The death registers of the registrar general as sources for social and demographic history [PDF]
There can be little doubt that some of the most promising data for socio-historical demographic research can be found in the keeping of each state's Registrar General.
Durey, M.
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Confessional and Ethnicultural markers of the Parish Registers [PDF]
Мета статті – дослідити етнокультурні особливості представників різних віросповідань за даними церковних актів реєстрації громадянського стану. Методологія дослідження полягає у використанні історико-культурного та порівняльного методів, які дають змогу ...
Гедьо, Анна Володимирівна +1 more
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A synthetic measure of mortality using skeletal data from ancient cemeteries: the d index [PDF]
Background: Due to the scarcity of written sources in ancient historical periods, and thanks to the development of increasingly sophisticated methods of excavation, recognition, publication, and interpretation, archaeology has played an important role in
Barbiera, Irene +2 more
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Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique
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Unauthorised miracles in mid-ninth-century Dijon and the Carolingian church reforms [PDF]
In the early 840s, Archbishop Amolo of Lyons wrote to one of his suffragan bishops about extraordinary miracles reportedly taking place at Dijon in the wake of the arrival of mysterious new relics.
West, C.M.A.
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Age-specific mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic: unravelling the mystery of high young adult mortality. [PDF]
The worldwide spread of a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in 2009 showed that influenza remains a significant health threat, even for individuals in the prime of life.
Bourbeau, Robert +6 more
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Nuptiality in Early 20th Century Yekaterinburg: Quantitative Analysis
This article analyses one of the main characteristics of the demographic behaviour of Russian citizens, i.e. their age at first marriage and its dynamics in the early twentieth century. The authors examine the situation in Yekaterinburg, a compact but an
Elena Mikhailovna Glavatskaya +3 more
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Resisting control of neglected tropical diseases: dilemmas in the mass treatment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in north-west Uganda [PDF]
A strong case has recently been made by academics and policymakers to develop national programmes for the integrated control of Africa’s ‘neglected tropical diseases’.
Allen, Tim +2 more
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The ‘Lost’ Church of Bix Gibwyn: The Human Bone [PDF]
Recent research for the Victoria County History (VCH) highlighted the presence of a ‘lost’ medieval church in Bix, a Chilterns parish north-west of Henley-on-Thames.
Mileson, S. +2 more
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Assessing the precision of causes of death is essential for gaining a clearer understanding of past disease incidence and its evolution. This study introduces a novel lexicographical approach to examining childhood mortality in the port city of Palma ...
Joana Maria Pujadas-Mora +1 more
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