Analysis of ages Culpin family members died – young people under 15 years

Child mortality was a severe problem in Victorian

Graph 1: Culpin Deaths under the age of sixteen years as recorded on GRO registers. 1840-1849

England. This was also true for Culpin’s who lost members of their family.  Between 1840 and 1849, over 50% of the deaths recorded by the GRO  were for children under the age of 15 and of those the greatest proportion were children under the age of one.

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