Infant-feeding practices and infant survival by familial wealth in London, 1752-1812
Anecdotal evidence indicates that high-status women in England generally did not breastfeed their children in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Metropolitan families of varied social status also often sent their children out of London for wet-nursing. However, anecdotal sources and rur...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The history of the family : an international quarterly. - 1996. - 24(2019), 1 vom: 27., Seite 174-206 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The history of the family : an international quarterly |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Infant mortality breastfeeding smallpox urban mortality wet-nursing |
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