Seasonality of Infant Mortality in Barnaul in the Second Half of the 19th — Early 20th Centuries (with Reference to Parish Books)
Journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts
Year: 2020

This article analyses the seasonal peculiarities of infant mortality and identifies periods of children’s increased vulnerability to adverse factors during the year. The article assesses infant mortality rate and the impact of various causes in the formation of the situation with infant mortality. Referring to the database of Barnaul parish register books, the author analyses deaths of Orthodox believers between 1869 and 1911. During the period in question, Russia was characterised by a high lev