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children's death rate in India in 1800s

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Penny

Penny Report 22 Jun 2014 22:39

why did so many children die before age 2 or 3 in India in the 1800s and even up until the early 1900s ?I have quite a few in my family tree. :-(

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Mindham, McSporran, Leggett, Tomlin

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 22 Jun 2014 23:04

Dysentery, Cholera, Malaria, smallpox, plus various tropical diseases and the normal childhood stuff?

We're fortunate to have been recipients of all the medicinal advances - whether you personally agree with the programme, we do have the option to vaccinate our children with the MMR, polio, tetanus, diphtheria which weren't available then. Even more recently, there is a vaccine for Hepititus.

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Jun 2014 12:00

Poor sanitation, lack of health care, poor nutrition

The same as in most countries in those years.............

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 23 Jun 2014 14:31

You might also check out how many women also died at this time.

They were totally unprepared for life in India or the W. Indies. The clothes were completely unsuitable.

And once Europeans caught any disease out there it was highly likely that they would die.

Do not know if the death rate for children at this time was any higher though than it was back home in the UK.

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We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!