Many Thanks Jocelyn I will try your suggestion and see what I find all the best Patrick -----Original Message----- From: aus-nsw-sydney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-nsw-sydney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jocelyn Lloyd Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 4:27 PM To: aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ANS] Help Needed on infant death statistics Dear Patrick, I agree 25% does seem high, which suggests that your sample may not be unbiased. Comprehensive records of a statistical nature were kept for births and deaths. Try the NSW Government Gazette. A search in Trove on " vital statistics balmain" for the various years of interest to you should give you some figures to play with. Cheers, Jocelyn >Having reached my target of finding 1000 burials to, at least >partially, recreate the lost burial register of the long disappeared >Balmain > >Catholic cemetery I am now getting ready to publish my work (in >November) > > > >Here is where I need some wisdom from listers and I understand that the >figures I am using may not represent the perfect statistical base > >BUT > >amongst the 1000 burials I have found there are 258 children under the >age of 5, that's 25% of the known burials and that seems very high to >me > >so my question is, dear reader, what do you think??? > >The Balmain area was largely working class in the years the cemetery >was open (1868 - 1902) is this figure representative of other working >class > >areas of that time > > > >The figure of 258 is made up of 174 unfants, under the age of one and >84 under the age of 5, so one conclusion seems to be that if you made >it > >to your first birthday your chance of a long life increased markedly ????? > > >I look forward to your thoughts > >Patrick Callaghan > >Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any >reply...... Thank you! > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message