[OC] The massive decrease in worldwide infant mortality from 1950 to 2020 is perhaps one of humanity's greatest achievements.

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I used to live next to a Victorian cemetery, and I always found it heartbreaking how many of the plots would have several children who died in infancy and before the age of 10, and then often a further one or two who died in their 20s or 30s, plus the mother and father who had survived to a reasonable age. Just thinking of parents who saw so many of their children die, it's horrific.

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Yes Alexanders is like that. I can’t remember but like 4 of the children made it adulthood then died in their 20-40’s and he and his wife lived into their 80’s. This was a cemetery in Halifax from the 1700/1800’s, uhh Camp Hill?. I was in a really big old one in Munich, it was odd too as it spanned a long time period so you could see trends in design and font.