B a McHallam

Life and Death in two Lancashire town (infant mortality in late Victorian England) B a McHallam

At the end of the nineteenth century, Burnley and Nelson, two towns in north east Lancashire, had very different infant mortality rates. These towns have similar weather conditions and had comparable industries. Using census information and taking a small sample of streets from each town, this work aims to provide a hypothesis of why Burnley had an infant mortality rate of 210 per thousand live births and Nelson had an infant mortality rate of only 77 per thousand live births.