History by Numbers

Explorations of British social and family history through big data

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[History by Numbers] The art of deduction

Narrowing down the numbers in your family history

Sep 22 •

[History by Numbers] League tables of death

For three centuries the bills of mortality recorded the deaths (and births) of Londoners

Sep 8 •

[History by Numbers] Tried and tested

Another piece of medical history given brief treatment

Aug 25 •

[History by Numbers] The ghost map

How John Snow’s map of a London cholera outbreak ultimately changed the western world

Aug 11 •

[History by Numbers] Crime and ignorance

The work of 19th century statistician Joseph Fletcher

Jul 28 •

[History by Numbers] Doctoring the figures

How many physicians practised in the past?

Jul 14 •

[History by Numbers] Somme statistics

Counting the cost of the largest battle of WW1 on the Western Front

Jun 30 •

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