An English epidemiologist and statistician who organized Britain's early system of national vital statistics registration, building the framework for tracking causes of death across a whole population that made comparative mortality analysis possible, work he carried out contemporaneously with and independent of John Snow's own investigations.
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Notable ForFounding Britain system of national vital statistics registration 1 Connections
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Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.Milestones Credited: Farr Report on Cornish Miners, William FarrQuote, Milestones Credited: Farr Report on Cornish Miners, William Farr
In 1864, Farr published a report highlighting the disproportionately high mortality rate among miners in Cornwall due to pulmonary diseases, attributing it to the labor conditions inside the mines.
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