Dataset Description
A compilation of historical mortality statistics for London, covering deaths from smallpox and from all causes between 1629 and 1902. The data is drawn from the following sources:
- 1629–1881: Guy, W. (1882). Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Small Pox in London. Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 45(3), 399.
- 1882–1885: Registrar-General. (1886). Summary of Weekly Returns (Annual Summary) of (marriages) Births, Deaths and Causes of Death in London and other great towns. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
- 1886–1887: Registrar-General. (1888). Summary of Weekly Returns (Annual Summary) of (marriages) Births, Deaths and Causes of Death in London and other great towns. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
- 1888–1899: Registrar-General. (1900). Summary of Weekly Returns (Annual Summary) of (marriages) Births, Deaths and Causes of Death in London and other great towns. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
- 1900–1902: Registrar-General. (1903). Summary of Weekly Returns (Annual Summary) of (marriages) Births, Deaths and Causes of Death in London and other great towns. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
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