“And in other news, the death figures were released today. Once again, the leading cause of death is: being a baby. Over the last year, 2,268 infants died naturally of babyness.”
Comment on Causes of Death in London (1623)
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Chrisomes : died while under a month old.
rational_lib@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Spawnkill
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Not sure, but I’m guessing part of the reason to specify the difference between “infants” and “Chrisomes” (baptized babies) might be to say where they’d be buried/where their souls would go.