Description Between 1870 and 1900 the death rate in England and Wales declined sharply. Prior investigations of this period have relied on data gathered by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. This essay explores the records kept by the friendly societies, groups to which working people contributed money and from which they could draw funds during periods of ill health, and from which heirs could receive burial benefits. In contrast to previous studies, this study proposes that, “at least among, adult males, the decline in mortality occurred with little change in the incidence of ill health and with an increase in the duration of illness”.
Similar Citations
Article
Woods, Robert;
(1982)
The structure of mortality in mid-19th century England and Wales
(/isis/citation/CBB000023560/)
Article
Riley, James C.;
(1999)
Why sickness and death rates do not move parallel to one another over time
(/isis/citation/CBB000082807/)
Article
Guha, Sumit;
(1994)
The importance of social intervention in England's mortality decline: The evidence reviewed
(/isis/citation/CBB000029018/)
Article
Dennington, Carolyn I.;
(1979)
Mortality and medical care in 19th-century Glasgow
(/isis/citation/CBB000003668/)
Article
Higgs, Edward;
(1996)
A cuckoo in the nest? The origins of civil registration and state medical statistics in England and Wales
(/isis/citation/CBB000069576/)
Article
Szreter, Simon;
Mooney, Graham;
(1998)
Urbanization, mortality, and the standard of living debate: New estimates of the expectation of life at birth in 19th-century British cities
(/isis/citation/CBB000077151/)
Article
Mooney, Graham;
Luckin, Bill;
Tanner, Andrea;
(1999)
Patient pathways: Solving the problem of institutional mortality in London during the later 19th century
(/isis/citation/CBB000082787/)
Article
Wrigley, E. A.;
(1978)
English mortality in the Industrial Revolution period
(/isis/citation/CBB000007651/)
Article
Hardy, Anne;
(1994)
“Death is the cure of all diseases”: Using the General Register Office cause of death statistics for 1837-1920
(/isis/citation/CBB000041743/)
Article
Mooney, Graham;
(1994)
Did London pass the “sanitary test”? Seasonal infant mortality in London, 1870-1914
(/isis/citation/CBB000062179/)
Article
Metz, Karl H.;
(1984)
Social thought and social statistics in the early 19th century: The case of sanitary statistics in England
(/isis/citation/CBB000008553/)
Book
Woods, Robert;
Shelton, Nicola;
(1997)
An atlas of Victorian mortality
(/isis/citation/CBB000075933/)
Article
Hardy, Anne;
(1988)
Diagnosis, death, and diet: The case of London, 1750-1909
(/isis/citation/CBB000065388/)
Article
Forbes, Thomas R.;
(1983)
Mortality at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1839-72
(/isis/citation/CBB000007474/)
Article
Szreter, Simon;
(1988)
The importance of social intervention in Britain's mortality decline c. 1850-1914: A re-interpretation of the role of public health
(/isis/citation/CBB000031978/)
Book
Szreter, Simon;
(1986)
The importance of social intervention in Britain's mortality decline, c. 1850-1914: A re-interpretation
(/isis/citation/CBB000058397/)
Article
Luckin, Bill;
(1997)
Perspectives on the mortality decline in London, 1860-1920
(/isis/citation/CBB000075860/)
Book
Woods, Robert;
Woodward, John;
(1984)
Urban disease and mortality in 19th-century England
(/isis/citation/CBB000013187/)
Article
Eyler, John M.;
(1976)
Mortality statistics and Victorian health policy: Program and criticism
(/isis/citation/CBB000012499/)
Book
Hawkins, F. Bisset;
(1990)
Elements of medical statistics. With an introduction by Cassedy, James H.
(/isis/citation/CBB000050437/)
Be the first to comment!