“This leaves one to speculate, ...”
Why? And where is you similar speculation concerning the proddy poorhouses?
“...just how were the bodies of these unfortunate children disposed of, ...”
For all you know they were “properly” buried, right?
“...who died at a rate four to five times higher than in Ireland as a whole?”
Well, no. The death rates were extraordinarily high from today’s standards throughout Ireland. But 20 - 30 per year based on the population reported fits the published infant mortality rates of that period.
“...Where did they go, if not into that septic tank?”
Tell us, sine you appear to be so knowledgeable?
Narses, just the other night you were excusing the whole thing because, in your opinion, Irish were poor and that’s just what they did, just plopped dead naked bodies in septic tanks, nope, nothing unusual about that, move on, nothing to see here, those Irish are just like that.
The death rate at that Catholic home for “fallen women” and their illegitimate children was four to five times higher than Ireland as a whole in that era.
There is no record of burial for these almost 800 unfortunate children to be found. So, where did their bodies go, if not into that septic tank?