Re: [Cz-L] Life expectancy in Czernowitz around 1890

So we , the surviving babies of the pre- war period, are the lucky ones.
 Filtered out , 2 out of 10 , for many generations we are the prime
  choice of nature.
   We have always known we were the best , now we also know how .
Hardy
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From: "Yossi Yagur" <yagury_at_netvision.net.il>
To: <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:38 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Life expectancy in Czernowitz around 1890

> Yes,
> Very high infant mortality was common on those days. Few years ago I did
> some work on the Kishinev archive - and got the same feeling. Many babies
> died, even few days old, most of them due to Diarrhea.
> Yossi Yagur
>
>
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