Greetings listers I am sending this email to several mailing lists as I know that that there is a great deal of knowledge 'out there' 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

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

Hi Patrick, please contact me off line. regards Max Bancroft maxban1938@yahoo.com.au ________________________________ From: Jocelyn Lloyd <jelldo@thomasl.com> To: aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 4:26 PM 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