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New research shows how Londoners used death data to survive the plague

New research by the University of Portsmouth reveals that during the Great Plague of 1665, Londoners used published death figures to make daily, life or death decisions, reshaping how governments managed public health and personal freedom for the first time. The study is published in the journal Acc...

New research shows how Londoners used death data to survive the plague
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New research by the University of Portsmouth reveals that during the Great Plague of 1665, Londoners used published death figures to make daily, life or death decisions, reshaping how governments managed public health and personal freedom for the first time. The study is published in the journal Accounting History.

Originally published at Phys.org

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