{"id":8137,"date":"2023-03-08T17:54:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T17:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2023-03-13T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T17:49:39","slug":"demography-data-historical-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/03\/08\/demography-data-historical-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Demography &amp; Data (Historical Collection)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s books from the LSHTM Historical Collection consist of some early attempts at gathering statistics on disease and society. Lots of the Collection significantly predates the foundation of LSHTM, which includes these volumes. Instead, the Library acquired them during the School&#8217;s early history, often through donations and bequests. This blogpost will take you through a few of the different ways books from the Collection presented data and findings, including tables, charts and maps.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000377209703736\">New Observations, Natural, Moral, Civil, Political and Medical on City, Town, and Country Bills of Mortality<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Our edition of this book was published in 1750 in London. It contains tables from bills of mortality and parish registers. It also includes &#8220;observations&#8221; about how and why people might fall sick and die. Short also delves into a sort of epidemiology: he analyses the spread of epidemic disease in &#8220;sickly&#8221; years, seasonal diseases, and more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-9.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of a double page spread from 'Short's Observations,' showing a table of numbers for births and deaths in some areas from the 1500s to the 1700s.\" class=\"wp-image-8140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-9.jpg 925w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-9-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-9-768x706.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Yet Short frequently intersperses his number-crunching on births, marriages, and deaths with commentary on the nation&#8217;s morals and religion. For instance, activities Short especially opposed for health reasons included &#8220;Night Revelling,&#8221; &#8220;Passions,&#8221; and &#8220;theatrical Adventures and Intrigues.&#8221; (p.84). That suggests that Short saw strong links between contemporary behaviours and health. A past owner found his observations about marriage rates and morality (pp.72-3) especially interesting, adding pointing fingers to certain phrases &#8211; see below!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of a double page spread from 'Short's Observations' including marginalia of pointing fingers drawn in pencil.\" class=\"wp-image-8195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8.jpg 849w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8-54x54.jpg 54w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/shorts-observations-8-148x148.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000189469703736\">The Geographical Distribution of Disease in Great Britain (Part 1. Cumberland, Westmorland, and the Lake District<\/a>).<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/the-geographical-distribution-of-diseases.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/the-geographical-distribution-of-diseases-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"Map of 'The Geographic Distribution of Cancer (Females) 1851-1860 in the Registration Divisions and Counties of England and Wales, at &quot;all ages&quot;' in colour, with high levels marked in shades of blue and low levels marked in shades of red.\" class=\"wp-image-8203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/the-geographical-distribution-of-diseases-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/the-geographical-distribution-of-diseases-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/the-geographical-distribution-of-diseases-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/the-geographical-distribution-of-diseases.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Sometimes statistics could be used to advance theories now known to be wrong. This is the case for this volume, written by Aldred Haviland. It contains some beautifully colourful maps in its attempts to advance the theory that geological phenomena caused cancers. For more on Haviland&#8217;s maps, see Frank A Barrett&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/3d7t3g\/cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_79752608\">1998 article<\/a>. Additionally, he engages with theories circulated by contemporary anthropologists and ethnologists, primarily those of John Beddoe. Beddoe&#8217;s work, focusing on creating a typology of races in Britain and in particular categorising their hair or eye colour and skull measurements, means this geological-medical treatise can also be linked with the scientific racism of the time.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/1g4gmr9\/alma991000003039703736\">Report to the Committee of the City Council appointed to obtain the census of Boston for the year 1845<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>This volume offers a variety of statistics, from population numbers to education, wealth, crime, religious affiliations, and places of birth. Indeed, the public health section explores birth and death rates, along with statistics for various health facilities in the city. This included the Boston Medical Dispensary, an institution established in the late eighteenth century that was one of the first hospitals in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.152-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"809\" data-id=\"8197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.152-3.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of a double page spread (pages 152-3) of the 1845 Boston Census report, showing births and deaths per month.\" class=\"wp-image-8197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.152-3.jpg 744w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.152-3-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.172-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"809\" data-id=\"8198\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.172-3.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of a double page spread (pages 172-3) of the 1845 Boston Census, showing charts for numbers admitted to the Boston Dispensary, recovery and death numbers there, and the places of birth and &quot;habits&quot; (temperateness) of patients.\" class=\"wp-image-8198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.172-3.jpg 756w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/report-to-the-committee-of-the-city-council-appointed-to-obtain-the-census-of-boston-for-the-year-1845-pp.172-3-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discover.lshtm.ac.uk\/permalink\/44HYG_INST\/2382ar\/alma991000376019703736\"><em>A Contribution to the<\/em> <em>Demography of South Australia<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This volume, by T. Borthwick, was presented to the Library in the 1930s despite its 1891 publication date. It begins with south Australia&#8217;s geology and geography, proceeding to describe its population, including age distributions and country of birth, and birth-, marriage- and death-rates. It ends with a series of sections on different diseases, from malaria to diphtheria, and includes several charts at the very end.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/demography-of-south-australia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/demography-of-south-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Chart from 'A contribution to the demography of South Australia' showing the seasonal distributions of different diseases (in order: all causes, diphtheria, croup, enteric fever, diarrheal diseases), showing a significant drop for most in winter.\" class=\"wp-image-8209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/demography-of-south-australia.jpg 511w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/02\/demography-of-south-australia-189x300.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The graph above, used to illustrate mortality and mortality from diseases during different months of the year, demonstrates how all-cause mortality but especially that from diarrheal diseases drops precipitously during the Australian winter months. It&#8217;s certainly a lot easier to read and to draw conclusions from than Short&#8217;s lengthy tables, with which we began.<\/p>\n<p>Library users are welcome to consult any of these books on Library premises. To reserve a book for consultation, just go to their catalogue entry on Discover while you are logged into your LSHTM account and follow the instructions underneath the heading \u201cGet It.\u201d You\u2019ll receive an email when it\u2019s available. However, please note that these books will need to be read within the Library and cannot be borrowed like most other resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s books from the LSHTM Historical Collection consist of some early attempts at gathering statistics&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7575],"tags":[14007,81892,18903],"class_list":["post-8137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-books-2","tag-historical-collection","tag-library","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Demography &amp; Data (Historical Collection) - Library, Archive &amp; Open Research Services blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/03\/08\/demography-data-historical-collection\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Demography &amp; 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