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What's an infant?
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Twinkle | Report | 27 Jul 2004 12:20 |
Sounds like a daft question, but this appears on several burial records. I have others saying 'one week' or 'one month'. How old would an infant be? Thanks. |
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Christine2 | Report | 27 Jul 2004 12:25 |
As some have stated one week etc I wonder if infant was used for deaths at birth? Chrissie |
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Pat | Report | 27 Jul 2004 12:28 |
Kate I always thought in this context an infant was under a year old, and records vary some stating the age in months others not bothering and just opting for the word infant instead. But maybe I am totally wrong. |
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Unknown | Report | 27 Jul 2004 12:40 |
I work in the infant part of a primary school, ages 4-7. According to my dictionary, infant CAN mean anyone under the age of majority (18 nowadays, 21 earlier), but generally means under 7. Helen |
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Twinkle | Report | 27 Jul 2004 15:59 |
Thanks everyone for your replies. This is the same problem I had in Geography at school - did infant mortality statistics refer to deaths under 1, deaths under 5 etc etc? It's nice to know terms are still so vague after 200 years :) |