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The strengths and weaknesses of data from the era are presented. Geographic indications of disease suggest pattern of disease. This chapter presents a list of transcribed parish archives and the names of the archivists who made Dublin data available. The cultural setting for the seventeenth-century data on mortality is discussed; in particular, the recording in poetry of the impact of child deaths. The process of interment is shown in a woodcut from the era.
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For a broader consideration of mortality among children, see: Jordan (2012) Quality of Life and Mortality Among Children. New York: Springer.
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Jordan, T.E. (2017). Commentary. In: Quality of Life and Mortality in Seventeenth Century London and Dublin. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44368-3_4
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