The infant mortality rate was high in all the islands (and was probably high in
the whole world; in America most families lost more than one child. If you walk
through an old New England cemetery where people often had family plots, you'll
see many small markers in the form of lambs marking the graves of the babies
that never made it) but the mortality rate for foundlings was scandalously high.
John
On Saturday, March 11, 2017 5:30 PM, Louie Avila <louielouieo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Is it just Sao Jorge or did all the islands of the Azores have high mortality
rates in the late 1700's?It just aches my heart when looking through Obits and
seeing so many for your children (birth to 10 years old).
I've been trying to Google it but having a hard time finding out why ...
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