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William Farr William Farr was indisputably one of the “founding fathers” of epidemiology. 9 He shares this distinction with his English contemporary John Snow, Louis Villerme in France, Peter Ludwig Panum in Denmark, and others in Europe at this time. Perhaps more than any of these others, however, William Farr laid the foundations for the ...
Oct 18, 2009 · Vital statistics: a memorial volume of selections from the reports and writings of William Farr by Farr, William, 1807-1883 ; Royal sanitary institute, London ; Humphreys, Noel A., ed
Aug 26, 2020 · William Farr, regarded as one of the founders of medical statistics and epidemiology, started his career in medical journalism rather than in practice, which in turn helped him cement his reputation as an expert on vital statistics. In 1839 Farr joined the Statistical Society of London, remaining a core member until his retirement.
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William Farr, chief statistician to the General Register Office for more than 40 years, was the most significant medical epidemiologist and statistician of the Victorian era. Often working behind the scenes, he helped to bring about many advances in hygiene and public health as well as developing a modern approach to the classification of disease and the collection and analysis of medical ...
Abstract. This article describes the epidemiological studies of cholera by two major British investigators of the mid-nineteenth century, John Snow and William Farr, and it asks why the assessments of their results by contemporaries was the reverse of our assessment today. In the 1840s and 1850s Farr's work was considered definitive, while Snow ...
Abstract. This section looks back to some of the ground-breaking contributions to public health, reproducing them in their original form and adding a commentary on their significance from a modern-day perspective. To complement this month's theme issue of the Bulletin, Margaret Whitehead assesses the importance of William Farr's contribution to ...
