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Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

How Londoners used data to survive the Great Plague

Weekly Bills of Mortality in 1665 London functioned as an early public health information system guiding residents' behavior and risk decisions during the Great Plague.
Public health
fromianVisits
1 week ago

How Londoners tracked death figures to survive the Great Plague of 1665

Londoners used weekly Bills of Mortality death figures during the 1665 Great Plague to guide daily movements, social contacts, and decisions to stay or flee.
History
fromI Love Typography Ltd
3 months ago

Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera - I Love Typography Ltd

Seventeenth-century London printed weekly Bills of Mortality, sold widely for a penny, revealing profitable public demand for mortality statistics and morbid curiosity.
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