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HAWKINS, Francis Bisset

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Elements of medical statistics.

London: Longman, 1829.

First English book devoted specifically to medical statistics. Hawkins was instrumental in obtaining the insertion of a column for the names of diseases or other causes of death, in connexion with the first Act for the registration of births and deaths.



Subjects: DEMOGRAPHY / Population: Medical Statistics