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Infant Mortality and Living Standards of English Workers During the Industrial Revolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Paul Huck
Paul Huck
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.
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Abstract

Infant mortality data gathered from the registers of nine parishes in the industrial North of England are used as a concrete indicator of living standards for the early nineteenth century. Rising infant mortality in the sample parishes provides evidence that the standard of living was not improving substantially in these towns up to midcentury. This conclusion remains after considering the effect on mortality of population growth, climate, and feeding practices.

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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 528 - 550
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Copyright © The Economic History Association 1995

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