An example of one of the London Bills of Mortality (IMAGE)

McMaster University

An example of one of the London Bills of Mortality

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Burials by cause for the week ending 26 September 1665, during the Great Plague of London. Five deaths from "Flox and Small-pox" are listed.

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Courtesy of the Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/londons-dreadful-visitation-bills-of-mortality

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