that was being hamstrung by both the tripartite of the medical profession and by contemporary attitudes towards women. In this article we …

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