The Poor at Birth: Infant Auxology and Mortality at Philadelphia's Almshouse Hospital, 1848-1873

This paper presents an analysis of birth weights and infant mortality in mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia using obstetrics records of Philadelphia's Almshouse hospital, an institution for the poor and their offspring. Children of the poor weighed between 2,900 and 3,200 grams on average at birth,

本研究采用费城济贫院医院（Philadelphia's Almshouse hospital）的产科记录，针对19世纪中期费城地区的新生儿出生体重与婴儿死亡率展开分析。该医院是专为贫困群体及其后代设立的医疗机构。贫困群体所诞下的新生儿，出生时平均体重介于2900克至3200克之间。