Killed By A Pin

The Nottinghamshire Guardian 22 December 1900
The British Library Board

Infant mortality reached its peak in England and Wales in the 1890s. Although water and sanitation were improving and compulsory vaccinations had begun there were no antibiotics. Death in infancy affected most families and wealth provided little protection. As one of George Harvey d'Egville's descendants Minnie was likely to have been born into straitened circumstances.