NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
New research into infant mortality rates at former mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland has added weight to calls for a public inquiry.
The institutions housed women and girls who became pregnant outside marriage.
An investigative website has found that in 1942, the mortality rate of babies born outside marriage was twice that of those born to married parents.
The Detail’s research also claims the deaths of many babies in the homes were caused by “severe malnutrition”.
The website compiled its research by examining death certificates and archive files at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI).
It also analysed burial records for Milltown Cemetery, Belfast’s biggest Catholic Cemetery.
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