infant+mortality+rates

Unlike the life expectancy rates, the infant mortality rate during the Industrial Revolution decreased. One reason for this was safer child birthing. People just did it in better, cleaner areas. People also took better care of their children. People started to see children as somehting to love, not just a kid. The decreased mortality rate also helped the boom in population. If not as many children die at birth, then obviously the population will go up. Between this and the life expectancy rate, we can see why their was a population boom during this period. Growth in the 19th century http://www.tameside.gov.uk/tmbc_images/hyde/gtnorbury1.gif Created by Charlie Baker 2/12/09