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Figure 1
Taken from Fuchs, Rachel. Abandoned Children. 1984. pg.
195
This graph depicts the percentage of abandoned children, in the
care of the state, who died in the country and the percentage
who died in the city hospices between 1820 and 1880. As seen the
higher percentage died in the country with the wet-nurses and
foster families than in the hospice, even though the children
were sent to the country, according to state officials, for the
betterment of their health.
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Figure 2
Taken from Fuchs, Rachel. Abandoned Children.
1984. pg. 195
This graph illustrates the percentage of infants who
died in Avallon, after they were abandoned in Paris between the
1810 and 1890. As evident, the percentage of infants who died decreases
as the century progressed. This may in fact been a result of the
reforms that occurred in the later part of the century.
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Mortality by Disease: Infants
Abandoned in Paris And Sent to Avallon (in Percentages, 1874-1906)
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1874-1875
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1885-1895
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1896-1906
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Diarrhea, Gastro-Instestinal Diseases
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44.5
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37.1
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44.3
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Pneumonia, Lung-Respiratory Diseases
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12.5
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9.3
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10.0
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Maladies of Nervous System
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11.7
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18.5
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20.3
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Cellular Hardening (athrepsie)
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3.1
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2.0
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General Sickness (including Grippe, Diphtheria,
Measles & Syphilis)
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21.1
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26.0
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17.0
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Figure 3
Taken from Fuchs, Rachel. Abandoned Children. 1984. pg.
218
This chart presents the percentage of infants who
died from various disease between the years 1874-1906. The majority
of the infants died from Diarrhea and other Gastro-Instestinal
Diseases, which was most likely the result of malnuttition and
dehydration. Therefore, this depicts the chronic lack of care
towards the children.
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Figure 4
Taken from Fuchs, Rachel. Abandoned Children. 1984. pg.
This chart displays the percentage of infants who
died in the hospices, the country, and the total number of deaths
for the years 1815-1872. This chart illustrates the slow decrease
in the number of deaths throughout the century. Even though the
number of infants who dieed decreased, it is important to keep
in mind that the decrease was very minimal, and that for the majority
of the time more than fifty percent of the infants died.
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