An interesting find...
I am teaching my Year Five class about the Victorians and linking to maths.
We have to create a bar chart with the ages at death of a community from 1889 - 1899.
I have just gone through and collected the data myself (they will collect it themselves though, based on the burial records I give them).
Burials in Packington, Leicestershire 1889 - 1899
Under 5 years - 16 burials
Aged 6 - 20 years - 6 burials
Aged 21 - 40 years - 13 burials
Aged 41 - 60 years - 20 burials
Aged 60 - 80 years - 25 burials
Aged 80+ years - 18 burials
Total - 98 burials
Obviously the fact that it was fairly remote and mostly a farming community has an impact on the results.
Does anyone have the burial records for a city centre during this time period?
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