The Bills of Mortality & Sudden Violent Death billsofmortality.org

A reflection on occurrences of sudden violent death in early modern London

I am ‘fully persuaded that many lives would be saved’: Children falling from windows then and now

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Tracking Epidemic Disease in 17th Century London

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A time when smoking could result in sudden death

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The dangers of breaching a fireground cordon: a lesson from history

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Encounters with the Dead

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“How many people were killed by the Great Fire of London?” Perhaps more than you thought?

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April 1730 and London newspapers report the deaths of firemen, porters and servants killed by collapsing buildings at a ‘great fire’ on Fleet Street

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The day a pint of beer saved a life in January 1730

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This week in 1684 AND 1685: Plastering, ladders and a terrible coincidence

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This week in 1728: Falling out of windows and into gin!

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