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Quincy Edward Dennis Lane
1876 –01/05/1877
Quincy Edward Dennis Lane
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QUINCEY EDWARD DENNIS LANE; 1876 – 1877
Quincey was the fifth of eight children born to Frederick Quincey Lane and his wife Eliza. He was born in July 1876 and was baptised on 4th November that year. Sadly, he only lived a few months, dying on the 1st May 1877 at the age of 9 months and 5 days. The Bucks herald published the following notice of his death on 12 May 1877:
“LANE, _ At the Nurseries, Great Berkhampstead, on the 1st inst., Quincey Edward Dennis, infant son of Mr. F.Q. Lane.”
Infant and child mortality was very high during the Victorian era. High mortality rates among the young were the result of industrialisation, which led to rapid urbanisation, increased pollution, severe impoverishment, and exploitation of child labour. According to Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London in 1849, the death rate for children under 5 years of age was around 33% in some areas in London. Mortality rates were worse in the towns and cities than in rural areas. In 1851 the rate stood 151.38 deaths per 1000 in Berkhamsted, dropping steadily over the years to 87.39 per thousand in 1911.
The first ten years of the twentieth century saw a number of investigations and publications on the subject of infant mortality. The first National Conference on Infant Mortality was held in 1906 followed by the second two years later. This activity was motivated by a growing conviction that a large proportion of the wastage of infant life was preventable.
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QUINCEY EDWARD DENNIS LANE; 1876 – 1877
Quincey was the fifth of eight children born to Frederick Quincey Lane and his wife Eliza. He was born in July 1876 and was baptised on 4th November that year. Sadly, he only lived a few months, dying on the 1st May 1877 at the age of 9 months and 5 days. The Bucks herald published the following notice of his death on 12 May 1877:
“LANE, _ At the Nurseries, Great Berkhampstead, on the 1st inst., Quincey Edward Dennis, infant son of Mr. F.Q. Lane.”
Infant and child mortality was very high during the Victorian era. High mortality rates among the young were the result of industrialisation, which led to rapid urbanisation, increased pollution, severe impoverishment, and exploitation of child labour. According to Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London in 1849, the death rate for children under 5 years of age was around 33% in some areas in London. Mortality rates were worse in the towns and cities than in rural areas. In 1851 the rate stood 151.38 deaths per 1000 in Berkhamsted, dropping steadily over the years to 87.39 per thousand in 1911.
The first ten years of the twentieth century saw a number of investigations and publications on the subject of infant mortality. The first National Conference on Infant Mortality was held in 1906 followed by the second two years later. This activity was motivated by a growing conviction that a large proportion of the wastage of infant life was preventable.
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