[Badboo]

Absolutely wrong. Until Pasteur proposed the germ theory of disease, medical care wasn’t available for what killed generations of babies, toddlers, and children since the dawn of time. In the 16th and 17th Century the following was normal.

“Demographers estimate that approximately 2% of all live births in England at this time would die in the first day of life. By the end of the first week, a cumulative total of 5% would die.Another 3 or 4% would die within the month.A total of 12 or 13% would die within their first year.With the hazards of infancy behind them, the death rate for children slowed but continued to occur.A cumulative total of 36% of children died before the age of six, and another 24% between the ages of seven and sixteen. In all, of 100 live births, 60 would die before the age of 16.”

https://www.plimoth.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/edmaterials_demographics.pdf

Visit really old cemeteries and it is easy to see.

[Boomer]

That really puts things in perspective!

Thank you!