The Missing Babies
Exploring:
- Infant mortality in the wizarding world and why there is so little evidence for it
- How wizarding society functions
- Why having a large family is beneficial
- Why wizards/witches may have a very different attitude to family planning
In previous essays, I have explored how infectious disease can create high death rates in wizarding society. This does not just effect the population structure, it has huge consequences on how society functions and how the wizarding world approaches family planning.
Draco Malfoy is probably not a single child by choice...
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