William Farr's 1864 report, written as compiler of abstracts at the General Register Office of England and Wales, revealing the disproportionately high mortality among miners in Cornwall from pulmonary diseases and attributing it to the labor conditions inside the mines. Built on Farr's system for classifying causes of death, a forerunner of the modern International Classification of Diseases, the report is an early landmark of occupational epidemiology: mortality statistics compared across occupational groups, tracing disease to the conditions of work.
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An early landmark of occupational mortality analysis, disease traced to the conditions of work.
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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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William Farr's 1864 report, written as compiler of abstracts at the General Register Office of England and Wales, revealing the disproportionately high mortality among miners in Cornwall from pulmonary diseases and attributing it to the labor conditions inside the mines.
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