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“Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them than to look at the foot how the burials increased or decreased, and among the Casualties what had happened, rare and extraordinary, in the week current; so as they might take the same as a Text to talk upon in the next company, and withal in the Plague-time, how the Sickness increased or decreased, that the Rich might judg of the necessity of their removal, and Trades-men might conjecture what doings they were likely to have in their respective dealings.”

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John Graunt
John Graunt

John Graunt, born on April 24, 1620 and died on April 18, 1674, was an English statistician who made significant contributions to the field of demography and public health. His work laid the foundation for modern statistics and epidemiology. more

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