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During the end of the 19th century, there was a plague, known as the Modern Plague, that started in China and spread to different cities through ports, reportedly causing roughly ten million deaths. [10] This plague affected Asia, the Americas, and Africa and lasted into the 20th century. [10]
In a 2012 volume on childbirth, pregnancy, infant mortality and infanticide in 19th-century New Zealand, Alison Clarke [1] places the deaths of newborn infants in colonial era 19th-century New Zealand in historical context. Over the four decades (1861-1899) for which statistical evidence is available, an estimated cumulative 53,000 such infants ...
In populations with high infant mortality rates, LEB is highly sensitive to the rate of death in the first few years of life. ... Beginning of the 19th century [44] ~29:
In the last century, the infant mortality rate has decreased by 93%. [44] Overall, the rates per 1,000 births have decreased drastically from 20 deaths in 1970 to 6.9 deaths in 2003. In 2003, the leading causes of infant mortality in the United States were congenital anomalies, disorders related to immaturity, AIDS, and maternal complications.
Although sources are limited, Scotland may have had a higher infant mortality rate than England, [1] where rates were higher than in many modern Third-World countries, with 160 children in 1,000 dying in their first year. [2] There was considerable concern over the safety of mother and child in birth. [3]
The Victorian era was a time of unprecedented population growth in Britain. The population rose from 13.9 million in 1831 to 32.5 million in 1901. Two major contributory factors were fertility rates and mortality rates. Britain was the first country to undergo the demographic transition and the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
These statistics are measured for infant deaths within the first month of every 1,000 births in a given area. [153] For instance, the average infant mortality rate in what is now Germany was 108 infant deaths for every 1,000 births; in Bavaria, there were 140–190 infant deaths reported for every 1,000 births. [153]
Name of person Image Date of death Details Thomas Millwood 3 January 1804: The 32-year-old plasterer was shot and killed by excise officer Francis Smith, who mistook him for the Hammersmith ghost due to his white uniform.