INFANT-MORTALITY AND LIVING STANDARDS OF ENGLISH WORKERS DURING THE INDUSTRIAL-REVOLUTION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: HUCK, P
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700041620
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 528-550
• 关键词: england; wales

摘要

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.