We should honour these nuns for saving 85 % of the children rather than bashing them for only having the knowledge and tools of their age.
Should we honor them for tossing the dead babies into the septic tank against the mothers wishes, after letting them die from neglect when promising safety, and then hiding the evidence and trying to stop any investigation until very recently?
This wasn’t in the 1800s, it didn’t end till 1998.
The article said till 1961. Concerning neonatal and infant care, the 1960s was the time when infant mortality started to drop. The article stated that the infant mortality in these homes was double the avarage infant mortality. If you take into account that the babies were separated from their mothers after birth, this is a pretty good result. If the infants had been neglected, you’d exspect a much higher mortality rate.
Regarding disposing of dead babies in septic tanks – that depends. Stillborn babies were not considered human remains until very recently, and disposed of as biological waste all over the world.
Should we honor them for tossing the dead babies into the septic tank against the mothers wishes, after letting them die from neglect when promising safety, and then hiding the evidence and trying to stop any investigation until very recently?
This wasn’t in the 1800s, it didn’t end till 1998.
The article said till 1961. Concerning neonatal and infant care, the 1960s was the time when infant mortality started to drop. The article stated that the infant mortality in these homes was double the avarage infant mortality. If you take into account that the babies were separated from their mothers after birth, this is a pretty good result. If the infants had been neglected, you’d exspect a much higher mortality rate.
Regarding disposing of dead babies in septic tanks – that depends. Stillborn babies were not considered human remains until very recently, and disposed of as biological waste all over the world.