DEATH LISTS : LONDON BILLS OF MORTALITY, 1783-1823

London Bills of Mortality, 1783-1823. A modern reprint collection spanning 40 years of London General Bills of Christenings, Burials, and Mortality. With a short introductory essay, and a colour cover.

Shropshire: Cosmo Books, 2026. Softcover. New. Item #375617

28 pages, printed nearly A4 size, almost twice the scale of the 22 original tables, making them easier to read and ideal for page-by-page comparison. Reproduced in colour to preserve the tone and look of the rare original pages. A remarkable forty year span of printed mortality records, chronicling births, deaths, diseases, and urban casualties across Georgian and Regency London. These annual single page tables offer a rare, continuous glimpse into the city's demographic rhythms and medical anxieties before the rise of modern public health. Each Bill lists causes of death in vivid, often archaic terminology: Consumption, Convulsions, Childbed, Rising of the Lights, and Grief sit alongside Drowned, Executed, Overlaid, and Bit by a Mad Dog. Later entries include age-at-death tables and comparative disease statistics, revealing both continuity and change in London's mortality landscape. A powerful resource for historians, genealogists, and collectors of early medical ephemera - rich in atmosphere, language, and statistical insight. Size: A4 (21 x 30 cms approx.). Category: Historic Reprints; Bills of Mortality; London Bills of Mortality; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.

Keywords: BZDB395 Historic Reprints; Bills of Mortality; London Bills of Mortality; New Arrivals; Unbranded DEATH LISTS : LONDON BILLS OF MORTALITY, 1783-1823 London Bills of Mortality, 1783-1823. A modern reprint collection spanning 40 years of London General

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