Age on Memorials
In the nineteenth century, the infant death rate was much higher than it is today. This means that a large proportion of all the burials at St James' Cemetery were of children. 31% of all burials were of those under 2 years old, and 44% under 10 years old. The analysis completed so far has shown that children are underrepresented on memorials compared to adults.
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