Mortality in pre-industrial times, the contemporary verdict
By: with an introduction by James H. Cassedy.
Series: Pioneers of demography
Publisher: Gregg
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Farnborough, Hants
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Mortality -- History -- Sources
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Halley, E. An estimate of the degrees of mortality of mankind drawn from curious tables of the birth and funerals at the city of Breslaw (1694).; title: Halley, E. Some further considerations on the Breslaw bills of mortality (1694).; title: Haygarth, J. Observations on the bills of mortality in Chester for the year 1772 (1773).; title: Haygarth, J. Bill of mortality for Chester for the year 1773.; title: Wigglesworth, E. Observations on the longevity of the inhabitants of Ipswich and Hingham (1785).; title: Wigglesworth, E. A table showing the probability of the duration, decrement, and expectation of life in the states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (1793).; title: Barton, W. Observations on the probabilities of the duration of human life and the progress of population in the United States (1793).; title: Milne, J. Treatises on the law of mortality and on annuities (1837).